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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.06
 
                   CONSENT OF WASSERSTEIN PERELLA & CO., INC.
 
Board of Directors
Silver King Communications, Inc.
12425 28th Street
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
 
Members of the Board:
 
     We hereby consent to the use in the Registration Statement, and in the
related Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, of Silver King Communications, Inc.
("Parent") on Form S-4, covering the securities of Parent to be issued in
connection with the mergers of a currently wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent
with and into Home Shopping Network, Inc. ("HSN") and of a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent with and into Savoy Pictures Entertainment, Inc. ("Savoy"),
of our opinion dated August 28, 1996, appearing as Appendix F to such Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus; and to the description therein of such opinion and
of our presentation to the Special Committee of the independent directors of the
board of directors of HSN on August 25, 1996; and to the references therein to
us under the headings "Summary -- Opinions of Certain Financial
Advisors -- HSN," "Special Factors Relating to the HSN Transactions
 -- Background," "Special Factors Relating to the HSN Transactions -- Fairness
of the HSN Transactions; Recommendations," "Special Factors Relating to the HSN
Transactions -- Opinions of Certain Financial Advisors -- Opinion of Wasserstein
Perella, Advisor to the HSN Special Committee and "Special Factors Relating to
the HSN Transactions -- July 1996 HSN Projections." In 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 Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, nor do
we admit that we are experts with respect to any part of such Registration
Statement within the meaning of the term "experts" as used in the Securities Act
or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
WASSERSTEIN PERELLA & CO., INC.
/s/  D.C. TAYLOR
 
New York, New York
November 18, 1996