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| Wheel of Fortune (1983) | |
| Premiere | September 19, 1983 |
| Airs | check local listings |
| Creator | Merv Griffin |
| Host | Pat Sajak and Vanna White |
| Provider | Syndication |
| Style | 30-minute game show |
| Company | Merv Griffin Enterprises(1983-1994), Columbia TriStar Television(1994-2002), Sony Pictures Television(2002- ) |
| Distributor | King World(1983-2007)CBS Television Distribution(2007-2020) CBS Media Ventures(2021- ) |
| Seasons | 36 |
| Episodes | 7,000 (as of May 10, 2019) |
| Status | Currently airing season 36 Renewed through season 40 (2022-2023) |
| Origin | USA |
| Official Site | Wheel of Fortune |
Wheel of Fortune is the second and current incarnation of the popular game showWheel of Fortune. This version airs in syndication and is hosted by Pat Sajak, who was also one of the hosts on the original daytime version.
The nighttime Wheel was the first game show in syndication to be stripped as a five-night-a-week series during prime time access* (7 PM and 7:30 PM Eastern). It quickly became the top rated syndicated program on TV and it has held that position since. Sometime later, repeats from previous seasons were offered on Saturday evenings.
Game play was identical to the daytime show (which ended in 1991). Over the last ten years, a new wrinkle was added: the contestant to spin first was decided from who is the first to solve a toss-up puzzle. Also, the prize to be played for in the bonus round was determined by spinning a small wheel with small folded placards hiding the prize. A $1 million wedge was added to the big wheel. Whoever lands on it and is top winner at the end (provided no 'Bankrupts' are hit before then) vies for the $1 million in the bonus round. The contestant must land on the $1 million on the small wheel in order to play for it.
Wheel of Fortune TV spot from WCBS-TV Channel 2. Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin that debuted in 1975. The show features a competition in which contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel.The current version of the series, which airs in nightly syndication, premiered on. Jul 07, 2017 Wheel of Fortune August 06, 2020 - WOF 8072020 Wheel of Fortune 08072020 News Today 2W-ZTxlKWgPg360p. 1975-1981 - The set was different during the early years of Wheel of Fortune compared to the sets used for the later versions, including the syndicated version. The set was an updated version of the one used for the 1974 pilot. The changes that were made to the set were that the contestant areas were color-coded. Red was the left-most contestant (next to the host), yellow was the center,. Wheel of Fortune This version airs in syndication and is hosted by Pat Sajak, who was also one of the hosts on the original daytime version. The nighttime Wheel was the first game show in syndication to be stripped as a five-night-a-week series during prime time access. (7 PM and 7:30 PM Eastern).
Other wrinkles had been the Jackpot round, in which a pot starts at $5000 and increases with the money values the Wheel stops on with the player solving the puzzle winning the jackpot provided he/she land on the Jackpot wedge. The most current is the Express, which upon being landed lets the contestant continue to select consonants for $1000 a pop until the puzzle is solved, with any missed letter causing him/her to bankrupt.
Longtime announcer Charlie O'Donnell died November 1, 2010. Wheel had guest announcers like Jeopardy! announcer Johnny Gilbert and Jim Thornton. Jim Thornton was named Wheel's permanent announcer on June 13, 2011.
1983 Wheel Of Fortune
NOTE: *Other syndicated game shows were five-day-a-week strips but were not intended for prime time access unless a station scheduled it for that time frame on their own accord.
1985 Wheel Of Fortune
Seasons
| Season | Premiere | Finale | # | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syndication | ||||||
| Season One | September 19, 1983 | June 15, 1984 | 195 | |||
| Season Two | September 10, 1984 | June 7, 1985 | 195 | |||
| Season Three | September 9, 1985 | June 6, 1986 | 195 | |||
| Season Four | September 8, 1986 | June 19, 1987 | 195 | |||
| Season Five | September 14, 1987 | June 10, 1988 | 195 | |||
| Season Six | September 5, 1988 | June 16, 1989 | 195 | |||
| Season Seven | September 4, 1989 | June 1, 1990 | 195 | |||
| Season Eight | September 3, 1990 | June 14, 1991 | 195 | |||
| Season Nine | September 2, 1991 | June 12, 1992 | 195 | |||
| Season Ten | September 7, 1992 | June 18, 1993 | 195 | |||
| Season Eleven | September 6, 1993 | June 17, 1994 | 195 | |||
| Season Twelve | September 5, 1994 | June 23, 1995 | 195 | |||
| Season Thirteen | September 4, 1995 | July 19, 1996 | 195 | |||
| Season Fourteen | September 2, 1996 | June 13, 1997 | 195 | |||
| Season Fifteen | September 1, 1997 | June 12, 1998 | 195 | |||
| Season Sixteen | September 7, 1998 | June 4, 1999 | 195 | |||
| Season Seventeen | September 6, 1999 | June 2, 2000 | 195 | |||
| Season Eighteen | September 4, 2000 | June 1, 2001 | 195 | |||
| Season Nineteen | September 3, 2001 | May 31, 2002 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty | September 2, 2002 | May 30, 2003 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty-One | September 8, 2003 | June 4, 2004 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty-Two | September 6, 2004 | June 3, 2005 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty-Three | September 12, 2005 | June 9, 2006 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty-Four | September 11, 2006 | June 8, 2007 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty-Five | September 10, 2007 | June 6, 2008 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty-Six | September 8, 2008 | July 17, 2009 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty-Seven | September 14, 2009 | June 11, 2010 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty-Eight | September 13, 2010 | June 10, 2011 | 195 | |||
| Season Twenty-Nine | September 19, 2011 | June 15, 2012 | 195 | |||
| Season Thirty | September 17, 2012 | June 14, 2013 | 195 | |||
| Season Thirty-One | September 16, 2013 | June 13, 2014 | 195 | |||
| Season Thirty-Two | September 15, 2014 | June 12, 2015 | 195 | |||
| Season Thirty-Three | September 14, 2015 | June 10, 2016 | 195 | |||
| Season Thirty-Four | September 12, 2016 | — | 195 | |||
| Season Thirty-Five | September 11, 2017 | — | — | |||
| Season Thirty-Six | September 10, 2018 | — | — | |||
| Season Thirty-Seven | 2019 | — | — | |||
| Season Thirty-Eight | 2020 | — | — | |||
| Season Thirty-Nine | 2021 | — | — | |||
| Season Forty | 2022 | — | — | |||
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Wheel Of Fortune Australia 1984
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