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Release Date:
19 September 1983 (USA) more
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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 6 wins & 35 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(20 articles)
Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011
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'Wheel,' 'Jeopardy' Flex Their Muscles in Beantown
 (From The Wrap. 27 October 2009, 2:51 PM, PDT)

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Getting a little overdone. more (26 total)

Cast

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Pat Sajak ... Himself - Host (69 episodes, 1983-2009)

Vanna White ... Herself - Hostess / ... (69 episodes, 1983-2009)
Charlie O'Donnell ... Himself - Announcer (53 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)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Mono (1975-1983) | Stereo (1983-)
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Trivia:
Until 1997, the wheel would spin automatically during the opening and closing credits. more
Quotes:
[Closing announcement November 1995-1996]
Announcer: This is Charlie O'Donnell speaking.
[drumroll/copyright screen]
Announcer: "Wheel of Fortune" was created by Merv Griffin. Produced by Columbia/Tristar Television. Distributed by KingWorld.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Rain Man (1988) more
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Big Wheels more

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Getting a little overdone., 7 December 2000
Author: (davemmr@aol.com) from Bellerose, NY

This gameshow was great when I was a kid. Contestants taking their hard earned money to buy grotesque prizes... it was wonderful. Now it's getting all a little overdone, like most gameshows nowadays. The excess graphics and hoopla surrounding the show really doesn't jazz up the game itself, which has become dull ever since they stopped with the shopping segments and when they started giving you R, S, T, L, N, and E automatically. And is Vanna White even necessary anymore? She touches the screen! They can do that automatically.

It's not a bad show - just no fun for me anymore. It's just another case of a gameshow taking itself way too seriously. Please bring back the simplicity and fun of the old gameshows!

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