Season 15: September 5, 1988-J(Pat Sajak's last daytime episode aired January 9, 1989, to be replaced by Rolf Benirschke the next day)

Season 10: August 8, 1983-Aug(new theme 'Changing Keys' is used) Season 9: September 6, 1982-Aug(Susan Stafford's last regular episode aired Octonew hostesses are tried out for the next seven weeks before Vanna White assumed Stafford's position starting December 13, 1982) Season 8: September 7, 1981-Septem(Chuck Woolery's last episode aired Christmas Day, 1981 and Pat Sajak replaces him on the next episode which aired Decemalso, the new puzzle board debuts, which lasted through February 1997) Season 6: September 3, 1979-Octo(an actors' strike occurred during the spring of 1980) Season 2: September 8, 1975-Septem(between December 1, 1975-January 16, 1976, the show is expanded to 1 hour) Theoretically, for the daytime run, we have: What I would like to know, along with some other Wheel fanatics here, is when exactly did each season of this beloved game show begin? More importantly, my question to be asked is: how many episodes did NBC tape of the show each season, along with the 1983-89 syndication episodes?įor lack of better knowledge, the NBC run seemed to be near-continuous while for the syndicated version, they usually air reruns between June and September (usually 195 syndicated episodes are aired per season).

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