The Pat Sajak Show
| The Pat Sajak Show | |
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| Written by |
Fred Wolf Andy Cowan David S. Williger Kevin Mulholland |
| Presented by | Pat Sajak |
| Starring | Tom Scott (Bandleader) |
| Narrated by | Dan Miller (Announcer) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 298 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Paul Gilbert |
| Location(s) |
CBS Television City Hollywood, California |
| Running time | 60-90 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | January 9, 1989 – April 13, 1990 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1972) The CBS Late Movie/CBS Late Night (1972–1989) |
| Followed by |
CBS Late Night (1990–1993) Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015) |
| Related shows | Pat Sajak Weekend |
The Pat Sajak Show is an American late-night television talk show which aired on CBS from January 9, 1989 to April 13, 1990.
The show was hosted by Pat Sajak, best known as host of the game show Wheel of Fortune. In order to do the talk show, Sajak left the NBC daytime version of Wheel, but remained the host of the syndicated nighttime version. In mid-1989, the daytime Wheel was cancelled by NBC (when it was hosted by Rolf Benirschke) and picked up by CBS with a retooled set and theme, as well as a new host, Bob Goen.
Sajak's announcer and sidekick on the show was Dan Miller, his friend and former colleague from their time working together in the mid-1970s at WSM-TV in Nashville, Tennessee. The in-studio band was led by jazz musician Tom Scott, who subsequently served the same role on the short lived Chevy Chase Show.
Sajak was hired by Michael Brockman, the CBS vice-president for daytime, children's and late-night programming, who wanted to have a late-night talk show established when Johnny Carson eventually announced his retirement from NBC's The Tonight Show. Brockman had known Sajak since the two worked for NBC in the late 1970s. At that time, Brockman had approached Sajak, a weatherman, about doing a game show, but Sajak rejected the idea, saying what he really wanted to do was get a talk show. Brockman kept him in mind over the years, and at a lunch in 1986 he reminded Sajak about the conversation. Sajak confirmed his interest in a talk show, and Brockman went to work getting approvals from his management for the plan and getting network affiliates to commit to the show.
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