Ryan Seacrest is happy to have Vanna White turning letters for him and showing him the ropes when he takes over at Wheel of Fortune.
19.09.2023 - 19:05 / deadline.com
After lengthy negotiations, Wheel Of Fortune co-host Vanna White has extended her contract for additional two years to continue on hit syndicated game show through the 2025-06 season. The news comes as the show just kicked off Season 41 last week, which will be the last for host Pat Sajak. By signing her new deal, White, whose existing contract is up at the end of the current 2023-24 season, will provide continuity, working alongside Wheel‘s new host, Ryan Seacrest, who will take over for Sajak next fall. Wheel of Fortune has been renewed through Season 45.
“I love Vanna White. I’ve known Vanna for a long time,” Seacrest said in an interview with Fortune earlier this week. “We sat in important places next to each other. And I hope for nothing more than to be able to walk out on that stage and host with her.”
In June, White also closed a new deal to return as host of ABC’s Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, which, as Deadline reported at the time, involves a significant salary increase. Her contract extension for the flagship syndicated show is believed to involve a pay raise, too. White has been revealing letters at Wheel’s signature puzzleboard since 1982.
New to the team this season is Alex Van Wagner who joins Wheel of Fortune as Director after the retirement of his predecessor Robert Ennis over the summer hiatus. Van Wagner has experience directing competition shows, scripted comedy, documentaries, and sports across networks, syndication, and cable. His credit list includes Shark Tank, The Voice, Holey Moley, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Is It Cake?, and Game of Games.
Entering her third year as the Wheel of Fortune ambassador to the fans is Social Media Correspondent Maggie Sajak. This season, she will introduce a new
Ryan Seacrest is happy to have Vanna White turning letters for him and showing him the ropes when he takes over at Wheel of Fortune.
The news of Vanna White extending her “Wheel of Fortune” contract through to the 2025-2026 TV season had Hoda Kotb recalling her own difficulties getting a raise.
White’s contract renewal was officially confirmed following months of negotiations. According to TMZ, White, 66, locked in a “substantial pay increase” and her contract is now through 2026.White was previously making $3 million a season and had reportedly been seeking a raise from the show’s producers, claiming that she only received bonuses for the last 18 years.Seacrest won’t be joining the ABC game show until current host Pat Sajek steps down in 2024.
Ryan Seacrest is thrilled that Vanna White will be returning to join him as he begins his run as “Wheel of Fortune” host.
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Vanna White will be returning to “Wheel of Fortune” when Ryan Seacrest takes over hosting duties next year.
TMZ, White got a “substantial pay increase” with the deal.Incoming “Wheel of Fortune” host Ryan Seacrest revealed last week that he hoped to work with her on the ABC show. “I love Vanna White,” Seacrest, 48, told Fortune Magazine.
Vanna White is sticking with Wheel of Fortune!
William Earl Vanna White has extended her contract on “Wheel of Fortune” by two years as the show begins its farewell season with longtime host Pat Sajak. White has inked a contract extension that keeps her revealing letters on the durable syndicated game show through the 2025-26 TV season. Sajak announced earlier this year his plan to retire after Season 41, which began this week.
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and wife Kelly Ripa explained why at the top of the show.“He came down — you know, he tested negative for everything but he’s really sick and I felt so bad for him and this morning he came into the bedroom,” Ripa, 52, explained to the audience. “He was sleeping in Joaquin’s room last night and he came into the bedroom and he goes ‘babe I think I can power through.'”Ripa, however, sent him right back to bed. “I pulled that sheet up over my face and I said ‘I really feel like you need to go back to bed.
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contestant Laryn Nelson on Wednesday’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune,” getting so spooked that he jumped and threw his cards into the air.In the hilarious clip, which was posted to the official Wheel of Fortune account on the platform X, Nelson can be seen trying to fill in the remaining letters on the board in the final round.She guessed, “Pitching my goals,” but it turned out there was no “pitching” in the phrase — the answer was “Obtaining my goals.”“I’m gonna do that one day, though,” Nelson joked as she stood next to Sajak. “Obtaining my goals.”“There’s really no need for a host on this show,” Sajak jokingly remarked.
#WheelofFortune #JusticeForWheel pic.twitter.com/GF0wE1bN6VIt was announced this past June that “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest would be replacing Sajak at the end of Season 41.“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.
“Live with Kelly and Mark.”“Listen, I married way above my station. I’m the luckiest guy, I found her and I’m like, ‘I’m hanging on for dear life,'” Consuelos, 52, joked to Entertainment Tonight. “Hopefully she feels the same way.”Last month, the “Hope & Faith” actress hinted at her possible retirement from the morning talk show circuit.Ripa has been on air hosting “Live” since 2001, becoming a mainstay of the ABC show for more than two decades.“I think it’s a real thing,” he said regarding his wife’s thoughts about leaving the series.