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Wheel of Fortune (1983)
Premiere September 19, 1983
Airscheck local listings
CreatorMerv Griffin
HostPat Sajak and
Vanna White
ProviderSyndication
Style 30-minute game show
CompanyMerv Griffin Enterprises(1983-1994),
Columbia TriStar Television(1994-2002),
Sony Pictures Television(2002- )
DistributorKing 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 SiteWheel 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.

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.

Seasons

Season PremiereFinale#
Syndication
Season One September 19, 1983 June 15, 1984195
Season Two September 10, 1984 June 7, 1985195
Season Three September 9, 1985 June 6, 1986195
Season Four September 8, 1986 June 19, 1987195
Season Five September 14, 1987 June 10, 1988195
Season Six September 5, 1988 June 16, 1989195
Season Seven September 4, 1989 June 1, 1990195
Season Eight September 3, 1990 June 14, 1991195
Season Nine September 2, 1991 June 12, 1992195
Season Ten September 7, 1992 June 18, 1993195
Season Eleven September 6, 1993 June 17, 1994195
Season Twelve September 5, 1994 June 23, 1995195
Season Thirteen September 4, 1995 July 19, 1996195
Season Fourteen September 2, 1996 June 13, 1997195
Season Fifteen September 1, 1997 June 12, 1998195
Season Sixteen September 7, 1998 June 4, 1999195
Season Seventeen September 6, 1999 June 2, 2000195
Season Eighteen September 4, 2000 June 1, 2001195
Season Nineteen September 3, 2001 May 31, 2002195
Season Twenty September 2, 2002 May 30, 2003195
Season Twenty-One September 8, 2003 June 4, 2004195
Season Twenty-Two September 6, 2004 June 3, 2005195
Season Twenty-Three September 12, 2005 June 9, 2006195
Season Twenty-Four September 11, 2006 June 8, 2007195
Season Twenty-Five September 10, 2007 June 6, 2008195
Season Twenty-Six September 8, 2008 July 17, 2009195
Season Twenty-Seven September 14, 2009 June 11, 2010195
Season Twenty-Eight September 13, 2010 June 10, 2011195
Season Twenty-Nine September 19, 2011 June 15, 2012195
Season Thirty September 17, 2012 June 14, 2013195
Season Thirty-One September 16, 2013 June 13, 2014195
Season Thirty-Two September 15, 2014 June 12, 2015195
Season Thirty-Three September 14, 2015 June 10, 2016195
Season Thirty-Four September 12, 2016195
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

In Depth

  • At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

There are no DVD releases for this show.

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External Sites

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The Wheel of Fortune or Rota Fortunae has been a concept and metaphor since ancient times referring to the capricious nature of Fate. Wheel of Fortune may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media[edit]

Art[edit]

  • The Wheel of Fortune, 1883 painting by Edward Burne-Jones

Games[edit]

  • Big Six wheel, a casino game also known as the Wheel of Fortune
  • Wheel of Fortune video games, based on the game show franchise

Literature[edit]

  • The Wheel of Fortune (novel), a 1984 novel by the English author Susan Howatch
  • The Wheel of Fortune, a 1795 play by the British writer Richard Cumberland

Music[edit]

  • Wheel of Fortune, an album by Susan Raye
  • 'Wheel of Fortune' (1951 song), originally performed by Johnny Hartman
  • 'Wheels of Fortune' (song), a song first released by the Doobie Brothers

Racing[edit]

  • Wheel of Fortune (horse), a British racehorse

Film[edit]

  • Wheels of Fortune (film), a 2020 film

Television[edit]

Game shows[edit]

  • Wheel of Fortune (American game show) (1975–present), an American game show created by Merv Griffin
    • International versions of Wheel of Fortune, based on the American version:
      • La Ruota Della Fortuna, Italian game show
  • Wheel of Fortune (1952 game show), a 1952–1953 American game show that aired on CBS that is unrelated to the later 1975 American game show

Episodes[edit]

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  • 'Wheel of Fortune', series episode of The A-Team (season 4)
  • 'The Wheel of Fortune', third episode of the 1965 Doctor Who serial The Crusade
  • 'Wheel of Fortune', series episode of The Dead Zone
  • 'Wheels of Fortune', series episode of Frasier (season 9)

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Places[edit]

  • Wheel of Fortune (house), listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware
  • Wheel of Fortune, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement on the island of Saint Croix

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