Wheel of Fortune Daytime

The first episode of Wheel of Fortune with Bob Goen at CBS

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[nextbarker]

I think the reason for the looooooow cash values was didn't CBS have a cash limi at the time?

[urbanpreppie05]

Nope...1975, and Susan Stafford was the hostess until 1982.

[mooky9669]

500 top dollar value and 50 bucks low value? seesh..what is this..wheel of not much dough?

[BillA1016]

So the values on the wheel are $50 to $500 but a vowel is $200? Vowels these days run $250 and the lowest value on the wheel is, what? 300? That's some interesting inflation :-P

[HodmoxTheCritic]

@cbsteffen Wheel of Fortune was a daytime fixture from 1975 through 1989 on NBC, CBS from 1989 through to the beginning of 1991, then back to NBC for the rest of its run in 1991. And I assume the ratings for Daytime Wheel just weren't there by 1991, or NBC just chose to cancel it.

[cbsteffen]

How long was Wheel of Fortune on during the day and why did they discontinue it?

[pycountrygirl08]

I can't believe how young Vanna STILL looks!!!

[spongebobcrazy24]

No, this is the wheel of stupidity or as i like to call it, the stupid wheel with 2 digit dollar amounts.......... or the wheel of misfortune.

[Bettybcafe]

Why does she have to repeat the dollar amount before picking a letter. Very annoying.

[animfan1]

It's actually solve or buy a vowel; not spin.

[wiiguy145]

I like the other one

[gameshowguy2000]

Well, from what I heard, those $50 and $75 spaces then had some diamonds under them..but that didn't do much, so by 1990, they ditched them and replaced them with more tolerable $125 and $175 spaces..which you don't see much of.