A judge weighed in on two major entertainment companies suing each other over 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune.'

CBS Media Ventures is fighting to retain distribution rights to the popular game shows. Sony Pictures owns and produces the shows. The contract governing distribution was cemented in the early 1980s.

The latest is this: CBS has been granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Sony after the latter intended to take over distribution for Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune on over 200 markets beginning this Friday (February 7).

CBS Media Ventures has been granted a temporary restraining order against Sony Pictures Television after the latter said it would take over distribution for the syndicated game shows "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune.

CBS has blocked Sony from canceling its lucrative distribution deals for “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune,” while the two sides clash in court over their decades-old contracts. Sony moved on Monday morning to try to take over distribution of the shows to more than 200 stations around the country,