Johnny is the oldest current announcer currently working- but Don Morrow, who announced for "Sale of the Century" in the late 80s is still around, at 93 years old. That;s amazing.
On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 12:04:49 AM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > And tonight was "Wheel"'s premature season finale, ending with the week > without an audience (obvious when the winning contestant's family got their > usual top-of-the-bonus-road showing standing in front of a flat instead of > sitting in the audience. And officially this was Harry Friedman's last day > as showrunner of both shows, as he hands the keys over to Mike Richards: > > > https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune-executive-producer-harry-friedman-exits-sony-pictures-television-1234595091/ > > Besides how to get back in production and respect the pandemic, Richards > is inheriting from Friedman Alex Trebek's health problems and the possible > imminent retirement of "Wheel"'s hosts (made clear by Pat Sajak's time in > the hospital this season), meaning he's probably going to have to make > complete host changes within the next few years. (And Johnny Gilbert is > 95--they may have to have him pre-record and have someone else do the > warmup.) In addition, there are many who feel that "Wheel" needs more than > just a few format tweaks to bring the ratings back up (less of a problem > with "Jeopardy!", especially when they have a charismatic and > dominant champion). The question is if Richards can make them without > pissing off the loyal, if aged, "Wheel" audience. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > spotl...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 10:02 PM Jim Ellwanger <trai...@ellwanger.tv > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> >> > On Apr 21, 2020, at 3:03 PM, Joe Hass <hassg...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> > >> > My (slightly related) question: have the fine folks at Sony Pictures >> hinted at what they'll do once they run out of new episodes? From a brief >> perusal of the Web, it sounds like they're good through the end of May. >> >> This rerun of the GOAT tournament is being plugged into a slot that was >> originally set for the annual Teachers’ Tournament, which is apparently now >> going to run in the two weeks starting on Memorial Day. >> >> So now, unless they change the schedule, the end of new shows for the >> season will be a week with regular contestants that was taped without a >> studio audience, airing June 8-12. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvor...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/08062A97-8067-4226-B448-6612E4E45993%40ellwanger.tv >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b0449d0b-2f90-4234-aed5-d0c8df291ddd%40googlegroups.com.
