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Half a Century Ago TO DAY! (January 6th)

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wdm1219inpenna:
Way back when in 1975, Wheel of Fortune hit the airwaves on NBC Daytime television.

Happy 50th birthday to Wheel, what a milestone!

brianhenke:
WLWT didn't air the premiere. Phil Donahue was on instead.

The station would eventually move Donahue at 9 am (after Paul Dixon died in December 1974). WOF would be dropped in 1978, and it would return in September 1983.

We all know what happened next...

Brian

BillCullen1:
I saw the last 20 minutes of the show. Ryan and Vanna mentioned the 50th anniversary. I don't believe they mentioned Chuck Woolery, but the tribute was nice.

BillCullen1:
They also introduced a new category last night PET PEEVE. Puzzle wasCracking your knuckles.

jjman920:

--- Quote from: BillCullen1 on January 07, 2025, 09:59:17 AM ---They also introduced a new category last night PET PEEVE. Puzzle wasCracking your knuckles.

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We'll see if it's actually a new category. It's probably a crossword like "clue," without having to actually play a crossword on the board. Similar to what UK Wheel does with some of their categories being a more specific hint than a general category. During the six shows for the New Year Week, the US show had a triple toss up with the category of "Resolutions"

If this means the death of the Crossword, I'm mostly all for it. I appreciated when Crossword debuted because I was desperate for a stale Wheel to do anything, but once it became clear that the category was here to dump off years of unused Clue puzzles not being played, because giving out an extra $2-3K for bonus categories was apparently a massive budget hit, I was a lot less interested since I liked Clue and the other bonus categories better. Also, some of them would be stretches and I just got tired of it being a constant presence 2-3 times a week almost always as the second puzzle.

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