Episode order change this week in LA only

I'd keep my eyes peeled if they're going to do the same for 10/26 and 11/23.

Looks like they will. Contestant Craig Watkinson from the 10/26 episode says that KABC will not air it until Saturday 10/31 at 9:30, which probably means it's not a notable game.

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Currently, Zap2It has KABC's airings of Wheel's Halloween Week listed incorrectly. Monday's episode is completely absent, and Friday's episode is listed for both Friday and Saturday. This has happened before when KABC delayed episodes. The 10/26 episode of Jeopardy! is still listed at the normal time (7:30-8:15 PM is listed as "TBA", which is probably the latter portion of the MNF game), but the week's Friday episode is also listed for both Friday and Saturday. No previous season rerun is listed for either show that week (nor this week, although no weekday shows are pre-empted except for Thursday because of the debate).

Surely J! will just air one day behind the other markets, but it's interesting that KABC wants Wheel to be mostly consistent with the rest of the country, since they can get away with mixing up the order of the episodes. Although in this case, I imagine Friday's episode's closing will have comments from Pat or Vanna about Halloween being "tomorrow", so I can see them wanting to make sure Friday airs on Friday. In the past, Wheel would air Tue-Sat one day behind, or they would just skip the episode altogether and still air a rerun on Saturday.

It looks like Sony is working directly with KABC in order to make sure every episode of both shows airs at a fair time slot and in its entirety. I recall past instances where Wheel would not be made up on sports pre-emptions even if they featured LA contestants. I vividly remember a contestant from the Season 35 finale week who could not watch her episode until a summer rerun of it aired, because the original airing was pre-empted by NBA Finals, and J! was made up while Wheel was not. They're also making sure no Saturday episodes (new or rerun) get pre-empted. Last season, Weekend J!/Wheel were immediately after College Football, so J! would often get cut off or skipped (including once when they aired a delayed Friday ep on a MNF week), and sometimes Wheel too. And for the first few weeks of the 2018-19 season, they didn't air Weekend J! or Wheel at all. Hopefully, they will be just as good with scheduling the Election Day, Christmas Day, and NFL Draft episodes.

Hey guys, I'm Brad, first time poster here. Some of you game show fans might remember my olllllllld game show website Game Show Central from the 1990s and 2000s. I had the amazing fortune of being a contestant on Wheel this season. This posting speaks to me as I will be one of the contestants on the Monday episode (S38 E36) of Spa Getaway week. Curiously this was the second episode taped that day and I had assumed I would be hunting down my episode through the Election Day preemption list, but through a stroke of luck they moved my show to Monday, which means it should hopefully be seen in a normal pre-apocalypse time slot. Glad to join the board and connect with all you big Wheel fans!

Brad

Thanks guys! At this point it looks like the Tuesday episode (S38 E37) will be skipped in many cities altogether. I feel bad for my new friends from my tape date who will not be seen everywhere. Luckily they were all from LA so they should see their episode on Wednesday (election results willing).

Just got off the phone with WABC's programming director and he confirmed that Tuesday's Wheel is moving to the Localish subchannel and Wed-Sat's episode will air on their proper days. If you know anyone from that episode who will need a copy, let me know, now that I know I will be able to make one.

^ No. Because since Wheel is syndicated, the episode always airs somewhere. KABC is doing an excellent job at making sure all first-run episodes this season of both Wheel and J! are airing uninterrupted, even if not on the "right" days.