A year later, King World bought the syndication rights to another Griffin show, "Jeopardy!", and the latest version of the series (with Alex Trebek) has since become the number-two show in syndication. Originally, the company produced two pilots of the game show: one in September 1983 and the other on January 9, 1984. Robert King, the president of King World, left the company to form The Television Program Source, a television syndication company that was founded on October 15 as a joint venture between King, Alan Bennett, and Columbia Pictures Television. Shortly after this, King World launched Harpo Productions' successful "The Oprah Winfrey Show", which eventually led to the creation of the spin-off series "Dr. Phil", as well as the latest Harpo contribution, "Rachael Ray". Oprah Winfrey was originally a local talk show host in Chicago prior to her King World launch. "Dr. Phil" is co-produced by Winfrey's Harpo Productions (CBS Paramount Domestic Television co-distributed for a time). in CBS Paramount Television 