-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Fdkl5GANfjFhpGkWudvFQtE1ahx0SyfT0u7GmPTJ2izDr2BeaHADP66Dc/s4Pg6U XMbv/KDAXTYic2YsA7anSg== 0000904454-97-000089.txt : 19970922 0000904454-97-000089.hdr.sgml : 19970922 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000904454-97-000089 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19970917 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19970918 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KING WORLD PRODUCTIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000756764 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MOTION PICTURE & VIDEO TAPE DISTRIBUTION [7822] IRS NUMBER: 132565808 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09244 FILM NUMBER: 97682052 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12400 WILSHIRE BLVD CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90025 BUSINESS PHONE: 2123154000 8-K/A 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K/A CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) September 16, 1997 __________________ KING WORLD PRODUCTIONS, INC. _____________________________________________________ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware 1-9244 13-2565808 ___________________________________________________________________ (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 1700 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 ___________________________________________________________________ (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 315-4000 ______________ 12400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90025 ___________________________________________________________________ (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Item 5. Other Events. _____________ On September 16, 1997, King World Productions, Inc. (the "Compa- ny"), issued a press release announcing the settlement of its litigation with Sony Pictures Entertainment over the production and distribution of a new version of the game show "Hollywood Squares." Under the terms of the settlement, the Company and Columbia TriStar Television will produce, and the Company will distribute, Hollywood Squares in first-run syndication, for launch as a five-day-a-week strip series premiering in the fall of 1998. The Company also announced that it had obtained three-year commitments from eleven CBS owned-and-operated stations to broadcast the series in the access or early fringe time periods through the 2000-2001 broadcast season. Copies of the press releases containing the foregoing announce- ments are filed herewith as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2. Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhib- its. ________________________________________________________________ ____ (c) Exhibits. 99.1 Press Release of the Company dated September 16, 1997 concerning the settlement of the Hollywood Squares litigation. 99.2 Press Release of the Company dated September 16, 1997 concerning the licensing of Hollywood Squares. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. KING WORLD PRODUCTIONS, INC., By: /s/Steven A. LoCascio Name: Steven A. LoCascio Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Date: September 17, 1997 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Description _______ ___________ 99.1 Press Release of the Company dated September 16, 1997 concerning the settlement of the Hollywood Squares litigation. 99.2 Press Release of the Company dated September 16, 1997 concerning the licensing of Hollywood Squares. EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99.1 King World and Sony Pictures Entertainment Settle Pending Litigation; 'Hollywood Squares' Set for a Fall 1998 Launch NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- King World Productions, Inc. and Sony Pictures Enter- tainment today announced that they have settled their pending litigation in California Superior Court. Under the settlement, King World and Columbia TriStar Television will produce a new version of HOLLYWOOD SQUARES for first-run syndication. King World will distribute the program, which will launch as a five-day-a-week strip for premiere in the Fall of 1998. ``Today, we begin a major, new chapter in our partnership with Sony Pictures,'' declared King World Vice Chairman & CEO Michael King. ``We have agreed to bring back one of the most popular, successful and longest-runn- ing shows in the history of television. HOLLYWOOD SQUARES is a treasure, and the prospect of producing and distributing a new version of it is tremendously exciting for us, as I know it will be for the viewing pub- lic.'' ``We're pleased to move forward on HOLLYWOOD SQUARES,'' stated Jon Feltheimer, President of the Columbia TriStar Television Group and Execu- tive Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ``The success we've enjoyed with WHEEL OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY! has set a benchmark in the world of game show production and distribution. HOLLYWOOD SQUARES has the potential of becoming another franchise for our companies.'' King World is the leading worldwide distributor of first-run programming, including WHEEL OF FORTUNE, JEOPARDY! and THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW, the three highest-rated, first-run strips in syndication. The Company produces and distributes INSIDE EDITION and AMERICAN JOURNAL, and distributes THE GERALDO RIVERA SHOW, the MR. FOOD insert and a library of feature films and television programs. It will also co-produce and distribute THE ROSEANNE SHOW, which is scheduled to premiere in September 1998. The Company's barter subsidiary, Camelot Entertainment Sales, Inc., sells national advertising time in King World and other TV programming. Another subsid- iary, King World Direct, is a worldwide, full-service, direct marketing company. WHEEL OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY! are produced by Columbia TriStar Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company. THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW is produced by HARPO Productions, Inc. THE GERALDO RIVERA SHOW is produced by Tribune Entertainment. Sony Pictures Entertainment's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.spe.sony.com. EXHIBIT 99.2 King World Signs Three-Year Deals for 'Hollywood Squares' on CBS Owned & Operated Stations NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- On the heels of announcing an agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to co-produce a new version of HOLLYWOOD SQUARES for premiere in Fall '98, King World Productions, Inc. (NYSE:KWP), which is distributing the show, today announced that eleven CBS owned-and- operated stations, representing 30% of the U.S. (including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago), have made a three-year commitment to the new produc- tion for broadcast in the access or fringe time period through the 2000-2001 broadcast season. King World is the leading worldwide distributor of first-run programming, including WHEEL OF FORTUNE, JEOPARDY! and THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW, the three highest-rated first-run strips in syndication. The Company produces and distributes INSIDE EDITION, AMERICAN JOURNAL and distributes THE GERALDO RIVERA SHOW, the MR. FOOD insert and a library of feature films and television programs. It will also co-produce and distribute THE ROSEANNE SHOW, which is scheduled to premiere in September 1998. The Company's barter subsidiary, Camelot Entertainment Sales, Inc., sells national advertising time in King World and other TV programming. Another subsid- iary, King World Direct, is a worldwide, full-service, direct marketing company. WHEEL OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY! are produced by Columbia TriStar Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW is produced by HARPO Productions, Inc. THE GERALDO RIVERA SHOW is produced by Tribune Entertainment. Sony Pictures Entertainment's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.spe.sony.com. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----