The game board is controlled using custom software. The screens show a teal “Wheel” logo pattern for spaces not part of the puzzle and become white to show a “blank” for each letter or punctuation in the puzzle.Īfter a contestant calls a letter, the corresponding panels, if any, turn blue along with a sound effect, before White’s touch causes the letter to be revealed. That update included the addition of touch sensitive border elements that White would “press” to reveal the letter behind the particular screen. White is typically the only person who touches the puzzle board - which was converted from trilons that White had to turn manually to individual video screens in 1997. Vanna White, who serves as co-host, has always spent most of the show well away from the main contestant and host area, so her role has, in a way, always been at least somewhat socially distanced, though she does typically enter the studio with Sajak and joins him in the center of the set for sign off. In addition, the white arrow “flippers” that help point to the wedge a contestant lands on remain installed in the half wall. The expanded structure also required the show to expand the size of the LED panels that front the half wall and that display various graphics, including, during normal gameplay, the “Wheel” logo, color coded contestant scoreboards and flashing indicators to show whose turn it is. The result is an almost half circle installation. 14, 2020, “Wheel” updated the half wall that host Pat Sajak and contestants stand behind to be much wider, allowing for six feet between everyone. What’s the big ‘never before happened’ surprise ‘Wheel of Fortune’ has in store? #TVNews #BroadcastNewsįor its 38th season starting Sept. “ Wheel of Fortune,” like many TV productions, has had to adapt to the world of coronavirus and, in addition to a socially distanced set update, the show also had to tweak how contestants spin the iconic wheel.

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