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                                                            EXHIBIT 5



         (LETTERHEAD OF REBOUL, MACMURRAY, HEWITT, MAYNARD & KRISTOL)
                                                         



                                 July 22, 1994



King World Productions, Inc.
1700 Broadway
New York, New York  10019

                          King World Productions, Inc.
                       Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                 We have acted as counsel to King World Productions, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with its Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), filed under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), relating to the offering of up to 1,500,000
additional shares of its Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Shares"), pursuant
to the Amended and Restated Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan
(the "Plan").

                 In that connection, we have examined originals, or copies
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents,
corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or
appropriate for purposes of this opinion, including the Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, and By-Laws, as amended, of the Company.

                 Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

                 1.  The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware.

                 2.  The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
sold upon the exercise of options granted or pursuant





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to awards made in accordance with the the terms of the Plan will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

                 We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Validity of the Shares" in the Registration Statement.  By giving the
foregoing consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.


                                        Very truly yours,



                                        REBOUL, MACMURRAY, HEWITT,
                                        MAYNARD & KRISTOL