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Heatter-Quigley Productions
From The TV IV
| Heatter-Quigley Productions | |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Dissolved | 1981 (became Merrill Heatter Productions) |
| President | Merrill Heatter, Bob Quigley |
| Notable Works | The Hollywood Squares Gambit High Rollers |
Heatter-Quigley Productions was a television production company that specialized in game shows. Their earliest shows were produced in tandem with Filmways Inc. and Merrill Heatter (son of Hollywood columnist Gabriel Heatter) and Bob Quigley remained a team until 1981 when Quigley retired (he died in 1989).
MGM Television currently owns the rights to all Heatter-Quigley shows except for Hollywood Squares, which Orion Television acquired in 1986, then King World Television in 1998.
Heatter-Quigley TV Shows
| Show | Network, run | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Video Village | CBS, 1960-62 | Aired locally prior on Los Angeles TV as Shenanigans |
| Double Exposure | CBS, 1961 | |
| Video Village Jr. | CBS, 1962-63 | Aired Saturday mornings |
| People Will Talk | NBC, 1963 | |
| The Celebrity Game | CBS, 1964 | Aired in prime time |
| Shenanigans | ABC, 1964-66 | Aired Saturday mornings |
| P.D.Q. | Syndicated, 1965-69 | |
| Showdown | NBC, 1966 | |
| The Hollywood Squares | NBC, 1966-80; Syndicated, 1971-81 | 1986 and 1998 shows under different production companies |
| Temptation | ABC, 1967-68 | |
| Funny You Should Ask!! | ABC, 1968-69 | |
| Wacky Races | CBS, 1968-70 | Animated cartoon; co-credit with Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Name Droppers | NBC, 1969-70 | |
| The Amateur's Guide to Love | CBS, 1972 | |
| Gambit | CBS, 1972-76 | |
| Runaround | NBC, 1972-73 | Aired Saturday mornings |
| Baffle | NBC, 1973-74 | Revival of P.D.Q. |
| High Rollers | NBC, 1974-76, 1978-80, 1987-88 | 1987 series under Merrill Heatter Productions; co-production: Century Towers |
| The Magnificent Marble Machine | NBC, 1975-76 | |
| Hot Seat | ABC, 1976 | |
| To Say The Least | NBC, 1977-78 | |
| Bedtime Stories | Syndicated, 1979-80 | |
| Las Vegas Gambit | NBC, 1980-81 | Revival of Gambit |
| Battlestars | NBC, 1981-82 | Under Merrill Heatter productions |
| Fantasy | NBC, 1982-83 | Wish-fulfillment show; under Merrill Heatter Productions; co-production: Earl Greenburg and Columbia Pictures Television |
| The New Battlestars | NBC, 1983 | |
| All-Star Blitz | ABC, 1985 | Under Merrill Heatter Productions; co-production: Peter Marshall Enterprises |
| Bargain Hunters | ABC, 1987 | Under Merrill Heatter Productions; co-production: Josephson Communications |
| Catch-21 | GSN, 2008-11 | Under Merrill Heatter Productions; co-production: Scott Sternberg Productions |
