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06-07-2024, 07:42 PM
https://www.looper.com/1598048/why-pat-sajak-show-cancelled/
Legendary "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak once hosted (https://youtu.be/IDCpeHtx3KE) a late night talk show (https://youtu.be/4aC3Qjs22W8) for CBS (https://www.vulture.com/2015/10/the-forgotten-history-of-the-pat-sajak-show.html), but the network's "Tonight Show" competitor (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ThePatSajakShow) wasn't built to last (https://www.cracked.com/article_42467_pat-sajaks-failed-talk-show-gave-us-the-craziest-moment-in-late-night-history.html).
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During the final weeks of his late night talk show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pat_Sajak_Show), Pat Sajak only appeared four days per week, and a guest hosted the show on Fridays. Thus when CBS (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-10-fi-1145-story.html) announced (https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/10/arts/cbs-television-cancels-the-pat-sajak-show.html) the show was going to be cancelled (https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/9557/pat-sajak-wheel-of-fortune-short-lived-late-night-talk-show/), the final show that week was to be hosted by Paul Rodríguez, creating a situation where Pat would not be around for the final episode.
Guests that night included Traci Lords and Chick Corea. The show ended with the National Anthem, during which a stagehand cleaned off the interview table in the background and CBS eventually cutting off the song.
Legendary "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak once hosted (https://youtu.be/IDCpeHtx3KE) a late night talk show (https://youtu.be/4aC3Qjs22W8) for CBS (https://www.vulture.com/2015/10/the-forgotten-history-of-the-pat-sajak-show.html), but the network's "Tonight Show" competitor (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ThePatSajakShow) wasn't built to last (https://www.cracked.com/article_42467_pat-sajaks-failed-talk-show-gave-us-the-craziest-moment-in-late-night-history.html).
n5hYiMBkukI
During the final weeks of his late night talk show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pat_Sajak_Show), Pat Sajak only appeared four days per week, and a guest hosted the show on Fridays. Thus when CBS (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-10-fi-1145-story.html) announced (https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/10/arts/cbs-television-cancels-the-pat-sajak-show.html) the show was going to be cancelled (https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/9557/pat-sajak-wheel-of-fortune-short-lived-late-night-talk-show/), the final show that week was to be hosted by Paul Rodríguez, creating a situation where Pat would not be around for the final episode.
Guests that night included Traci Lords and Chick Corea. The show ended with the National Anthem, during which a stagehand cleaned off the interview table in the background and CBS eventually cutting off the song.