When Will Wheel of Fortune Return for Season 40? 2022 Premiere Date
Wheel of Fortune Season 40
Was Wheel of Fortune cancelled or renewed for season 40? When does it start on NBC? Who will be returning for the new season? In this post, we have summarized everything we know so far about the next season.
What Is Wheel of Fortune About?
Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin that debuted in 1975.
The show features a competition in which contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel.
The core game is based on Hangman. Each round has a category and a blank word puzzle, with each blank representing a letter in the answer, and punctuation revealed as needed. Most puzzles are straightforward figures of speech that fit within a mostly static list of categories, and this list has evolved over the course of the series. Crossword puzzles were added to the rotation in 2016. In such rounds, a clue bonding the words in the puzzle is given instead of a traditional category. Contestants win by solving all the words in the crossword by saying them in any order, but contestants may not repeat or add any word (such as “and”) while solving the crossword. The titular Wheel of Fortune is a roulette-style wheel mechanism with 24 spaces, most of which are labeled with dollar amounts ranging from $500 to $900, plus a top dollar value: $2,500 in round 1, $3,500 in rounds 2 and 3, and $5,000 for round 4 and any subsequent rounds. The wheel also features two Bankrupt wedges and one Lose a Turn, both of which forfeit the contestant’s turn, with the former also eliminating any cash or prizes the contestant has accumulated within the round. Each game features three contestants, or occasionally, three two-contestant teams positioned behind a single scoreboard with its own flipper. The left scoreboard from the viewer’s perspective is colored red, the center yellow, and the right blue, with the contestants’ positions determined by a random selection prior to taping.
Hosted by Pat Sajak, this game show features 3 contestants who try to solve a puzzle by spinning the wheel and guessing letters in a word or phrase.
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Is "Wheel of Fortune" returning for Season 40? When does the next season of Wheel of Fortune come back on? 🤔 Find out below!
Wheel of Fortune Season 40 Release Date
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Show Information
| Network | NBC |
|---|---|
| Show Name | Wheel of Fortune |
| Season | 40 |
| Status | Premiere Date Set |
| Series Cast | Charlie O'Donnell Pat Sajak Vanna White |
| Genres | Family |
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It is a great show due to the format and the great and decent hosts! However, I feel that the Bankrupt and Lose a turn wedge should be removed because it is unnecessary and the format design has built-in checks and balances. I felt that some of the good contestants lost their winning due to the two wedges that I mentioned above for no fault of theirs. Please for heaven's sake get rid of them!