Heatter-Quigley Productions was an American television production company that was launched in 1960 by two former television writers, Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley. After Quigley's retirement, the company became Merrill Heatter Productions.
History
On many of Heatter-Quigley's most popular game shows, beginning with Video Village, a key element of the game was enlarged, and in some instances the entire game itself was magnified to larger than life.
In 1961, Heatter and Quigley entered into a partnership with Four Star Television to produce programming, and most of the assets were transferred to Four Star Television.[1] The Heatter-Quigley company, which became an independent television production firm in 1965,[2] was the year that this company had created and aired a pilot episode of Hollywood Squares thru which Bert Parks was the moderator. The show was rejected by CBS, but NBC acquired broadcasting rights to the series, and Peter Marshall became the host.
In 1969, Heatter and Quigley sold the show, as well as the entire company to Filmways