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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   5 votes
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Creator:

Merv Griffin
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Contact:

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Seasons:

2 | 27 | unknown full episode list

Release Date:

19 September 1983 (USA) more

Genre:

Family | Game-Show more

Plot:

Pat Sajak hosts this game show, where contestants guess letters in mystery words and phrases. They win... more

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 5 wins & 36 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(19 articles)

'Wheel,' 'Jeopardy' Flex Their Muscles in Beantown
 (From The Wrap. 27 October 2009, 2:51 PM, PDT)

Griffin Warned To Drop Legal Battle
 (From WENN. 5 October 2009, 5:17 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

Now in HD!!!!! more (26 total)


Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 3 of 17)
Pat Sajak ... Himself - Host / ... (59 episodes, 1983-2009)

Vanna White ... Herself - Hostess / ... (59 episodes, 1983-2009)
Charlie O'Donnell ... Himself - Announcer / ... (43 episodes, 1983-2009)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Shoppers' Bazaar (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

USA:30 min (1975-) | USA:60 min (1975-1976)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (1975-1983) | Stereo (1983-)

Certification:

USA:TV-G


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The bonus round premiered in 1981 on the daytime edition. Originally, contestants chose to play one final puzzle for a grand prize they selected from five on stage. They chose five consonants and a vowel. In 1988, they were spotted five consonants (R,S,T,L,N) and one vowel (E), and chose 3 more consonants and one vowel. In 1989, the prizes were hidden under letters W H E E L, and the contestant picked a letter, winning whatever prize the letter concealed. That changed in 2001, to where contestants spun a mini wheel that selected the prize. more

Quotes:

[introducing the touch monitor-based board]
Host: Ladies and gentlemen... presenting... our new puzzle board. Oh, oh, oh! Oh, I'm all goosebumpy!
[a curtain rises to reveal the new board as Vanna poses by it]
Host: I'll bet you a dollar it don't work.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shut Up and Sing (2006/I) more

Soundtrack:

Big Wheels more


FAQ

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Now in HD!!!!!, 13 September 2006
10/10
Author: Seth Nelson from (Near) D/FW Airport, Texas, USA

That show I like, and the show America likes, is bigger, brighter, and better than ever because it's now in High Definition!!!!! It's "Wheel of Fortune!!!!!"

Anyhow, Pat Sajak and Vanna White run the show and they are the perfect duo to take center stage. The game is played exactly like "Hangman," as Merv Griffin envisioned it more than 30 years ago. Here people spin for "BIG MONEY !!!," and prizes too, but watch out for "Bankrupts," "Lose a Turns," calling wrong letters, etc. and the player shall succeed!!!!! The person with the most cash goes on to spin the little wheel for a chance at cars and cash ranging from $25,000 to $100,000!!!!!

I am looking forward to seeing such a great season this year, especially the Dallas episodes. As a matter of fact, the Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie just wrapped up three nights (three weeks on TV) of shows a couple of weeks back. It'll probably be on in November, so I'll have my old-fashioned SD VCR ready!!!!!

"Wheel of Fortune" is the best game show ever made, and 6th according to GSN. Watch it, you will enjoy it!!!!!

10/10

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