The minimum value is increased from $300 to $500.This also occurs with sister show Jeopardy! However, repeats from the previous season continue to use the 2002 version of the SPT logo. The accompanying theme is also shortened, and it now plays only after the 'explosion' has occurred. A new Sony Pictures Television logo is introduced, consisting of the Sony corporate logo with a small white starburst between the O and N that 'explodes' into the regular logo.The intro is similar to Season 16: the camera zooms to the logo over the doors, and, after the 'Wheel! Of! Fortune!' chant, goes through the doors, which have 'STAGE 11' on the right and the Sony Pictures Television logo on the left.The lights may be a representation of the Wheel's spokes, which would be directly outside the wedges, as the Season 31 logo appeared to be mimicking the long-since-discontinued overhead logo shot. The logo is mostly the same as last season, but now has a ring of lights around the Wheel graphic.Pat has agreed to continue as a consultant on the show for three years following his last year hosting, so we’re thrilled to have him remaining close to the Wheel of Fortune family. “We are incredibly grateful and proud to have had Pat as our host for all these years, and we look forward to celebrating his outstanding career throughout the upcoming season. “As the host of Wheel of Fortune, Pat has entertained millions of viewers across America for 40 amazing years,” said Suzanne Prete, EVP Game Shows at Sony Pictures Television. RELATED: ‘Jeopardy!’: Mayim Bialik Leaves Final Week Of Filming In Solidarity With Writers But Production Continues “I wouldn’t bet on seeing us in 10 years,” he said of himself and White.

“I’d like to leave before people tune in, look at me and say, ‘Ooh, what happened to him?'” Last year, Sajak was asked during an interview for Entertainment Tonight about when he’d like to leave the show that made him a star. When the show hit its 36th in 2018, Sajak became the longest-running host of any game show, surpassing The Price Is Right‘s Bob Barker.

There was a time when Sajak did double duty at the wheel in the ’80s he hosted a daytime version on NBC and a syndicated version in the evening.

He originally was recruited by creator Merv Griffin to take over for the outgoing Chuck Woolery, having already hosted two unscripted game pilots called Press Your Luck and Puzzlers. He has hosted Wheel of Fortune since 1981 and has won three Emmys for his work, not counting the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award he received from the TV Academy. Sajak and longtime colleague Vanna White signed contract extensions in 2021 that take them through next season.

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