Merv Griffin Entertainment is a production company founded by
Merv Griffin on May 13, 1996. Its productions include revivals of recent franchises (such as
Dance Fever, revived in 2003 for the
ABC Family channel). Griffin's company is part of The Griffin Group. Merv Griffin Entertainment owns
The Merv Griffin Show and
Dance Fever, but
Sony Pictures Television handles television distribution rights. The television division was run by Yani-Brune Entertainment from 2005 to 2008; hand-picked by Griffin himself. In 2008,
ShineReveille International made a deal with Merv Griffin Entertainment to distribute all of MGE programming overseas.