Posted on 06/27/2023 1:08:37 PM PDT by TBP
Ryan Seacrest has yet another job to take on.
Seacrest has been named the new host of “Wheel of Fortune” following Pat Sajak’s retirement, The Post has confirmed.
Along with being the new host, Seacrest, 48, will also serve as a consulting producer on the show, according to a statement from Sony on Tuesday.
“I’m truly humbled to be stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat Sajak,” Seacrest said in a statement. “I can say, along with the rest of America, that it’s been a privilege and pure joy to watch Pat and Vanna on our television screens for an unprecedented 40 years, making us smile every night and feel right at home with them.
“Pat, I love the way you’ve always celebrated the contestants and made viewers at home feel at ease,” he added. “I look forward to learning everything I can from you during this transition.”
Seacrest added that one of his first jobs was hosting a game show called “Click” for Merv Griffin about 25 years ago, so this opportunity is “truly a full circle moment for me.”
Sajak, 76, said two weeks ago that he would be retiring after 41 years and that the next season of the beloved game show will be his last.
Sajak has hosted “Wheel” since 1981, while Vanna White, 66, joined the show a year later as the iconic letter-turner.
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Perhaps, but our kids would learn more by watching WOF than they would learn in public school.
They bring him on just before the show dies?
Ted was ok on Married With Children, it was always funny when he laughed when Al would make fun of Marcy.
Of course, they're likable. Seacrest isn't, although he's somehow convinced producers that everyone loves him.
It was Alan Ludden.
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