Wheel 2000

Wheel 2000
Also known asWheel of Fortune 2000
GenreGame show
Created byScott Sternberg
Based onWheel of Fortune
by Merv Griffin
Directed byJames Marcione[1]
Presented byDavid Sidoni
Voices ofTanika Ray
Theme music composerDan Sawyer[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerScott Sternberg[1]
ProducersAdam Tyler
Pamela Covais
Production locationsSony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California
Running timeapprox. 22–26 minutes
Production companiesScott Sternberg Productions
Trackdown Productions
Columbia TriStar Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
Game Show Network
ReleaseSeptember 13, 1997 (1997-09-13) –
February 7, 1998 (1998-02-07)
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Wheel 2000 (also known as Wheel of Fortune 2000) is a children's version of the American game show Wheel of Fortune, produced by Scott Sternberg Productions and Columbia TriStar Television (and the last version of Wheel of any sort to air on daytime network television). The show was created by Scott Sternberg and was hosted by David Sidoni, with Tanika Ray providing voice work and motion capture for a virtual reality hostess named "Cyber Lucy".[2]

The show premiered on September 13, 1997, on CBS, aired as part of the network's attempt to meet the then-new E/I mandates during its Saturday morning block, and ran through February 7, 1998 with repeats continuing through September 26. Game Show Network broadcast Wheel 2000's episodes concurrently with their airings on CBS. It was taped at Sony Pictures Studios.

On June 8, 2023, Sony Pictures Television announced that another kids version of Wheel is in development.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference wheel 2000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Dawson, Diana (1997-09-07). "Popular game show takes kids for a spin". Austin American Statesman. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Porter, Rick (June 8, 2023). "Animated 'Bewitched' , Kids 'Wheel of Fortune' in the works at Sony (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-06-08.