Exhibit 23.1



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-61914) of our
report dated March 21, 1997, which appears on page 24 of the 1996 Annual Report
to Shareholders of Spelling Entertainment Group Inc., which is incorporated by
reference in Spelling Entertainment Group Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1996.  We also consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on
page 50 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.  We also consent to the reference to
us under the heading "Experts".



/s/  Price Waterhouse LLP
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Los Angeles, California
February 23, 1998