User:Daniel Benfield/Nighttime Video Archive/Season 7

The show moves taping to Studio 33 at CBS Television City in Hollywood, and experiences several cosmetic changes: namely, the updated sound effects package (which is still used to this date), the second version of Changing Keys, the chevron backdrops, the filled-in contestant railing, and the updated, more familar version of the Free Spin discs.

In addition to cosmetics, two gameplay changes are added: returning champions (3-day limit like the daytime show) and the W-H-E-E-L envelopes in the Bonus Round.

Also, on September 5, the show begins to use ampersands in puzzles (although initially exclusive to Same Name).

On October 16, the Free Spin wedge is retired in favor of putting one Free Spin out for two rounds on a random wedge. The off-model $300 stays put for the first two rounds until October 23, when it is increased to an on-model yellow $500.

Sometime this season, the Round 2 prize moves over to the other blue $150.

Between April 26 and May 4, the blue $150 two spaces to the left of Lose a Turn in Rounds 1-2 increases to $500. This is the last update made to the wheel until the single template format debuted in 1996.