Wheel of Fortune

1983-2026
46 seasons
NBC
Family, Game Show
TV-G

Wheel of Fortune 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.

1983-2026
46 seasons
NBC
Family, Game Show
TV-G

Wheel of Fortune 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.

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Fri, Oct 18, 2019

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Wheel of Fortune Contestant Loses $7K for Mispronouncing "Flamenco"

This is embarrassing...

Tue, Apr 10, 2018

Wheel of Fortune Contestant Loses $7K for Mispronouncing "Flamenco"

Watch the Most Incredible Wheel of Fortune Solves Ever

Jaw, meet floor.

Sat, May 23, 2015

Watch the Most Incredible Wheel of Fortune Solves Ever

Top Moments: John Oliver Makes Us Laugh Talking About Net Neutrality

Our top moments of the week: 11. Best Icebreaker: Jonah Hill has been apologizing for the wrong transgression this whole time. A day after his tearful mea culpa on The Tonight Show for using an anti-gay slur, the 22 Jump Street star drops by The Colbert Report, where...

Fri, Jun 6, 2014

Top Moments: John Oliver Makes Us Laugh Talking About Net Neutrality

Wheel of Fortune Apologizes for Fast and Furious Puzzle Answer

Wheel of Fortune has apologized for featuring a Fast and the Furious puzzle on Monday's show just two days after Paul Walker's death.  After the episode aired, the show explained via Twitter that the episode was taped on Oct. 4 and that it was "an unfortunate coincidence that it aired tonight."

Tue, Dec 3, 2013

Wheel of Fortune Apologizes for Fast and Furious Puzzle Answer

Exclusive Sullivan & Son Video: Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak Rips on ... Vanna White?!

Sullivan & Son has always been a popular spot, but who knew the Pittsburgh bar also attracted famous faces like Pat Sajak?! Actually, it...

Tue, Jul 23, 2013

Exclusive Sullivan & Son Video: Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak Rips on ... Vanna White?!

Exclusive: What's In Store For the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards Show

We know who's been nominated. Now it's time to get some scoop on the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy show itself. TV Guide Magazine spoke with executive producer Gabriel Gornell and HLN executive vp and general manager Scot Safon about the ceremony, airing live on HLN from the Beverly Hilton Hotel (Sunday, June 16, 8/7c). Expect big changes. "Last year we only had three weeks to prepare for the show but this time we have two months and that's going to make a vast difference in the way we honor daytime television," Safon says. "We were so heartened by what we achieved in such a small amount of time last year that we just knew we had to dream bigger. Our working theme for this year's ceremony is 'Past, Present and Future,' which will honor 40 years of the Daytime Emmys and 40 years of daytime television breakthroughs — the many ways daytime was there first, especially when it came to subject matter on the daytime dramas, talk shows and children's programming. It's an extraordinary legacy."

Thu, May 2, 2013

Exclusive: What's In Store For the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards Show

VIDEO: Woman Solves Puzzle with One Letter in Amazing Wheel of Fortune Win

Wheel of Fortune isn't known for being shocking television, but contestant Caitlin Burke changed all that.

Tue, Jan 15, 2013

VIDEO: Woman Solves Puzzle with One Letter in Amazing Wheel of Fortune Win

Did a Wheel of Fortune Contestant Lose Unfairly?

We'd like to buy a do-over, Pat. There's no nice way to say it: A Wheel of Fortune contestant got royally screwed on Wednesday's show, losing thousands of dollars because she failed to enunciate the "g" at the end of "swimming."

Fri, Dec 21, 2012

Did a Wheel of Fortune Contestant Lose Unfairly?

Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune Renewed Through 2016

Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune have been renewed through 2016, CBS Television Distribution announced Monday. The renewal brings Wheel of Fortune into its 33rd season and Jeopardy! into its 32nd. Pat Sajak, Vanna White and Alex Trebek all renewed their hosting contracts as well.

Mon, Oct 29, 2012

Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune Renewed Through 2016

Pat Sajak Admits to Hosting Wheel of Fortune Drunk

Can we buy a vowel ... err a shot of vodka? Longtime Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak says he used to host the popular game show drunk. "When I first started and was much younger and could tolerate those things," Sajak tells Dan Le Batard of "Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable." "We had a different...

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

Pat Sajak Admits to Hosting Wheel of Fortune Drunk

Keith Olbermann Responds to Pat Sajak: He Needs to Apologize for That Talk Show

Pat Sajak apologized Wednesday for being the first to put Keith Olbermann on the air. However, the MSNBC anchor thinks Sajak needs to atone for something else. "I think if he needs to apologize for anything, it needs to be that talk show," the Countdown host told The Hollywood Reporter. "When he was canceled, he was replaced by a crime-and-skin series called Silk Stalkings, for God's sake. Obviously, we guests must...

Fri, Nov 12, 2010

Keith Olbermann Responds to Pat Sajak: He Needs to Apologize for That Talk Show

Wheel of Fortune Ups Bonus Round Jackpot to $1M

Pat and Vanna have opened up their pocketbooks, big time. Starting next season, Wheel of Fortune contestants will have a chance to win $1 million, but they'll need some spinning skills and some lady luck.Broadcasting & Cable says during a regular puzzle-solving round, a player will have to land on a newly-placed $1 million wedge and go on to solve the puzzle. If a contestant wins enough cash to make it to the bonus round  without landing on "Bankrupt" at any point during the regular rounds  he or she can spin a "bonus wheel", which determines what the final puzzle is worth. The player will have to land on a $1 million wedge on that wheel, and then solve the bonus round puzzle.Currently, the largest cash prize a Wheel player can win is $100,000. Not a bad step up from the ceramic dalmatians players often won in the early days.Wheel  which has notched 24 consecutive seasons as TV's top-rated syndicated series  will join Who Wants To Be a Millionaire as game...

Thu, Jul 3, 2008

Wheel of Fortune Ups Bonus Round Jackpot to $1M

Pat Sajak and Vanna White Puzzled as Wheel of Fortune Turns 25

Wheel of Fortune (syndicated; check the TV Guide Network or TVGuide.com for listings) has been celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. We sat down with host Pat Sajak and Vanna White to talk about their — gulp — quarter century (!) turn around the Wheel. TV Guide: Did you have any idea this would have this kind of longevity? Vanna White: When I first joined the show, we were sitting in makeup chairs next to each other and I said to Pat, "Where do you think we'll be in 10 years?" I'm sure he said something funny. Pat Sajak: I say funny things as often as not, so it's hard to narrow it down. I do rememb

Wed, Nov 28, 2007

Pat Sajak and Vanna White Puzzled as Wheel of Fortune Turns 25

Patrick Dempsey, Jimmy Kimmel and More News Briefs

Patrick Dempsey: The E! True Hollywood Story premieres Tuesday at 9 pm/ET.... Jimmy Kimmel Live drew its largest-ever weekly audience  averaging 2.05 million viewers  when Jimmy pulled double duty with his late nighter and as Regis & Kelly cohost.... Wheel of Fortune celebrates its 25th anniversary with a series of themed weeks, beginning today with "Best Friends".... Similarly, Family Feud this week pits WWE superstars such as Ric Flair and Batista against divas like Candice Michelle and Queen Sharmell.

Mon, Nov 5, 2007

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Behind the Scenes of Wheel of Fortune

Its time I come clean, allow it to be public record. Fess up. This is full disclosure -- I have always secretly longed to be a game show host!Yes, a prize package pushing deal or no deal come on down put it in the form of a question broker! For some reason until now I have been unable to come to grips with my shameful secret. I am not sure why.They are cool. They are funny. They are articulate. They move at the speed of sound. And... they work 2 days a week. (You see where I am going?)Oh, and in the case of Pat Sajak, they make it look incredibly easy. He is an artist, a composer, and a venerable lyricist in the field of game show communiqué. Im not kidding. (Well maybe the last part) What is so awesome about them (and you can go back to the days of Bill Cullen, early Bob Barker, and Bobby Rivers. Yes, Bobby Rivers. Remember Bedroom Buddies?) is how they navigate 22 minutes and you never feel the boat move. When lights blow, a contestant is paralyzed with debilitati...

Sat, Mar 17, 2007

Short Cuts: Star Trek, Jeopardy and More!

To help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Huntsville, Alabama, institution, Star Trek icon William Shatner will emcee the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame induction banquet in June.... Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! have been renewed through the 2011-12 season because, really, I'm sure their fates were up in the air.... James Lipton has a stack of note cards waiting for Matt Damon on tonight's Inside the Actors Studio, airing 8 pm/ET on Bravo.... Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve bested the ratings of Carson Daly's NBC special, which in turn trumped Cat Deeley's fete on Fox. Swell coat, though, Cat!... Speaking of New Year's, the lingering confetti slush in Times Square is brought to you by Target.

Tue, Jan 2, 2007