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Fremantle Distribution?[edit]

How can FremantleMedia distribute this show? It was created by Merv Griffin, and he sold the concept to Sony. KingWorld distributed the US version, and now CBS does. So, shouldn't Million Dollar Wheel be produced & distributed by Sony Pictures International Television and CBS International Television? 71.111.214.157 (talk) 19:18, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure, cos somehow Reg Grundy created Wheel of Fortune back in 1959, and it says that he bought the rights off Merv Griffin for his US game show, despite the fact that the US game show didn't start until 1983, or the 70's for the daytime version. But the entire time in Australia Wheel of Fortune was produced by Grundy Television, though Grundy was merged with another company to become FremantleMedia, who now produce Million Dollar Wheel. So yeah that's just the way it is, someone else can probably try and answer the question better than me though lol. Swanny92 (talk) 21:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reg Grundy did create and host a show called "Reg Grundy's Wheel of Fortune" back in 1959, but it was a different "Wheel of Fortune" from the one Merv Griffin created. Midaba2004 (talk) 03:45, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]