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one fan said, right before he walked away with his sweet Mustang. “Max definitely STOLE it from Patricia! He COULDN’T have done it on his own! He would’ve thought the puzzle solve was an “E”! LMAOOOOO!” another upset fan let out.

another “Wheel of Fortune” snafu.Fans have slammed the long-running game show once again as a contestant failed to guess what some viewed as a mischaracterized final puzzle on the episode that aired Wednesday night.After Laura Young, Spencer Morris and Briantae Maddox competed for the cash prize, however, some claimed that the bonus question was not categorized properly.Young, who was positioned to win a grand prize of $100,000, could not come up with the right answer after all four of her letter guesses failed to appear on the board.The final category was titled “Place,” with Young opting for the letters C, D, P and O with the show’s picks of R, S, T, L, N and E.Host Pat Sajak — who is leaving his post as the show’s long-time emcee later this year — didn’t look too happy with her choices, appearing to roll his eyes at her answers.With the puzzle reading “_R _ _EL ” “_ _ L _ _ _ _,” Young was unable to come up with the correct phrase before time was up. The answer? “Gravel walkway.”@WheelofFortune You don't know the difference between a place and a Thing!! Gravel Walkway is NOT a place.

letter turner Vanna White stopped by Ryan Seacrest’s “American Idol” set.Seacrest, 49, will be taking over longtime “Wheel” host Pat Sajak’s role in September alongside White, 67.The ABC singing show’s emcee was doing his gig like normal until he announced White’s entrance, calling her a “national treasure.”“I am so enjoying this,” she said. “There are so many talented people here.

It looks like Maggie Sajak and Ross McCall are confirming the dating rumors!

Pat Sajak‘s final run on Wheel of Fortune is quickly coming to a close. After four decades as host of the iconic game show, Sajak’s final episode will air on Friday, June 7, Deadline has confirmed.

according to TV Line — and that episode will double as the veteran show’s Season 41 finale.Ryan Seacrest takes over from Sajak for Season 42 when “Wheel of Fortune” returns this fall, with Vanna White back as the show’s iconic letter-turner.Sajak taped his final episode on Friday, April 5.Sajak announced last June that he was leaving “Wheel of Fortune” after hosting the show for 40 years.“Well, the time has come,” he said in a statement. “I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last.“It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months.

Pat Sajak‘s time on Wheel of Fortune is coming to an end and his final episode date has been announced.

Jared Leto stepped out onstage alongside Vanna White, the show’s iconic co-host, prompting many questions from viewers who thought that he might be replacing longterm host Pat Sajak. Jared Leto vacations in Antibes with a mystery womanJared Leto to portray Karl Lagerfeld in new biopic: ‘This is a full-circle moment’"Here are the stars of our show, Jared Leto and Vanna White,” said the introductions, prompting Leto and White to step out onstage holding on to each other’s arms and waving at the audience.

Monday night’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune” where he shocked viewers by pretending to host.He glided onto the colorful neon-lit stage with famed letter-turner Vanna White while OG host Pat Sajak was nowhere to be found.“Here are the stars of our show, Jared Leto and Vanna White,” the MC announced as the duo walked in, linking arms.“Have a great show and see you soon,” Leto said before taking his place by the puzzle board.The saying is Sajak’s routine phrase that he tells White, 67, at the beginning of every episode of the ABC game show.The “Suicide Squad” star continued without hesitation: “All right everybody, grab those devices, it’s time to give away some money. A $1000 in our first toss-up, the category is on the map.”Then in an instant, the trivia show zipped back to Sajak, 77, hosting like normal.Fans were confused by the act, taking to social media to express their befuddlement.

Jared Leto is all over your TV screens on April Fools’ Day!

Wheel of Fortune” fans were audibly surprised by a moment on Thursday’s episode of the popular game show.Contestant Tara Brown beat the odds twice when she managed to land on the small $1 million wedge at two different points, and both times, she failed to secure the big prize.Fans of the show, hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White, know that the $1 million wedge works differently than the others – when a contestant lands on it and then correctly guesses a letter, they pick it up, and if they solve the final puzzle, then the $1 million prize will be available to win after the bonus round.The first time Brown obtained the wedge, it was when the contestants had nearly solved a puzzle in the “Let There Be Light!” category.

“Wheel of Fortune” contestant won last night’s game but failed to correctly guess the bonus puzzle.After the episode aired, fans of the game show began rallying around the contestant, insisting that she had actually named the right answer to the puzzle but that host Pat Sajak had failed to recognize it.The contestant, a woman named Tamara, chose “What Are You Doing?” for the category for the final puzzle. After co-host Vanna White turned over both the letters the show traditionally provides and the ones Tamara chose, she was left with “___N_NG A B___ _L_B.”“Now pay attention what’s up there,” Sajak advised.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Sony Pictures Television vet Suzanne Prete, who has driven the studio’s game show division since its launch in 2022, has been upped to president. The exec will continue to report to Sony Pictures TV chairman Ravi Ahuja, who announced the news Thursday in a memo to staffers.

Wheel of Fortune” fans went wild on Friday after the showrunners seemingly bungled the answer to one of the categories.The awkward flub came during the show’s Express round when host Pat Sajak introduced the category of “Rhyme Time.”After being able to solve the puzzle, the answer read “Absolutely Positively,” which several critics of the show were quick to point out … does not rhyme. “Absolutely Positively is NOT a rhyme,” one person posted on X (formerly Twitter).“Hey @WheelofFortune,” another person wrote. “Care to explain how these two words rhyme Because they absolutely positively DON’T.”“Love your show and have for years… HOWEVER hello?! ‘ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY’ does NOT rhyme,” reamed another angry “Wheel” viewer.

fans are often quick to criticize contestants, and the winner of last night’s episode was no exception.A woman named Tina came out on top at the end of the episode and moved on to attempt to solve the bonus puzzle. When she was not able to guess the correct answer, viewers immediately took to social media to call her out.When she was allowed to choose the category for the bonus puzzle, Tina chose “Event.” After the six letters the show regularly provides and the four she picked herself, she was left with a puzzle that read, “M__OR _L____RD.”After making a face, her first guess was “minor blizzard.” She looked more and more panicked as time ticked down, repeating “minor” and trailing off.

Pat Sajak once again caused an uproar on social media after the longtime “Wheel of Fortune” host told one player to “shut up” during Tuesday’s episode — even though he was joking. The moment came just before the show’s bonus round when Sajak, 77, was tallying up the points from the most recent round. “According to my math, by $200…” Sajak began before he was interrupted by contestant Angela Omezie, who screamed when she realized she won the round.

wheely vicious.One “Wheel of Fortune” contestant found herself the butt of several online jokes after she missed a very easy bonus round puzzle. Contestant TaRhea Marshall managed to make her way into the legendary game show’s bonus round Friday with a whopping $25,898, and a chance to score a brand-new car.In the final round, Marshall was presented with the customary “R, S, T, L, N, E” letters after telling the show’s host, Pat Sajak, that she wanted to attempt the show’s “Food and Drink” category.After telling Sajak, 77, that she wanted to add the letters “C, B, G and A,” the puzzle read as: ” “BAGELS & _ _ _G_N_TS.”The pottery painter was then given 10 seconds to solve the mystery puzzle. Marshall attempted to solve the puzzle by shouting “bagels and beignets” and “bagels and croissants,” but she ultimately failed.

Mayim Bialik may no longer be part of the Jeopardy! hosting team, but she has mad props for the woman who just became the first game show host in 15 years to break though the boys club.

contestant Shauna Williams is going viral for not pronouncing an answer correctly — even though she solved the puzzle correctly. On Wednesday night’s episode, her incorrect diction cost her the win.The category was “Same Letter” and the response was: “congenial company & clever conversation.” “Congenial” was mispronounced and host Pat Sajak wasn’t happy to give her points.“Uh, no,” the longtime emcee, 77, said when Williams uttered the phrase wrong. Player Steve Sporre then said the reply correctly and scored the points.

due to an unfortunate mishandling of his cue cards.Sajak, 77 — who’s in his final season as the warhorse host of the game show — was getting set to ask Jason, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, about his relationship status when he mis-shuffled his note cards, resulting in an awkward exchange.“Married man?” Sajak asked Jason, who appeared confused by the question.“No, I’m single, actually,” he answered after waiting a beat.“You know, I’m sorry,” Sajak said, laughing. “I just messed up a card, hold on.

tapped to replace Pat Sajak on “Wheel of Fortune,” which he will take over once Sajak retires in mid-2024.“I’m beyond excited. I mean, Pat Sajek is a legend. No one can replace him,” Seacrest said Friday on “Good Morning America.”“Vanna White, she’s become a dear friend.

strikes again.“Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak, 77, who has become notorious for his blunt comebacks, lobbied yet another verbal bomb at a contestant this week after she criticized one of the show’s puzzles. During the bonus round, player Jill tried to guess the phrase on the letter board with the category, “What Are You Doing?”The “Wheel of Fortune” letter board puzzle read, “_ _ _ C _ N _ _ _ R _ _ _ N _ _ N,” after Jill chose the letters “C, M, H, A,” which added on to the provided letters of “RSTLNE.”Jill tried to solve the puzzle by saying, “Blocking our… score… hmm… Working our… ahh no!”Once the buzzer rang, the answer to the puzzle was revealed as “Voicing our opinion.”After failing to provide the right answer – and losing a chance to win $40,000 – Jill complained, “What kind of puzzle is that?”Sajak quipped, “It’s a puzzle you didn’t solve.”Perhaps poking fun at his own infamous attitude, Sajak then said, “It’s getting testy here on Christmas.At the end of the episode, Sajak tried to make light of the matter and jokingly gave a recap of what happened.

Wheel of Fortune,” viewers were perplexed by a contestant’s bizarre response to a triple toss-up puzzle, with social media users quickly dubbing it the “worst guess ever,” and many wondering what exactly the player meant.Player Gishma Tabari spoke with Fox News Digital about her viral guess in a show biz category, admitting that saying something “stupid” was of major concern. “The funny part was, right before I went on, I went to my husband, Saman, and I was like … ‘My fear is that I’m gonna go on the show and I’m gonna say or do something stupid that everyone’s gonna laugh,'” she told Fox News Digital.

Pat Sajak sunk an aquarium owner’s morale Wednesday after he jokingly called her a “downer” when she revealed that two of her fish had killed her other aquatic pets. The revelation came at the top of the show when contestant Mariah Feliciano told Sajak, 77, that she recently “started partaking in aquarium life.”“What do you have in there?” Sajak asked.All too thrilled to talk about her fishy friends, Feliciano told the game show host that she had “some shrimp, snails and guppies.” “And then I got two other fish I wasn’t familiar with and I named Piranha and Predator because they killed my other fish,” Feliciano continued, eliciting a slight chuckle from the audience but causing Sajak to look startled.“Really a downer,” Sajak mumbled.

Mayim Bialik revealed on her social media account Friday that she will no longer be hosting the game show.“As the holiday break begins in Hollywood, I have some Jeopardy! news,” the “Big Bang Theory” actress wrote on Instagram. “Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!”“I am incredibly honored to have been nominated for a primetime Emmy for hosting this year,” she continued, “and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the ‘Jeopardy!’ family.”The 48-year-old concluded her post by thanking her supporters.

retiring from the show, by surprise. “Say it again,” Sajak, 77, said to Tabari, who repeated her bizarre answer. Sajak appeared amused at the response, and simply replied: “Uh, no.” Ultimately, the answer that Sajak was looking for was “The Critics Agree.” Several users on X blasted Tabari over her answer.

tweeted on X, announcing his retirement in June. “I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last.

sticking around “Wheel of Fortune” a bit longer, so saying goodbye to her co-host Pat Sajak will be tough once he retires in 2024.“It’s hard to believe it’s been 41 years,” White, 66, said during a pre-taped interview on “Good Morning America,” which aired on Friday. “I think of Pat as family and always will.”“I know everything about him. I know when he walks in, when he’s walking up the stairs,” she added.

Fox News. “And I politely said, ‘Yes, sir, it is your show for 41 years.'”“But it was stern,” Colen added. “There was a stern drop of sternness to it.”“It was two alphas going at it,” Colen added.

A recent "Wheel of Fortune" contestant recalled that longtime host Pat Sajak gave him a "stern" warning off screen during a recent episode of the hit game show. Michael Colen, the winner of the Nov. 3 episode, delighted the audience with his comedic antics and over-the-top reactions during his appearance on the ABC series.

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“Jeopardy!” champ-turned-presenter now reveals it’s Pat Sajak he’s trying hardest to emulate. The 49-year-old show host recently appeared on actor Justin Long’s “Life is Short” podcast, where he analyzed both the late Trebek and the longtime, soon-to-retire “Wheel of Fortune” helmer’s hosting styles.

As longtime "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak prepares to step down from the beloved game show, his co-host Vanna White got a cheeky warning about the new successor, Ryan Seacrest. "Tell me everything," White said to Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos while appearing on their talk show. Seacrest famoulsy co-hosted "Live with Kelly and Ryan" with Ripa for six years.

upcoming retirement. Rhachel Royal-Fortune from Durham, North Carolina, uniquely addressed Sajak’s retirement news Thursday in a spoken word poem.“Now a lot of people, especially young people, are kind of afraid of poetry,” Sajak, 77, said at the beginning of the episode as he got to know the contestants. “It’s a little daunting.

wheely poor luck. Outgoing “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak attempted to console a contestant Monday when he lost his chance to win $1 million after failing to solve a nearly complete puzzle during the show. During the show’s third puzzle of “fun and games,” contestant Izzy Santiago, who was leading the competition with $2,550, spun big by landing on the coveted $1 million slat.After correctly guessing the letter “F,” Santiago was presented with a nearly complete board reading “_ra_i_g from _ame_ from a hat.” It was then that Sajak, 76, announced that the man had two choices.

co-host Vanna White revealed that the letters spelled out “Taking a quick jog,” the 76-year-old host teased the contestant.“Wow, that was so unclose,” he said. “You just didn’t have the letters.”The California resident fired back, “See, I don’t consider jogging fun and games,” as he rolled his eyes and threw up his arms.Tucker ended up winning $18,000 for his time on the game show, and fans were quick to agree with his argument.“Wheel of Fortune” even shared the moment on its official Instagram with the caption, “He has a point.”Sajak announced his plans to retire after this season, marking an end to 42 years of hosting the show.