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Merv Griffin Entertainment Banks on Roy Bank as President of Television

Bank Had Been Executive Producer of Mark Burnett Productions' Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/8/2008 3:23:00 AM

Roy Bank, former executive producer of Mark Burnett Productions' Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader, joined Merv Griffin Entertainment as president of television, a newly created post.

In addition to creating Fifth Grader, Bank was executive producer and creator of Amnesia, the NBC game show that debuts this month.

Merv Griffin Entertainment just renewed its Merv Griffin’s Crosswords syndicated game show for season two.

Bank's resume includes Reveille Productions, founded by NBC executive Ben Silverman, and producing for Woody Fraser.

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