After being on air for over 40 years, the long-lasting Wheel of Fortune present has actually gone by way of its fair proportion of adjustments. A few of the extra widespread adjustments embrace the hosts. Pat Sajak took over in 1981, changing Chuck Woolery. Vanna White turned the official co-host a 12 months later and even took over as a brief host in 2019. Then, in Fall 2024, Ryan Seacrest turned the host. Except for Pat and Vanna, different adjustments included the set design, just like the bodily playing cards Vanna needed to flip, which have been later upgraded to the touch screens in 1997.

As know-how superior, so did the Wheel of Fortune studio and set, which have been upgraded through the years to have higher lighting and a extra trendy design. A few of the sport enjoying guidelines have additionally modified through the years. The wheel had totally different quantities and new areas added to it, and the bonus spherical was modified to incorporate a “spin for a prize.” Nevertheless, whereas most of those adjustments have been extra noticeable, there was a smaller change that occurred a few years in the past that was lately featured once more on a well-known sport present.

The ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Wheel Spun Routinely

On the latest launch of the brand new Wheel of Fortune season, many viewers picked up on a nostalgic twist. The intro and ending now characteristic a “new” ingredient. This ingredient was an edit that consisted of the long-lasting Wheel of Fortune wheel spinning by itself. It is a easy and refined, but tasteful addition to the present that many followers, particularly long-term followers, take enjoyment of. The automated wheel spinning was an edit included within the older episodes of the sport present collection.

Nevertheless, the long-lasting sport present eliminated the edit from the intro in 1997. A couple of months after the wheel spin was faraway from the intro, it was faraway from the outro again. Since then, the displaying of the wheel rotating by itself had been lacking from Wheel of Fortune for properly over twenty years, but it surely wasn’t forgotten. Fortunately for individuals who keep in mind and loved the particular intro and outro, the edit returned to TV screens in every single place in late 2024.

The Particular ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Characteristic Gave the Flawed Impression

Whereas this distinct characteristic could also be new for some, it is a flash from the previous for long-time Wheel of Fortune viewers. The edit was featured on the present for a number of years earlier than it was eliminated in 1997, which many followers have been dismayed to find. Based on former host Pat Sajak, the edit was eliminated due to the false rigged impression that it gave. Rigging a sport present is a felony and can lead to a $10,000 positive or as much as a 12 months in jail.

Whereas the present wasn’t rigged in any form or type, Pat thought the concept of getting an automatic wheel on the present may give the impression that they’d extra management over the wheel. For the sake of the reveals’ imaging and to take away themselves from being related to rumors, the sport present thought it was finest to have the options eliminated. Because of this, Pat collaborated with present producer Harry Friedman to have the edit faraway from the sport present and, up till lately, the edit was eliminated completely from the collection.

Total, it is comprehensible why the sport present eliminated the edit from the collection. Some followers loved the edit and did not suppose an excessive amount of about it. Nevertheless, within the late 90s there have been many rumors and commotion surrounding the opportunity of rigged sport reveals. Because of this, some followers did suppose the automated wheel was suspicious and will presumably intervene with the sport. Nevertheless, contemplating the present’s recognition, even again in these days, it is unlikely that the sport present would danger its fame. In the long run, although, it was a pleasant nostalgic contact that many followers would like to see continued. New episodes of Wheel of Fortune Season 42 air nightly on ABC. You can too stream the present on YouTube TV within the U.S.