Pat Sajak to retire at the end of Season 41.

My vote for a new host is an old one....Chuck Woolery

I’ve just come across news articles that Whoopi Goldberg could take Pat’s place. Can anyone tell me why she should or shouldn’t be taking over the show?

www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/whoopi-goldberg-says-she-wants-to-be-next-wheel-of-fortune-host/ar-AA1cxZwV

I just wanted to wish Pat Sajak many years of happiness and him to his happy retirement.

I always imagined Maggie doing Vanna’s job if she ever decides if leave along with Pat. It looks like Vanna might stay on the show a little bit longer. One alternative would be Maggie should be the new host and Vanna continues to touch letters. Another alternative would be is Vanna named the new host and Maggie touches letters on the puzzle board.

My opinion is that the new host should be someone young and someone relatively unknown. Pat Sajak was relatively unknown when he started hosting in 1981 and then became a household name along with Vanna two years later when the nighttime syndicated version was launched. If Maggie Sajak does eventually gets Vanna’s job I hope the new host would be close to Maggie’s age. Pat was 35 was he started hosting and Vanna was 25 when she started turning letters. Both Pat and Vanna were nationally unknown when they started hosting Wheel together and this was proven successful back in the ‘80s. I’m not sure will picking someone unknown will still work in today’s time since we are now in a different era and most “Powers to be” these days prefer someone with years of experience and someone nationally well-known.

Here is a fun fact about how old other game show hosts were they started hosting. Bob Barker was 48 when he began hosting the Price is Right and Alex Trebek was 44 when he started hosting Jeopardy. Drew Carey was 49 when he replaced Bob Barker. Chuck Woolery was almost 34 when he originally started hosting and Susan Stanford was around 29 when she originally began turning letters.

If Ryan Seacrest is named host he would be 50 years old when he starts hosting. I know there might be other celebrities who might try to audition for Pat’s job. I just hope the new host would have some TV experience and someone young who can host the show for decades to come.

My preference for a new host should be someone relatively unknown with some TV experience, someone who is an aspiring TV star and someone young close to Maggie’s age. That way both the new host and Maggie (who could potentially take over for Vanna) can take the show into a new generation of fans for decades to come. Together both Maggie and the new host (who could be young and nationally unknown) will host Wheel for the next several decades just like Pat Vanna did for 40 years.

from TODAY (at 1.33 christian dixie's twitter post)

So, in that case, wouldn't the correction actually be three out of three (since the one that Merv had nothing to do with is the one that had experience out of the four orignally mentioned)?

Is this implying that they only did 4 Atlanta shows from that week? The only thing I can think of making that true would be the the opening ceremony aired that Friday.

Yes, and it's confirmed. Press at the time confirmed there were 14 Atlanta shows, and in #S-2534 (which is viewable at the Paley Center), Pat mentions multiple times that it's their last show in Atlanta.

^Mario would be good I think. I recall he was in the running to replace Bob Barker on The Price is Right, and actually was offered the job but declined in favor of another show.

Vanna has told show execs she wants to be the next host, according to Radar Online: radaronline.com/p/vanna-white-replace-pat-sajak-wheel-of-fortune-execs-my-time/