Is Merv Griffin Show coming back?
Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986) — comedy · music on Syndication
The answer: Concluded June 18, 1986.
24seasons
145episodes
About Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show ended on June 18, 1986, after its 196th season. The series concluded its run on syndication, having been a staple of daytime television for many years.
The show was a talk and variety series where host Merv Griffin invited a range of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss their work and share insights on current culture, arts, and entertainment. It was known for its relaxed format and engaging conversations, providing viewers with a glimpse into the entertainment industry and creative processes.
The cast included Merv Griffin himself, along with Arthur Treacher and Milt Kamen.
Merv Griffin Show episode schedule
145 aired
Aired · 145
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 5, 1986 | S1986·E120 | Sep 05 1986 Final show |
| June 18, 1986 | S1986·E121 | Jun 18, 1986 |
| February 6, 1986 | S1986·E30 | Feb 6 1986 Jay Leno |
| January 4, 1986 | S1986·E1 | Jan 4, 1986 |
| November 5, 1985 | S1985·E2 | Nov 5 1985 Betty White/Bea Arthur/Rue McClanahan/Estelle Getty |
| October 9, 1985 | S1985·E1 | Oct 9 1985 George Clooney |
| November 2, 1984 | S1984·E3 | Nov 2 1984 Bill Maher |
| October 19, 1984 | S1984·E2 | Oct 19 1984 Alec Baldwin |
| July 19, 1984 | S1984·E144 | July 19 1984 Jim Henson/Frank Oz/Muppets/Dabney Coleman |
| January 6, 1984 | S1984·E5 | Tim Matheson, Franco Columbu, Kaye Ballard, Lindsay Bloom |
| October 14, 1983 | S1983·E5 | Oct 14 1985 Orson Wells/Barbara Leaming |
| September 27, 1983 | S1983·E4 | Sep 27 1983 Ronald Reagan/Nancy Reagan |
| June 23, 1983 | S1983·E3 | Jun 23 1983 Whitney Houston/Cissy Houston/Clive Davis/Sandy Duncan |
| March 24, 1983 | S1983·E2 | Mar 24 1983 Rosa Parks |
| January 17, 1983 | S1983·E1 | Jan 17 1983 Don Rickles/Mr. T |
| December 22, 1982 | S1982·E6 | Dec 22 1982 Sir Laurence Olivier |
| June 30, 1982 | S1982·E5 | Jun 30 1982 Carol King/Gloria Steinem/Jane Fonda |
| June 25, 1982 | S1982·E4 | Jun 25 1982 Orson Welles/Andy Kaufman |
| May 26, 1982 | S1982·E3 | May 26 1982 Sylvester Stallone/Burgess Meredith/Talia Shire/Mr. T/Carl Weathers |
| May 24, 1982 | S1982·E2 | May 24 1982 William Shatner/Leonard Nimoy/DeForest Kelly |
| February 15, 1982 | S1982·E1 | Feb 15 1982 Maya Angelou |
| November 2, 1981 | S1981·E2 | Nov 2 1981 Olivia Newton-John/John Travolta |
| August 24, 1981 | S1981·E1 | Aug 24 1981 Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Cosby |
| October 6, 1980 | S1980·E200 | Oct 6 1980 Dick Cavett interviews Merv Griffin |
| August 29, 1980 | S1980·E4 | Aug 29 1980 Muhammad Ali/Larry Holmes |
| August 22, 1980 | S1980·E3 | Aug 22 1980 Shelley Winters/Charles Grodin/June Carter Cash |
| June 12, 1980 | S1980·E118 | Stella Stevens, Mickey Gilley, Orson Bean, Stan Kann, Lionel Norman, Stacy Lattisaw |
| May 28, 1980 | S1980·E2 | May 28 1980 Brooke Shields/Christopher Atkins/Mickey Rooney |
| January 9, 1980 | S1980·E1 | Jan 9 1980 Francis Ford Coppolla/Gene Hackman/Cindy Williams |
| January 7, 1980 | S1980·E5 | Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Conrad, Dudley Moore, Sir Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jayne Kennedy |
Show 115 earlier episodes
| December 29, 1979 | S1979·E279 | Dec 27, 1979 |
| November 21, 1979 | S1979·E3 | Nov 21 1979 Barbara Walters |
| November 1, 1979 | S1979·E2 | Nov 1 1979 Mel Brooks/Carl Reiner/Anne Bancroft/Gene Wilder |
| June 25, 1979 | S1979·E1 | Jun 25 1979 Gerald Ford/Gene Wilder |
| December 20, 1978 | S1978·E5 | Dec 20 1979 Steve Martin/Carl Reiner/Jackie Mason |
| November 7, 1978 | S1978·E4 | Nov 7 1978 Lillian Carter/Andy Williams/Loretta Lynn |
| March 16, 1978 | S1978·E3 | Buddy Rich, Mel Tormé, Redd Foxx |
| February 14, 1978 | S1978·E2 | Feb 14 1978 Joan Rivers |
| January 12, 1978 | S1978·E1 | Jan 12 1978 Ray Bradbury |
| September 22, 1977 | S1977·E189 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Alex Haley/Louis Gossett, Jr. |
| September 19, 1977 | S1977·E186 | Sep 19, 1977 |
| August 10, 1977 | S1977·E158 | Aug 10, 1977 |
| July 8, 1977 | S1977·E1 | Jul 8 1977 Steve Martin |
| March 7, 1977 | S1977·E46 | Mar 7, 1977 |
| November 30, 1976 | S1976·E2 | Nov 30 1976 Farrah Fawcett-Majors/Lindsay Wagner/Gladys Knight |
| February 16, 1976 | S1976·E1 | Feb 16 1976 John Denver/Starland Vocal Band |
| February 3, 1976 | S1976·E24 | Barry Newman, Cliff De Young, Arte Johnson, Pamela Grier, Joyce Jillson |
| December 5, 1975 | S1975·E4 | James Michener |
| October 8, 1975 | S1975·E3 | Marty Allen/Steve Allen/Norm Crosby |
| March 17, 1975 | S1975·E1 | 1975-03-17 Tony Bennett|Fred Astaire |
| January 17, 1974 | S1974·E22 | Cast and Crew of "The Exorcist" |
| January 16, 1974 | S1974·E16 | Jennifer O'Neill, Cicely Tyson, Peggy Cass, Susan Tolsky, Dr. Irene Kassorla |
| November 30, 1973 | S1973·E240 | Glamour Girls |
| November 29, 1973 | S1973·E239 | Bette Davis/Walter Pidgeon/Olivia De Havilland |
| October 15, 1973 | S1973·E203 | Oct 15, 1973 |
| October 12, 1973 | S1973·E200 | Oct 12 1973 Lucille Ball/Bob Hope/Lucy Arnaz/Gale Gordon |
| July 31, 1973 | S1973·E140 | Jul 31 1973 Ingrid Bergman, George Segal, Kris Kristofferson |
| May 10, 1973 | S1973·E94 | From Las Vegas: Cloris Leachman, Wayne Rogers, Lyle Waggoner, Bill Daily, Marcia Wallace |
| April 27, 1973 | S1973·E80 | Apr 27 1973 Jack Benny |
| March 30, 1973 | S1973·E65 | Henry Fonda, Roddy McDowall, Jo Anne Worley, Johnny Nash, Rodney Dangerfield |
| February 28, 1973 | S1973·E5 | Feb 28 1973 Doug McClure/Jean-Paul Vignon/John Astin/Patty Duke/Carole Cook |
| February 5, 1973 | S1973·E26 | Up and Coming Newcomers |
| January 22, 1973 | S1973·E16 | Dancers |
| January 9, 1973 | S1973·E2 | Jan 9, 1973 Diet and Health |
| January 5, 1973 | S1973·E1 | Jan 5, 1973 Danny Thomas, Rose Marie, Rich Little |
| December 19, 1972 | S1972·E252 | Mark Spitz, Sally Struthers, Bud Yorkin, Johnny Nash |
| December 8, 1972 | S1972·E245 | Mac Davis, Claudine Longet, Fred Williamson, Richard Dawson |
| December 6, 1972 | S1972·E220 | Dec 6 1972 Isaac Hayes/Johnnie Taylor/Emotions/Staple Singers |
| October 12, 1972 | S1972·E4 | Oct 12 1972 Doug McClure/James Brolin/Robert L. Green/Marty Allen |
| August 22, 1972 | S1972·E167 | Comedians |
| July 3, 1972 | S1972·E131 | The Ross Martin Celebrity Tennis Tournament |
| June 1, 1972 | S1972·E120 | Jun 7 1972 Warren Beatty |
| April 6, 1972 | S1972·E80 | Apr 6, 1972 Television's Leading Men |
| January 13, 1972 | S1972·E8 | Jan 13 1972 Renee Valente, James Caan, Paddy Chayefsky, Philip D'Antoni |
| January 11, 1972 | S1972·E7 | Salute to Don Rickles |
| January 5, 1972 | S1972·E2 | Jan 5, 1972 Salute to Glenn Miller |
| January 4, 1972 | S1972·E1 | Jan 4, 1972 Adventurers |
| December 27, 1971 | S1971·E257 | Dec 27 1971 Roger Miller/Glen Campbell/Dick Clark |
| December 21, 1971 | S1971·E253 | Dec 21 1971 Eva Gabor/Chuck Norris |
| November 18, 1971 | S1971·E230 | Nov 18, 1971 |
| October 28, 1971 | S1971·E215 | Oct 28 1971 Willie Mays/James Brolin/Dennis Hopper |
| April 6, 1971 | S1971·E68 | Eva Gabor, Patrick Wayne, Henry Darrow, Doug McClure |
| November 27, 1970 | S1970·E237 | November 27, 1970 Myrna Loy/Nipsey Russell/Alex Dreier |
| November 21, 1970 | S1970·E232 | Nov 21 1970 John Wayne |
| August 20, 1970 | S1970·E166 | Count Basie, Hugh Downs, Professor Irwin Corey, Yvonne Constant, Northern Calloway, Helen Gurley Brown, John Mack Carter |
| August 5, 1970 | S1970·E155 | George Jessel, Jerry Della Femina, Ivan Rebroff, Jerry Collins, Lois Walden |
| May 14, 1970 | S1970·E96 | May 14 1970 Gore Vidal |
| April 1, 1970 | S1970·E65 | Hugh Downs, Stanley Myron Handelman, Billy Joe Royal, Leonard Barr |
| January 16, 1970 | S1970·E12 | Joan Crawford, James Drury, Julius LaRosa, Junior Samples, Dr. Cleo Dawson |
| August 18, 1969 | S1969·E1 | Aug 18 1969 Moms Mabley/Woody Allen/Hedy Lamar |
| December 26, 1967 | S1967·E257 | Alex Cord, Rocky Graziano, Pat Carroll, Jerry Holmes, London Lee, Dr. Joyce Brothers |
| December 25, 1967 | S1967·E256 | Rose Kennedy, Orson Bean, Johnny Nash, Genevieve, Robin Wilson, Stiller & Meara |
| December 20, 1967 | S1967·E253 | Dec 20 1967 David Susskind/Richard Nixon |
| December 8, 1967 | S1967·E245 | Paul Ford, Hugh Downs, Rudy Vallee, David Susskind, Phil Borneo, Mary Lou Collins |
| October 3, 1967 | S1967·E3 | Oct 3 1967 Carl Reiner/Robert F Kennedy |
| September 11, 1967 | S1967·E181 | Johnny Nash, Jan Murray, Gussie Moran, Lillian Briggs, Monti Rock III, Professor Irwin Corey, Willard & Greco |
| August 14, 1967 | S1968·E163 | John Forsythe, Anita Gillette, Jo Anne Worley, Reni Santoni, Slappy White, Al & Jet, Gloria Loring |
| July 6, 1967 | S1967·E2 | July 6 1967 Harry Belafonte/Martin Luther King Jr |
| January 18, 1967 | S1967·E1 | Jan 18 1967 Jane Fonda/Roger Vadim |
| September 1, 1966 | S1966·E10 | Sep 1 1966 Adam West/Burt Ward |
| August 10, 1966 | S1966·E9 | Aug 10 1966 Freddy Martin |
| August 1, 1966 | S1966·E8 | Aug 1 1966 Everly Bros/Richard Pryor/Jerry Lewis/Dagmar |
| July 20, 1966 | S1966·E7 | Jul 20 1966 Henny Youngman/Jayne Mansfield/Henry Brill |
| July 18, 1966 | S1966·E6 | Jul 18 1966 Mort Sahl/Timothy Leary Pt1-2 |
| June 9, 1966 | S1966·E5 | Jun 9 1966 Norman Rockwell |
| March 7, 1966 | S1966·E4 | Mar 7 1966 Redd Fox |
| February 23, 1966 | S1966·E3 | Feb 23 1966 Phil Spector |
| February 4, 1966 | S1966·E2 | Feb 4 1966 Lionel Hampton/Tallulah Bankhead/Willie Mays |
| January 10, 1966 | S1966·E1 | Jan 10 1966 Bob Crane |
| December 30, 1965 | S1965·E10 | December 30 1965 Salvador Dali |
| December 23, 1965 | S1965·E79 | Myrna Loy/Ethel Griffies/Salvador Dali |
| November 11, 1965 | S1965·E225 | Frankie Lane/Henny Youngman/George Carlin/John Glenn |
| November 9, 1965 | S1965·E8 | Nov 9 1965 Danny Kaye/Shelly Berman |
| October 21, 1965 | S1965·E7 | Oct 21 1965 Oscar Levant/Roddy McDowall/Carol Burnett |
| October 6, 1965 | S1965·E6 | Oct 6 1965 Reni Santori/Andy Warhol |
| September 29, 1965 | S1965·E5 | Sept 29 1965 Andy Warhol/Renee Taylor |
| September 14, 1965 | S1965·E4 | Sept 14 1965 Dionne Warwick/Dick Gregory |
| September 8, 1965 | S1965·E3 | Sept 08 1965 Richard Pryor/Phil Spector |
| September 2, 1965 | S1965·E2 | Sept 02 1965 Phyllis Diller/Fredrick Ayer Jr/Mitsuo Fuchida |
| September 1, 1965 | S1965·E1 | Sept 01 1965 Eartha Kitt/Phil Spector/Wally Cox |
| August 17, 1965 | S1965·E163 | Walter Brennan, Averell Harriman, Edward Everett Horton, Marc London, Stuart Damon |
| July 20, 1965 | S1965·E143 | George Carlin, Hermione Gingold, Honor Blackman, Wally Cox, Brooks Hays, Pat Woodell |
| June 3, 1965 | S1965·E110 | Vivian Vance, Casey Stengel, Richard Pryor, Susan Watson, Sean Connery |
| January 14, 1963 | S1963·E10 | Anita Colby, Ira Hirschman, Joe Phillips, Frank Di Rone, Hugh Downs |
| November 1, 1962 | S1962·E24 | Ann Sothern, Jack E. Leonard, Eleanor La Forge, Milt Kamen, Les Elgart |
| October 30, 1962 | S1962·E22 | Eddie Fisher, Patrice Munsel, Phil Foster, Les Elgart |
| October 29, 1962 | S1962·E18 | Shelley Berman, Robert Merrill, Glynis Johns, Fred Cook, Les Elgart |
| October 26, 1962 | S1962·E17 | Linda Christian, Robert Clary, Lionel Hampton |
| October 25, 1962 | S1962·E16 | Joe Garagiola, Arlene Francis, Jan McArt, Lionel Hampton |
| October 24, 1962 | S1962·E15 | Harry Belafonte, Jack Haley, Arthur Murray and Kathryn Murray, Lionel Hampton |
| October 23, 1962 | S1962·E14 | Henry Morgan, the incomparable Hildegarde, Lionel Hampton |
| October 22, 1962 | S1962·E13 | Victor Borge, Henry Gibson, Milt Kamen, Lionel Hampton |
| October 19, 1962 | S1962·E12 | Robert Merrill, Merriman Smith, Sammy Kaye |
| October 18, 1962 | S1962·E11 | Bobby Darin, Dick Gregory, Raymond Massey, Marguerite Piazza, Peter Nero |
| October 17, 1962 | S1962·E10 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Shelley Berman, Johnny Nash, Sammy Kaye |
| October 16, 1962 | S1962·E9 | Mitch Miller, Pat O'Brien, Hermione Gingold, Stanley Myron Handelman, Sammy Kaye |
| October 15, 1962 | S1962·E8 | E.L. Beach, Sammy Kaye, George Maharis, Michèle Morgan |
| October 12, 1962 | S1962·E7 | Wally Cox, Anita Bryant, Hermione Gingold |
| October 11, 1962 | S1962·E6 | Melina Mercouri, Jack E. Leonard, Virginia Graham, Tom O'Horgan, Lionel Hampton |
| October 9, 1962 | S1962·E5 | Henry Morgan, Regina Resnik, Ashley Montague, Lionel Hampton |
| October 5, 1962 | S1962·E4 | Della Reese, Sam Levenson, Robert Morse, Peter Nero |
| October 3, 1962 | S1962·E3 | Andy Griffith/Dennis Weaver/Guy Rotondo |
| October 2, 1962 | S1962·E2 | Teddi King, Milt Kamen, Jimmy Piersall, C.P. Snow, Peter Nero |
| October 1, 1962 | S1962·E1 | Shelley Berman, Hugh Downs, Peter Nero |
| November 2, 1961 | S1962·E25 | Tommy Leonetti, Ronnie Schell, Eileen Rodgers, Les Elgart |
