Michael King, an innovative TV syndicator who helped make stars of Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Phil McGraw and Rachael Ray, has died.
A family member confirms King died Wednesday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia. He was 67.
Michael King inherited King World Productions in 1972 with his brother Roger.
Under the brothers’ management, King World rose to be the industry’s leading distributor of first-run syndicated programming, bringing such shows to TV as “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “Dr. Phil.”
