Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy

I lived most of my life in Philly, and for years had it hammered into my brain that JEOPARDY came before WHEEL OF FORTUNE. Most TV affiliates in the States that air one of these, air both, and usually back to back. As it happens, in Orlando, the ABC affiliate there runs them in that same order, JEOPARDY at 7 PM and WHEEL OF FORTUNE at 7:30 PM. But in Tampa, the shows are on the CBS affiliate and are reversed with WHEEL OF FORTUNE coming first at 7 and JEOPARDY following at 7:30.

So which is more common? How does your local affiliate air these two shows?

Harry

 

I believe it is JEOPARDY then WHEEL OF FORTUNE here in St. Louis.

 

Here in Toronto, it's WOF at 7:00 p.m. and Jeopardy at 7:30 p.m.

 

They are syndicated together---to air one, you have to buy/air both.

Here, Jeopardy first, then Wheel.

 

I lost on Jeopardy, baby, ooh
I lost on Jeopardy, baby, ooh

sorry, I couldn't resist

 

In January 1985, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune were seen together for the first time here in Los Angeles.

1985-1989: WOF then J! on KCOP-TV
1989-1992: WOF then J! on KCBS-TV
1992-Present: J! then WOF on KABC-TV

 

Jeopardy before Wheel of Fortune just seems wrong.

 

That's so weird. A Philly native myself, I would feel so "off" by that.
Akin to going out about my day, without having taken my morning dump.

 

I don't know, but I hate both of them.

 

Trebek, then Sajak, in the Bay Area.

 

Jeopardy at 7PM, then change the channel.

jerol

 

Here I have Jeopardy on one channel at 6:00 PM (with a repeat of last season at 5PM), then Wheel on a different channel at 6:30.

Even after 30 years it's still a habit.

 

Wheel then Jeopardy in South Carolina

 

In the Central time zone, it's highly uncommon for them to air together. Remember, prime time starts at 7 pm here, but most stations have 6 pm newscasts, so that leaves room for only one half-hour syndicated show in between, at 6:30. Here in Oklahoma City, they don't even air on the same station: Jeopardy! is at 3:30 on the NBC station, and Wheel is on at 6:30 on the ABC affiliate.

 

Here in my area of the Central Time Zone, Jeopardy airs at 4 and 4:30 PM and then WOF airs at 6:30 PM. They both air on the CBS affiliate.

 

...disproving the notion posted above that the two HAVE to be taken together.

Thanks!

 

We've always Wheel then Jeopardy.

 

WDIV Detroit gives us Wheel at 7 pm, then Jeopardy! at 7:30.

 

years ago up north it was Wheel then Jep...

 

my wife enjoyed them both...

 

In Birmingham the CBS station airs back-to-back episodes of Jeopardy (one rerun, one new) at 3 pm, then the ABC station airs Wheel at 6:30 pm.

 

It shocked me that both shows switched networks and went to Fox. Guess it's all about the $$$

 

Haven't seen either in awhile, but as long as I can remember it was WOF at 7 & J at 7:30.

Darryl

 

Neither show belongs to a "network", but rather are syndicated. This any network affiliate - or even independent station - can pay for the rights to these shows. What has happened in the past is that some station group might sign a deal for other shows, which allows other stations in those markets to pick up the two shows.

That happened in Tampa. For years, the two had aired in tandem on Tampa's ABC WFTS 28. About two years ago, that station decided to go with local news and another game show from 7 to 8, so they relinquished the rights to the two games. WTSP, the CBS affiliate, picked them up and airs them from 7 to 8 with WHEEL first.

Harry