When did the first show of Wheel of Fortune air on television?

Answer 1

It was in 1973 and was very unlike the current show. No bankrupts were present on the wheel, but it did have a 0$ amount. Chuck Woolery was the emcee and it was called Shoppers Bazaar. After some changes and a title change to Wheel of Fortune Edd Bymes hosted two pilots in 1974. Wheel of Fortune debuted on January 6 1975 on NBC at 10:30 Am (9:30 central) with Chuck Woolery as the Emcee until Pat Sajak took over in 1981 and stayed as emcee until 1989. Susan Stafford was the original letter turner with Vanna White replacing her in 1982 and remained until the daytime show was cancelled in 1991. The daytime version of the show had over 3000 episodes between 1975 and 1991 when the daytime show ended. Pat and Vanna started doing the nighttime version of the show in 1983 and have continued for over 25 years and completed 5000 episodes on 27 Feb 2009 in addition to all their daytime episodes. Questions are asked about the first Wheel of Fortune puzzle ever or the first bonus style puzzle and both were during the early pilot show which has been erased and is no longer available The first bonus puzzle spelled out the prize that the contestant had picked out earlier before the show It is not possible to watch many of the early daytime shows as they no longer exist. The first episode was erased as were most of the early daytime episodes It was created by Merv Griffin they are on the 26 season over 25 years less than 26 Pat Sajak is the first and only host of the syndicated nighttime Wheel of Fortune show. Earlier Daytime episodes are not considered to be the same show.