Merrill Heatter

Merrill Heatter produced many Game Shows, most of which were in a partnership with Bob Quigley. After Quigley retired in 1981, Heatter continued making games through an independent company.

"This has been a Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley Production":

• Video Village (1960-62) and its juvenile versions, Video Village Junior (1961-62) and Shenanigans (1964-65)
• Double Exposure (1961)
• People Will Talk (1963)
• The Celebrity Game (1964-65; reran from 1967-68)
• PDQ (1965-69) and its revival, Baffle (1973-74)
• Showdown! (1966)
• The Hollywood Squares (1966-81) and its juvenile version, The Storybook Squares (1969)
• Temptation (1967-68)
• Funny You Should Ask! (1968-69)
• Name Droppers (1969-70)
• The Amateur's Guide To Love (1972)
• Gambit (1972-76) and its revival, Las Vegas Gambit (1980-81)
• Runaround (1972-73; pilot was taped in 1971)
• High Rollers (1974-76, 1978-80)
• The Magnificent Marble Machine (1975-76)
• Hot Seat (1976)
• To Say The Least (1977-78)
• Bedtime Stories (1979)
• (Heatter and Quigley also worked with Hanna-Barbera on Wacky Races {1968-70}, which was to originally include a game show element.)

"This has been a Merrill Heatter Production":

• Battle Stars (1981-82, 1983)
• Fantasy (1982-83)
• All-Star Blitz (1985; original 1984 pilot called Hot Numbers)
• Bargain Hunters (1987)
• High Rollers (1987-88 version; pilot was taped in 1986, with a game not used on the series)
• The Last Word (1989-90)
• Catch 21 (2008-Present)