Merv Griffin, a big band singer who became one of television's most popular talk-show hosts and formidable innovators, creating some of the medium's most popular game shows before becoming a major ...

He helped create “Good Morning America” and “20/20” and had a role in the early careers of the Smothers Brothers, Barbra Streisand and many others. By Neil Genzlinger Comedy and tragedy: Judd Apatow ...