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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. Meadowlands sports book. 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.

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.

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. Charlie chance slot machine.

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
Seas

Wheel Of Fortune 1985