Wheel of Fortune

Part 2 of the CBS debut

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[gameshowguy2000]

Well, the green $1K space debuted in Season 13 ('95-'96), and was used until Season 17 ('99-'00).

And as I said before, the '96-'97 shows sometimes you'd see a yellow $1K space (similar to the one used in both the daytime and nighttime shows).

[PGOLDEN88]

That was round 3 until 1996, when they used 1 wheel template for the whole show. Round 1 ha a pink 1000 space until they came out with the green.

[steve01659]

You're welcome, mylesspike119.

[mylesspike119]

Thank you steve01659

[steve01659]

The asterisks also lasted one season with the move to Sony Pictures Studios in 1995. However, they were removed after the end of the 1995-96 season. The next two years (1996-98), the backdrops were randomized, and then, in addition to one video wall, another one replaced the randomized backdrops behind the contestants at the start of the 1998-99 season.

[steve01659]

You are correct!

[steve01659]

Until the end of the 1989-1990 season, the original score readouts, which were eggcrate light displays, had five digits. A sixth digit was added for the eggcrates at the beginning of the 1990-1991 season, and lasted until the end of the 2001-2002 season, when they were replaced by monitors at the start of the 2002-2003 season. The monitors were twice the size this past season, and the red, yellow, and blue flashing borders were replaced with flashing white arrows.

[mylesspike119]

In 1991-92 season, they use the diamond backdrops, it was introduced in 1988 where WOF went to NYC. The diamond backdrops was used for road shows until 1995.

[gameshowguy2000]

Then the Round 1 $1k space would become green, and it would remain that way until its ending in 2000. (For a while though, there'd be a yellow $1K space, too. Just check the closings of any '96-'97 shows and look carefully.

[steve01659]

You're welcome.