the show wheel of fortune started on january 6, 1975.
the show wheel of fortune started on january 6, 1975.
when did the show wheel of fortune start?
january 6 , 1975
"wheel of fortune" premiered on january 6, 1975, at 10:30 am (9:30 central) on nbc. lin bolen, then the head of daytime programming, purchased the show from griffin to compensate him for canceling the original "jeopardy!" series, which had one year remaining on its contract. "jeopardy!" aired its final episode on the friday before "wheel"'s premiere. the original "wheel" aired on nbc, in varying time slots between 10:30 am and noon, until june 30, 1989. throughout that version's run, episodes were generally 30 minutes in length, except for six weeks of shows aired between december 1975 and january 1976 which were 60 minutes in length. nbc announced the cancellation of the show in august 1980, but it stayed on the air following a decision to cut the duration of "the david letterman show" from 90 to 60 minutes. the network "wheel" moved to cbs on july 17, 1989, and remained there until january 14, 1991. after that, it briefly returned to nbc, replacing "let's make a deal", but was canceled permanently on september 20 of that year.
wheel of fortune (american game show)
the original new zealand version of the popular american game show wheel of fortune was first broadcast in february 1991, on tvnz channel tv2, at 5:30pm. the show, which was heavily modeled after australia's version, was originally hosted by phillip leishman with co-host lana coc-kroft, along with grant walker (also doing new zealand's version of "sale of the century" at the time) as announcer. the show was later hosted by simon barnett.
wheel of fortune (new zealand game show)