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Post by jeopardyfan939 on May 20, 2021 21:40:19 GMT -5
With Season 38 just about to wrap up, don't you think it's feasible to discuss possible changes for next season? Most obviously, the minimum amount for bonus prizes will be $39,000 unless TPTB decide otherwise. But do any of you see these other changes coming?
- The generic set on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune gets carried over to the regular series. We already saw the third LED border around the puzzle board get put into use after the celebrity version. And besides, I think it's time to update the generic set because the current one has been in use since Season 28 (mind you the plexiglass & LED framework around the wheel and puzzle board debuted in S21).
- New title card. I'd hate to see the S37 intro get re-used next season. And in my opinion, I think Wheel ought to go back to changing the title card every season like Jeopardy! does.
- Completely redesigned category strips. Despite receiving a shiny effect in S30 and the ripple effect for solving main-game puzzles and toss-up puzzles in S33 & S37, respectively, their basic design has not been changed since they were introduced in S26.
- With more people being vaccinated against COVID, the studio reopens to the general public to attend a taping.
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Post by logicman27 on May 20, 2021 21:42:00 GMT -5
Teacher’s Week is the premiere week...again.
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Post by jjc927 on May 20, 2021 22:07:34 GMT -5
I agree about carrying over the Celebrity Wheel set, though I'm assuming there will be a few differences between the set for the regular version and Celebrity version. It'll be really interesting to see how Mike Richards starts to put his touches on the show and how he decides to change things. The Price is Right underwent a pretty significant transformation when he was its Executive Producer after Drew Carey's first season had a pretty similar feel to the show with Bob hosting. I don't know if I can see any huge changes while Pat and Vanna are still host and hostess, but maybe some gradual smaller changes. With more people being vaccinated against COVID, the studio reopens to the general public to attend a taping. It also depends on what the state capacity limits are. |
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Post by CDixie on May 20, 2021 22:28:13 GMT -5
Teacher’s Week is the premiere week...again. I actually would love to see "College Week" be the first week taped instead of Teacher's Week. JKJK, but that'd be interesting. |
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Post by jeopardyfan939 on May 21, 2021 5:31:16 GMT -5
I don't know if I can see any huge changes while Pat and Vanna are still host and hostess, but maybe some gradual smaller changes. Wheel has undergone several gameplay changes throughout its run, compared to Jeopardy! (the only major changes were doubling the clue values to their current amounts in 2001 and the "sky's the limit" rule taking effect in 2003). For example, it used to have shopping rounds in the 80s where a contestant would buy merchandise with his or her winnings, and then it was retired around 1987. And back then, you didn't need to call a letter if you landed on the Free Spin wedge; Pat would just give you a Free Spin disc each time. There were also red-letter puzzles in the mid 90s, where after you solve the puzzle you would spell out a word with whatever red letters showed up. And there also used to be categories which offered the contestant a bonus for correctly answering a question related to the puzzle. Then, there are the numerous gameplay changes that were put into effect when Harry Friedman was executive producer: - Toss-up puzzles were added in 2000 (initially there were only two puzzles in each episode, later increased to three, and most recently there was the triple toss-up before round 4) - Wild Card (allows contestants to call another consonant on his or her spin or call an extra consonant in the bonus round) - Free Play (replaced the Free Spin, and contestants can call a letter without being penalized) - 1/2 car wedges (retired at the end of S36) - Express wedge - Mystery wedges - Prize Puzzles - Contestants winning the main game getting to choose one of three categories for the bonus round. - Million-dollar wedge |
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Post by logicman27 on May 21, 2021 14:27:27 GMT -5
It also depends on what the state capacity limits are. Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to open Cali 100% by next month, so there’s a good chance there’ll be a full house next season. |
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Post by jjc927 on May 21, 2021 21:20:17 GMT -5
I don't know if I can see any huge changes while Pat and Vanna are still host and hostess, but maybe some gradual smaller changes. Wheel has undergone several gameplay changes throughout its run, compared to Jeopardy! (the only major changes were doubling the clue values to their current amounts in 2001 and the "sky's the limit" rule taking effect in 2003). For example, it used to have shopping rounds in the 80s where a contestant would buy merchandise with his or her winnings, and then it was retired around 1987. And back then, you didn't need to call a letter if you landed on the Free Spin wedge; Pat would just give you a Free Spin disc each time. There were also red-letter puzzles in the mid 90s, where after you solve the puzzle you would spell out a word with whatever red letters showed up. And there also used to be categories which offered the contestant a bonus for correctly answering a question related to the puzzle. Then, there are the numerous gameplay changes that were put into effect when Harry Friedman was executive producer: - Toss-up puzzles were added in 2000 (initially there were only two puzzles in each episode, later increased to three, and most recently there was the triple toss-up before round 4) - Wild Card (allows contestants to call another consonant on his or her spin or call an extra consonant in the bonus round) - Free Play (replaced the Free Spin, and contestants can call a letter without being penalized) - 1/2 car wedges (retired at the end of S36) - Express wedge - Mystery wedges - Prize Puzzles - Contestants winning the main game getting to choose one of three categories for the bonus round. - Million-dollar wedge I didn't say that the show has been exactly the same from day 1 to the present. Yes, obviously there's been several changes to the show over the years, the various set changes and removing the shopping rounds, going from the manual to the digital puzzle board, and adding the Toss-Ups being the most significant. When I mean huge changes I'm not talking about just new wedges or wrinkles like the Wild Card, Free Play, MDW, bonus round category choice, etc, I mean things like changes to the format and set overhaul. Teachers Week first makes sense since it's at the time when schools start up for the year. They typically do College Week during when spring break would be. Yes, the plan is to have capacity limits lifted by June 15. I do think there will be very likely be an audience again next season, but it's possible they will choose to not yet allow a full audience. |
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Post by atrocalypse on May 21, 2021 23:38:13 GMT -5
Teacher’s Week is the premiere week...again. I actually would love to see "College Week" be the first week taped instead of Teacher's Week. JKJK, but that'd be interesting. I prefer to see that happen this November. |
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Post by MarioGS on May 22, 2021 19:39:06 GMT -5
I hope at the very least, they scrap the big screen behind the Wheel and use the big WOF logo from CWOF, but make it more colorful for the syndicated show, akin to the colors on the S37-38 logo.
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Post by jeopardyfan939 on May 23, 2021 10:40:04 GMT -5
Wheel has undergone several gameplay changes throughout its run, compared to Jeopardy! (the only major changes were doubling the clue values to their current amounts in 2001 and the "sky's the limit" rule taking effect in 2003). For example, it used to have shopping rounds in the 80s where a contestant would buy merchandise with his or her winnings, and then it was retired around 1987. And back then, you didn't need to call a letter if you landed on the Free Spin wedge; Pat would just give you a Free Spin disc each time. There were also red-letter puzzles in the mid 90s, where after you solve the puzzle you would spell out a word with whatever red letters showed up. And there also used to be categories which offered the contestant a bonus for correctly answering a question related to the puzzle. Then, there are the numerous gameplay changes that were put into effect when Harry Friedman was executive producer: - Toss-up puzzles were added in 2000 (initially there were only two puzzles in each episode, later increased to three, and most recently there was the triple toss-up before round 4) - Wild Card (allows contestants to call another consonant on his or her spin or call an extra consonant in the bonus round) - Free Play (replaced the Free Spin, and contestants can call a letter without being penalized) - 1/2 car wedges (retired at the end of S36) - Express wedge - Mystery wedges - Prize Puzzles - Contestants winning the main game getting to choose one of three categories for the bonus round. - Million-dollar wedge I didn't say that the show has been exactly the same from day 1 to the present. Yes, obviously there's been several changes to the show over the years, the various set changes and removing the shopping rounds, going from the manual to the digital puzzle board, and adding the Toss-Ups being the most significant. When I mean huge changes I'm not talking about just new wedges or wrinkles like the Wild Card, Free Play, MDW, bonus round category choice, etc, I mean things like changes to the format and set overhaul. Teachers Week first makes sense since it's at the time when schools start up for the year. They typically do College Week during when spring break would be. Yes, the plan is to have capacity limits lifted by June 15. I do think there will be very likely be an audience again next season, but it's possible they will choose to not yet allow a full audience. Changes to the format, perhaps an example of that would be having four toss-up puzzles instead of three. And yes it's been a LONG time since the last time we've seen a set overhaul. And I'm not referring to the current generic set being introduced midway into Season 28. What I'm talking about here is the LED and plexiglass framework around the puzzle board and base of the wheel replacing the gold borders at the beginning of Season 21 back in the fall of 2003; those have remained the same since S21, other than the addition of the third frame around the puzzle board in February. |
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Post by jjc927 on May 23, 2021 21:39:27 GMT -5
I hope at the very least, they scrap the big screen behind the Wheel and use the big WOF logo from CWOF, but make it more colorful for the syndicated show, akin to the colors on the S37-38 logo. I would like that too, or bring back the individual contestant backdrops. |
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May 24, 2021 5:42:22 GMT -5
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Post by newt on May 24, 2021 5:42:22 GMT -5
Another change for Season 39 is to have a new music package. The current package has been used since 2017. Back then they use to have a new theme music every 2-3 years.
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May 24, 2021 16:15:49 GMT -5
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Post by dericson9 on May 24, 2021 16:15:49 GMT -5
What I wish wheel would bring back is on the road shows to different cities I know they do Great American cities weeks but it's not the same as the on the road locale shows.
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Post by jeopardyfan939 on May 24, 2021 19:38:36 GMT -5
What I wish wheel would bring back is on the road shows to different cities I know they do Great American cities weeks but it's not the same as the on the road locale shows. I'd say that's a possibility with COVID winding down, especially since Wheel has done more road shows in recent times than Jeopardy! has. Ever since Jeopardy! started using the high-tech set in 2009, the show only went on the road for the IBM Challenge and Power Players Week. The last time Wheel went on the road was Season 35. |
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Post by pannoni1 on May 25, 2021 14:47:07 GMT -5
Those "white things" will be gone, and we should see the winning player hand the bonus envelope back to Pat this season. Regarding audience capacity, there may be a proof of vaccination policy here, but I feel that we should be seeing a full house at the latest by midseason.
I'm not a big fan of team weeks, with the wider contestant area a permanent feature now, I'd like to see a special week where three players share the same podium. Since Price had family weeks with three players per team, it would be neat to see both mom, dad, and one of their children play together, as long as the interview segments are a reasonable length. I'd have that air around the holidays.
I still feel that we're at least a couple years off from the next music revamp. Besides, the 2017 theme got a slight revamp last season. The 1983 Changing Keys lasted six years, the original Big Wheels lasted eight, and the first version of Happy Wheels from 2000 lasted for six.
With inflation returning back in the headlines, it's finally time to upgrade the Wheel. In addition to the $950 from CWOF, have $750 and $850 return (replacing a $500 and a $600), $1000 for all rounds following the Mystery where the $1000 spaces are placed (with the Express of course sitting on one of the $1000 spaces), and the Free Play electronically becoming a $1500 during the Final Spin to save a few edits.
Regarding the puzzle border and the Wheel, have it alternate between red, yellow, and blue depending on whose turn it is. If Jeopardy! can change the set from blue to red for Double and Final Jeopardy! using 1980s technology, there's no reason Wheel can't do it here.
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Post by jjc927 on May 25, 2021 20:46:57 GMT -5
I'm not a big fan of team weeks, with the wider contestant area a permanent feature now, I'd like to see a special week where three players share the same podium. Since Price had family weeks with three players per team, it would be neat to see both mom, dad, and one of their children play together, as long as the interview segments are a reasonable length. I'd have that air around the holidays. I don't know if I could see 3 player teams. Even having two players presents some issues, three is not going to make it any better. I think the only way it would work is if they designate one player each round to play. With inflation returning back in the headlines, it's finally time to upgrade the Wheel. In addition to the $950 from CWOF, have $750 and $850 return (replacing a $500 and a $600), $1000 for all rounds following the Mystery where the $1000 spaces are placed (with the Express of course sitting on one of the $1000 spaces), and the Free Play electronically becoming a $1500 during the Final Spin to save a few edits. I really like that idea. I'd love to see the wheel change its layout each round like it used to again and have more variety of amounts. $1,500 returning in round 4+ would be great also. Perhaps they could even bump up the top values to $5,000 in round 3 and $6,000 in round 4 on. |
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Post by jeopardyfan939 on May 25, 2021 23:17:57 GMT -5
Another change for Season 39 is to have a new music package. The current package has been used since 2017. Back then they use to have a new theme music every 2-3 years. I don't know if I see it happening. Yes it's true that in the distant past, Wheel of Fortune would have its theme music updated every 2-6 years. But remember that the previous music package lasted a little over 10 years, much of it being introduced in Season 24: • The toss-up, final spin, speed-up, and bonus round music cues were changed in February 2007; speed-up music was short-lived as it would be changed again in Season 25. • During S25, a rock-based opening theme was used in the intro, speed-up music was changed to the version we know (but a little different from the one used from Season 28 onward), bonus round solve cue was also changed, and there were new music cues for commercial outros • About a month into Season 27, the bonus round win music was changed into what we heard until midway into Season 34. • Speed-up music is remixed • In Season 32, the Express music cue debuts |
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May 26, 2021 9:10:54 GMT -5
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Post by wheelfan2008 on May 26, 2021 9:10:54 GMT -5
Would MarioGS Do the Preemptions in September?
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Post by MarioGS on May 26, 2021 10:11:45 GMT -5
^ The major ones, or ones I happen to notice when searching Wheel stuff on social media, yes. Don't expect me to be searching for pre-emptions in Lubbock, Texas or Dothan, Alabama every week, though. I'm done with that. You can always check yourself by going to Wheel's page on Zap2It and plugging in any American or Canadian zip code.
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Post by 9341490 on Nov 14, 2021 5:49:10 GMT -5
You know what else we got the 40th anniversary coming up so don't forget but you've already seen season 39 took everything in change so it's just the 40th anniversary is the same but the music intro changes and when the show starts it opens with the very first clip from S1 1983
When it came on ABC IN 1983 however there will be some clips from the other wolf the breakfast version that stared in the 70s on NBC before The dinner version on ABC IN 1983 because wheel of fortune will really be 48 Years since it first came on in 1975 there will have that and the past clips of Wheel from the last 39 Years also there will be more differnces big ones between S39 And S40
S39 Changes
1. Music
The music now has the changing keys again since 2005 they had used it but now it's back it uses it on the intro and the end credits everything from the toss up toss up solve cue speed up bouns round bouns spin rstlne reveal letter picking bouns round bouns solve bouns cue slice bouns win prize reveal in game puzzle cue solve and commerical break expect for the final spin when the wheel spins which I will get to
2. Set
the is final changed it colud have waited til at least the 40th since we're a year away from the 40th but because it's been 10 technically 18 Years since the set was remade in 2003 it's remade now it also uses its some of its set from The primetime edtion to the plain Wheel of fortune
3. Free play is dead
The free play is actually 10 Years since its debut in 2009 on the 27th seaseon after 11 Years of the wegde it's gone
With just a yellow 850 wegde that now means the free spin and play is gone all toghter which means you now have one turn so your at risk now at losing your turn if you even make 1 mistake well too bad
4. Pat retires the final spin wheel
Pat has now ceased with the wheel the player who spins now gets to spin the wheel themselves now after the bell rings
5. Toss up
The person who solves all 3 toss ups Winn $10,000
S40 changes most of these are carried over from s39 but they are some differences between
1. Retired wedges
With it being 40 Years on TV they will bring back some wedges Such as the surprise wegde The free spin wegde and the $100 and $200 wegde the $10000 wegde and The recent jackpot wegde from 2012 The 30th annivary and a brand new wegde a $7500 wegde they will be used in each seprate rounds
2. Bouns round minimum
The bouns round minimum will be $40000
3. There will be a 40k giveway
Giving away 40k every day
4. New categorys
The New categories will be The 2000s And The 2010s solveing past history puzzles from events of the 2000s and 2010s
Past winners
The past winners who won $1 in past 39 Years will be back to compete in the 40th annivary and from the breakfast version and from the primetime edtion to win $40 million dollars and 40k in the 40k give way and possilby a shot at $1 millions
The 40th anniversary kicks off September 12th 2022
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