Wheel of Fortune timeline (syndicated)/Season 36

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A timeline for Season 36 of Wheel of Fortune, which aired in first-run from September 10, 2018 through June 7, 2019.

Season Changes

 * The studio intro from Season 34 is used.
 * When a contestant calls a letter, the letter appears in a light gray circle on the bottom left corner of the screen. A red slash appears through it if the letter is not in the puzzle or has been called already.
 * This is the first season since Season 34 not to have a Halloween week.

September 2018

 * September 10 is Teacher's Week, taped July 26. During this week, the opening graphic has pictures of Pat and Vanna in grade school added to two of the buildings.
 * On September 11, Classic TV is used for the first time since January 9, 2013.
 * On September 13:
 * The Prize is a $10,200 trip to Spain.
 * For the first known time, Headline is used in Round 4.
 * On September 14, six rounds are played.
 * September 17 is Gone Fishin', taped August 9. During this week, the Season 28 Outdoor Adventure Week intro is used, which features the Pat and Vanna Wii avatars fishing.
 * On September 17, Dr. Oz makes a cameo in the closing segment. Footage is shown of him, Pat, and Vanna demonstrating CPR techniques on dummies in front of the puzzle board.
 * On September 18:
 * Although the $3,000 Toss-Up is People, the category strip for Person is put up instead. Also, Pat's announcement of the category appears to have been corrected in post-production.
 * Round 4 is Place, and the Bonus Round is Places; this is only the latter's third known appearance in the Bonus Round.
 * On September 19, the first sentence of the Mystery Round announcement is changed to "Did one of our Wheel Watchers just win $10,000?", while the onscreen text at this point now reads "Did you just win $10,000?"
 * On September 21:
 * The Round 1 puzzle THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING has two spaces between TIME and FOR.
 * Contestant Alexa, who does not solve her bonus puzzle, misses the $1,000,000 by only one envelope.
 * September 24 is California Coast, taped August 23. During this week, the Bonus Round is sponsored by the Netflix original series The Good Cop, a trailer of which is shown before the Bonus Round on Monday and Thursday.
 * On September 25, two males play.
 * On September 26, six rounds are played.
 * On September 27, The bonus puzzle ORGANIC KALE AND SPINACH ties the third-longest known bonus puzzle to be used on the show, and the longest under three-and-a-vowel rules, at 21 letters.
 * All ten Bonus Rounds are lost on the weeks of September 17 and 24.