Wheel of Fortune (series)
- Production country: Australia, New Zealand
- Creator: Merv Griffin
- Production companies: Grundy Television Productions, Seven Network, Avalon Studios
- Release date: 7/21/1981
- Release date of last episode: 7/13/1983
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 4 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 468
- Run time: 25, 30 min.
Series description
Wheel of Fortune is an Australian television game show produced by Grundy Television. The program aired on the Seven Network from 1981 to 2004 and November 2005 to July 2006 and is mostly based on the same general format as the original American version of the program. After Wheel of Fortune ended, the format was revived by the Nine Network in 2008 as Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune, until it was cancelled in June 2008 due to low ratings following arguments from long-time host John Burgess concerning why he did not like the show. An earlier unrelated show also titled Wheel of Fortune had been broadcast on the Nine Network. That version had been developed by Reg Grundy as a radio game show before it transferred to television in 1959.
