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brianhenke

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WOF taping Season 32...already
« on: May 03, 2014, 01:10:25 AM »
     Wheel of Fortune taped shows tonight that will air on the week of October 6. 

     Normally, Wheel starts taping the new season in July. (They will tape shows in Hawaii this July, apparently.)

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Re: WOF taping Season 32...already
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2014, 02:24:26 AM »
Normally, Wheel starts taping the new season in July.

Can I get some corroboration? I thought Wheel and Jeopardy were on similar schedules. Which means both should be taping now.
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Re: WOF taping Season 32...already
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2014, 02:47:15 AM »
Normally, Wheel starts taping the new season in July.

Can I get some corroboration? I thought Wheel and Jeopardy were on similar schedules. Which means both should be taping now.
As per the Airing/Taping Schedule at Buy A Vowel, Season 31 of Wheel of Fortune began taping July 11th, Season 30 started taping July 12th, and Season 29 started taping July 14th.

Normally, Wheel starts taping the new season in July. (They will tape shows in Hawaii this July, apparently.)
As per the local affiliate in Hawaii that airs Wheel, Wheel will begin taping there in September. Still, the Hawaii tapings seem to offer the best speculated explanation as to why they've started taping now. To allow them the down time they'll need to transport everything to and from Hawaii.
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Re: WOF taping Season 32...already
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2014, 08:25:57 AM »
I emailed a friend yesterday who works at the CBS electronics department about an unrelated issue.

He also works on various shows including Wheel. I received an out of office message saying that he was on location, which to me meant Wheel.

If true, I also did find it odd that they would be taping so early.
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Re: WOF taping Season 32...already
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2014, 10:29:13 AM »
If there's a type of show that doesn't really have any reason to think about "seasons" it's game shows, and if there's a specific game show that should care even less, it's Wheel.  For all the difference it would make, they could be taping ten or heck, fifteen shows a week practically year round and build up an inventory that would last for years, and unless Vanna got hit by a truck in the interim, hardly anybody would know the difference.  I just see very little reason to get worked up about the Holy Sanctity of the "season" concept being tampered with.
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