Harry Friedman -- Archive Interview Excerpt: Jeopardy

Harry Friedman, featured in this month's "Emmy" magazine, was interviewed for two hours plus in Culver City, CA. Friedman described his early career path and how he came to be a writer on The Hollywood Squares in the 1970s. He talked about producing the late 80s version of the show that featured Joan Rivers as the center square. He spoke in great detail about his long association with the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! that he began producing in the mid-90s. For Wheel he talked about changes made to the game play through the years, such as the addition of the Jackpot Round and the Mystery Round; as well as the Wheel Watchers Club. For Jeopardy!, he talked about the winning streak of Ken Jennings. The interview was conducted by Karen Herman on October 10, 2007.

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• Harry Friedman
• Wheel of Fortune
• Jeopardy
• Alex Trebek

[telewatcher89]

Even though I respectfully don't agree with some of the changes made to Wheel since the mid-90's, I'm REALLY interested as to how and why they were made. Could you post the entire interview?