It officially subsumed Merv Griffin Enterprises on June 4, 1994 and took over the role of production of Jeopardy!

and Wheel of Fortune starting in September 1994, with both shows continuing to utilize King World for distribution, an arrangement that continued until 2025 under successor company CBS Media Ventures.

[4][5] In 1994, SPE acquired Stewart Television, which was known for the Pyramid franchise, to burnish the library for Sony's Game Show Network, which would launch on December 1, 1994.

In 1995, Columbia TriStar Television established its children and family entertainment division with Sander Schwartz named as senior vice president of the unit.

[8] On August 26, 1997, Addis-Wechsler inked a five-year joint venture agreement with the studio to produce all forms of its own television programming.