Pluto TV Axes 'Jeopardy' and 'Wheel of Fortune' Channels

[Dead2009]

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Everything seems more expensive these days, but there are still some things you can get for free—including access to your favorite shows and movies. One service that offers this is Pluto TV, providing on-demand content without a subscription fee. But while you can stream plenty of content on the platform, Pluto TV is catching some heat after the popular Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune channels were suddenly removed.

Both the Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune channels were available to watch on-demand at any time, making them a great option for game show lovers without cable and those who wanted to catch up on old episodes. But loyal viewers first noticed the channels were missing from Pluto on Aug. 1, then took their concerns to social media.

In response to one X user asking why the Jeopardy! channel wasn't available, the Pluto TV account wrote, "The lineup is constantly evolving based on feedback from our users and content availability, so channels are added and removed, over time. This isn't to say it won't be back, at a later time, but it's not in the lineup for now."

As Vulture reported, both the Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune channels were available on Pluto thanks to a two-year licensing agreement that distributor Sony Pictures Television signed with the service in 2022. The channels went live on Aug. 1 of that year, showing reruns of Jeopardy! episodes hosted by the late Alex Trebek and more recent episodes of Wheel.

"A source familiar with the situation" told Vulture that Sony and Pluto were in talks to renew the deal but weren't able to reach an agreement. Thus, at the beginning of this month, the channels simply disappeared—much to viewers' chagrin.

"I'm actually so upset they took the @Jeopardy channel off pluto tv," one viewer wrote on X. Another added, "Jeopardy channel on Pluto TV is gone. Cold world just got a little colder."

Yet another wrote, "Pluto TV got rid of the Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune channels. That's lame. What else am I supposed to binge watch all day?"

[Hawkee]

Why did Pluto TV do this in the first place? To me it seems weird that the Wheel Of Fortune channel and Jeopardy channel are both gone. Because they were good channels for everyone to see reruns of Alex Trebek's Jeopardy and Pat Sajak's Wheel Of Fortune episodes. What I think Pluto TV should've done was get rid of the Family Feud channel and The Price Is Right channel and put the Wheel Of Fortune channel and the Jeopardy channel in those spots. I bet Pat Sajak is the one to blame for Pluto TV removing the Wheel Of Fortune channel in the first because now that Ryan Seacrest is now hosting Wheel Of Fortune the Pat Sajak reruns of Wheel Of Fortune will be scarce to find anywhere just like the Regis Philbin Who Wants To Be A Millionaire became hard to find when Regis passed away

[icecream]

Game Show Network is airing 2 hours a day of Wheel of Fortune from Pat's run, weekdays in the 2PM and 9PM hours. It might not air on Pluto anymore but not hard to find. Also, Regis Millionaire has returned to GSN weekdays in the 11AM hour.