{"id":2271824,"date":"2024-06-19T17:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T21:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pat-sajaks-final-show-on-wheel-of-fortune-scores-massive-ratings-boost\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:23:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T21:23:50","slug":"pat-sajaks-final-show-on-wheel-of-fortune-scores-massive-ratings-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pat-sajaks-final-show-on-wheel-of-fortune-scores-massive-ratings-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Sajak&#8217;s Last &#8216;Wheel of Fortune&#8217; Episode Draws Huge Ratings Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpat-sajaks-final-show-on-wheel-of-fortune-scores-massive-ratings-boost%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2271824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary of the provided text \u2063details Pat Sajak&#8217;s departure from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-addresses-maskless-super-bowl-photo-how-the-hell-am-i-supposed-to-drink-beer\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Addresses Maskless Super Bowl Photo: \u2018How The Hell Am I Supposed To Drink Beer\u2019\">game show<\/a> &#8220;Wheel of\u2062 Fortune,&#8221; which he hosted for\u2062 over forty \u200cyears. His final\u200c episode aired on June\u2064 7, and it attracted more\u200c than 11 million viewers, marking the largest audience\u2063 for the show in over four years,\u200c specifically since the onset of\u200d the pandemic in April 2020. This episode was also noted as the most-watched program on both\u200c cable TV and broadcast for \u2062the week, excluding sports events. \u200bThroughout Sajak&#8217;s farewell week, the show maintained high ratings, averaging 8.5 \u2063million viewers and\u2064 achieving \u2064an 18-week high in\u200b household ratings. \u200cIn\u200b his final message on \u200cthe \u2064show, Sajak expressed gratitude\u200b to\u2063 the viewers, emphasizing how privileged he felt to\u2062 have \u2064been \u200da \u200cconsistent presence in their homes over the years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pat-sajak-opens-up-about-leaving-wheel-of-fortune\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pat Sajak\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  final appearance on \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d scored a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-lvi-tops-100-million-viewers-largest-audience-since-2017\/\" title=\"Super Bowl LVI Tops 100 Million Viewers, Largest Audience Since 2017\">massive ratings boost<\/a> as viewers turned in to see the longtime host say goodbye to the game show he made popular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sajak\u2019s last episode \u2014 after hosting for more than forty years \u2014 aired on June 7 and drew an audience of more than 11 million viewers, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/pat-sajak-final-wheel-of-fortune-ratings-1235926105\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was the largest audience the syndicated game show has seen in more than four years, since April 2020 when the world was at the start of the pandemic. Excluding sports, the final episode for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wheel-of-fortune-contestant-speaks-on-being-publicly-humiliated-while-pat-sajak-urges-have-a-little-heart\/\" title=\"\u2018Wheel Of Fortune\u2019 Contestant Speaks On Being \u2018Publicly Humiliated\u2019 While Pat Sajak Urges \u2018Have A Little Heart\u2019\">long-time game show host<\/a> was the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">most-watched program on cable TV or broadcast, at any time of day, for the week of June 3-9, the outlet noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During Sajak\u2019s entire last week of hosting, the game show experienced larger than usual viewership, with an average of 8.5 million viewers for the week, hitting an 18-week high in household rating (5.0), the outlet noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pat Sajak\u2019s \u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Goodbye Hits Four-Year Ratings High <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D9RZ1acyik\">https:\/\/t.co\/D9RZ1acyik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THR\/status\/1803155356828443036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sajak\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pat-sajak-delivers-farewell-speech-for-last-wheel-of-fortune-episode\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">final message<\/span><\/a>  was simple:<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> he told viewers, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWell, the time has come to say goodbye. I have a few thanks and acknowledgments before I go, and I want to start with all watching out there. It\u2019s been an incredible privilege to be invited into millions of homes night after night, year after year, decade after decade.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI always felt that the privilege came with the responsibility to keep this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pat-sajak-delivers-farewell-speech-for-last-wheel-of-fortune-episode\/\" title=\"Pat Sajak's Final Speech on Last 'Wheel of Fortune' Episode\">daily half-hour<\/a> a safe place for family fun,\u201d he added.\u201cNo social issues. No politics. Nothing embarrassing, I hope. Just a game. But gradually it became more than that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA place where kids learned their letters, where people from other countries honed their English skills, where families came together along with friends and neighbors, and entire generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat an honor to play even a small part in all of that,\u201d Sajak continued.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u201cThank you for allowing me into your lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last year, Sajak announced he was leaving the show, with cohost Vanna White \u2014 who first appeared alongside the host in 1982 \u2014 remaining on board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWell, the time has come. I\u2019ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last,\u201d Sajak wrote on June 12, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a wonderful ride, and I\u2019ll have more to say in the coming months,\u201d he added. \u201cMany thanks to you all. (If nothing else, it\u2019ll keep the clickbait sites busy!)\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shortly after the retirement announcement, his replacement was announced with media personality Ryan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/live-with-kelly-and-ryan-seacrest-is-out-heres-whos-in\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seacrest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  confirming he\u2019d been picked to succeed him, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanSeacrest\/status\/1673734940465283077?s=20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posting on X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that he\u2019s \u201ctruly humbled to be stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat Sajak.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Sajak&#8217;s farewell on &#8220;Wheel of Fortune&#8221; drew massive viewership. Hosting for over 40 years, his final episode aired on June 7, attracting over 11 million viewers as fans tuned in to witness his goodbye to the iconic game show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2271825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Pat-Sajak-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Pat-Sajak-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}