Pluto TV

Pluto TV is a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service owned and operated by the Paramount Streaming division of Paramount Global. The service carried many episodes of Wheel of Fortune for free streaming from 2022-2024.

History[]

In October 2020, Pluto TV became part of the newly created ViacomCBS Streaming (renamed Paramount Streaming in February 2022), both to be led by Pluto TV CEO Tom Ryan. Following the acquisition by Paramount, the service began adding several game shows, including Wheel of Fortune, both for streaming on demand and as 24-hour channels.

Wheel of Fortune was added to the service on August 1, 2022. The first batch of episodes included 250 episodes ranging from Seasons 34-37, including 70 of the 74 episodes that were available for streaming on Netflix since February 2021. The batch included episodes from 2016 with the 2006-2016 music cues left intact (unlike syndicated reruns of said episodes from 2017-18). 221 of these episodes would later be acquired by Game Show Network in 2023.

On March 27, 2023, a new batch was added, consisting of 100 episodes ranging from Seasons 20-24 and 26-30, marking the first time since 2012 that any full episodes featuring Charlie O'Donnell were legally broadcast or released, as well as the first reruns of any episodes from the 2000's decade since 2011. The majority of these episodes retain their original closed captioning.

From August 8-11, 2023, 100 more episodes were gradually added, including 98 syndicated episodes from Seasons 1-5, 7-12, 15, and 16, plus Pat Sajak and Vanna White's respective first permanent episodes from the daytime series. This marked the first time since 2007 that anything from the daytime series (including any episode with Susan Stafford) was legally seen. These also marked the first reruns of any episodes from Seasons 3, 4, 8, 9, and 11 since their original runs in syndication, as those seasons never reran on Game Show Network. Both daytime episodes are noticeably degraded, suggesting their original master tapes are lost. As Pluto TV numbers episodes by their production number without the "S-" prefix, the two daytime episodes (production codes #1768 and #2016) are grouped with Seasons 10 and 11, respectively, as the syndicated equivalents of their numbers fell during those seasons. All of these episodes received new closed captioning.

From November 10-14, 2023, a batch of 50 episodes was gradually added exclusively through the channel, bringing the total rotation to 500. The new episodes began with 15 episodes from Seasons 27, 32-33, and 35-37, all of which originally aired on or around Thanksgiving. This was shortly followed by 35 more episodes ranging from Seasons 2-4, 7-9, 13, 18, 21, and 24, most of which were Christmas-themed. This batch was not made available on demand until January 10, 2024, two months later.

On February 22 and 23, 2024, a batch of 147 episodes was added, consisting of episodes from Seasons 1-4, 7-9, 15, 16, 18, 21-24, 26, 28, 30-34, 37, and 38. Erroneously, episodes #7186-7190 from Season 37 are titled #6621-6625 and are placed under Season 34 with numbers 34186-34190, which would be accurate with the latter production numbers. Starting with this batch, the episodes are not numbered with their original production numbers, but by an alternate numbering system using the season number followed by three digits representing the episode within that season (e.g., the Season 18 premiere is numbered 18001 rather than 3316). Because of this, all episodes from this batch are placed as the last episodes of their respective seasons due to their numbers being far greater than their production numbers, and they also air in this order on the live channel. However, most of these episodes are still titled "Episode #[production number]". On February 26, episode #3901 was added, completing the Season 21 premiere week and bringing the total for this batch to 148.

On July 31, 2024, the live channel for Wheel (along with Jeopardy!) was removed. Both shows' On Demand selections remained available until August 1 (exactly two years after they were first added to the service), at which point the Jeopardy! episodes were removed, followed by the Wheel episodes a few hours later.

Typically, the live channel aired mostly episodes from Seasons 20-38. Episodes from Seasons 1-18 were rarely shown; when they were, it was usually between the hours of 5:00 and 9:00 AM Eastern.

On most episodes, the fee plugs are edited out by transitioning from Pat and Vanna's signoff to the credits with a white flash. In episodes with SPIN ID drawings or other giveaways, most episodes leave them intact while adding a caption reading, "PREVIOUSLY BROADCAST; SWEEPSTAKES HAS ENDED". Four episodes from Season 24 are in 4:3 standard definition instead of their original 16:9 high definition, suggesting the latter masters for those episodes are lost. Season 28 episodes featuring guest announcers retain their voices, unlike Summer 2011 reruns which dubbed them over with Jim Thornton.

A few episodes have incorrect original air dates listed, including the September 29, 2017 episode from Season 35 incorrectly having its year listed as 2027.

Pluto TV offered a total of 648 episodes of Wheel of Fortune, from all seasons except for the following: 6, 14, 17, 19, 25, and 39 onward. Episodes from sponsored weeks, "Southern" themed weeks, Secret Santa episodes, and T-Mobile Tuesday episodes from Season 38 were excluded.

List of Episodes Offered[]

Batch 1[]

All 250 of these episodes were added with the launch of the channel on August 1, 2022.

Season 34

#S-6436-40 (September 12-16, 2016; Teacher's Week [premiere])
#S-6451-55 (October 3-7, 2016; Shopping Spree)
#S-6456-60 (October 10-14, 2016; Pacific Northwest)
#S-6476-80 (November 7 and 9-12, 2016; Veterans Week)
#S-6506-10 (December 19-23, 2016; Home for the Holidays)
#S-6511-15 (December 26-30, 2016; America's Game II)
#S-6516-20 (January 2-6, 2017; Weekend Getaways)
#S-6526-30 (January 16-20, 2017; California Coast)
#S-6536-40 (January 30-February 3, 2017; Leave Winter Behind)
#S-6541-45 (February 6-10, 2017; Big Money)
#S-6551-52 (February 20-21, 2017; Great American Cities: San Diego, Days 1 and 2)
#S-6556-60 (February 27-March 3, 2017; Teen Best Friends)
#S-6601-05 (May 1-5, 2017; Hawaii)
#S-6611 (May 15, 2017; Great American Cities: Chicago, Day 1)
#S-6616-20 (May 22-26, 2017; Great American Cities: Boston)

Season 35

#S-6631-35 (September 11-15, 2017; Teacher's Week [premiere])
#S-6636-40 (September 18-22, 2017; Bed & Breakfast)
#S-6641-45 (September 25-29, 2017; Fall Foliage)
#S-6666-70 (October 30-November 3, 2017; Halloween)
#S-6671-75 (November 6-10, 2017; Veterans Week)
#S-6706-10 (December 25-29, 2017; Hawaii)
#S-6721, 6723, and 6724 (January 15 and 17-18, 2018; Wheel Around the World, Days 1, 3, and 4)
#S-6736-40 (February 5-9, 2018; Great American Cities)
#S-6746-50 (February 19-23, 2018; Delicious Destinations)
#S-6762 (March 13, 2018; America's Game III, Day 2)
#S-6771-75 (March 26-30, 2018; California Coast)
#S-6794-95 (April 26-27, 2018; Best Friends, Days 4 and 5)
#S-6801-05 (May 7-11, 2018; Spa Getaway)
#S-6806-10 (May 14-18, 2018; Shopping Spree)
#S-6811-15 (May 21-25, 2018; Get Out of Town)
#S-6816-20 (May 28-June 1, 2018; America's Game V)

Season 36

#S-6826-30 (September 10-14, 2018; Teacher's Week [premiere])
#S-6841-45 (October 1-5, 2018; Shopping Spree)
#S-6846 (October 8, 2018; Spa Getaway, Day 1)
#S-6853 and 6855 (October 17 and 19, 2018; Great Outdoors, Days 3 and 5)
#S-6858 (October 24, 2018; Veterans Week, Day 3)
#S-6866-70 (November 5-9, 2018; America's Game I)
#S-6874-75 (November 15-16, 2018; Great American Cities: Washington, D.C., Days 4 and 5)
#S-6906-10 (December 31, 2018-January 4, 2019; America's Game II)
#S-6926-30 (January 28-February 1, 2019; Leave Winter Behind)
#S-6936-40 (February 11-15, 2019; Sweethearts Week)
#S-6946-50 (February 25-March 1, 2019; Girlfriend Getaways)
#S-6971-75 (April 1-5, 2019; Delicious Destinations)
#S-6981-85 (April 15-19, 2019; Wheel Around the World)
#S-6991-95 (April 29-May 3, 2019; Island Hopping)
#S-6996-7000 (May 6-10, 2019; Big Money)
#S-7006-10 (May 20-24, 2019; R&R)

Season 37

#S-7021-25 (September 9-13, 2019; Teacher's Week [premiere])
#S-7026-30 (September 16-20, 2019; Spa Getaway)
#S-7042 (October 8, 2019; Let's Eat!, Day 2)
#S-7046-50 (October 14-18, 2019; Great Northwest)
#S-7051-55 (October 21-25, 2019; Bed & Breakfast)
#S-7061 (November 4, 2019; Veterans Week, Day 1)
#S-7102 (December 31, 2019; America's Game II, Day 2)
#S-7121-25 (January 27-31, 2020; Rail Tour)
#S-7127-29 (February 4-6, 2020; Great American Cities: South Florida, Days 2-4)
#S-7151-55 (March 9-13, 2020; America's Game III)
#S-7156 and 7158-7160 (March 16 and 18-20, 2020; College Week, except Day 2)
#S-7181-85 (April 20-24, 2020; Surfin' Safari)

Batch 2[]

All 100 of these episodes premiered on the live channel on March 27, 2023 and were added on demand a short time later.

Season 20

#S-3751-55 (November 4-8, 2002; Seattle Week)
#S-3771-75 (December 2-6, 2002; Family Vacations)

Season 21

#S-4021-25 (February 23-27, 2004; Teen Best Friends Week in Phoenix)
#S-4071-75 (May 3-7, 2004; Mom & Me in San Francisco)
#S-4076-80 (May 10-14, 2004; San Francisco)

Season 22

#S-4121-25 (October 11-15, 2004; Going in Style)
#S-4271-75 (May 9-13, 2005; Kansas City Week)

Season 23

#S-4396-4400 (February 6-10, 2006; Sweethearts Week from Fort Lauderdale)
#S-4471-75 (May 22-26, 2006; Family Week)

Season 24

#S-4506-10 (October 9-13, 2006; Going to the Game)
#S-4671-75 (May 28-June 1, 2007; Teachers Week)

Season 26

#S-4901-05 (October 13-17, 2008; Canada Week)
#S-4986-90 (February 9-13, 2009; Second Honeymoon in Hawaii)

Season 27

#S-5091-95 (October 12-16, 2009; Wheel Around the World)
#S-5156-60 (January 11-15, 2010; International Food)

Season 28

#S-5406-10 (March 28-April 1, 2011; Spring Fling from Las Vegas)

Season 29

#S-5466-70 (September 26-30, 2011; Spa Fantasy)
#S-5561-65 (February 6-10, 2012; Military Spouses)

Season 30

#S-5711-15 (December 3-7, 2012; Bed & Breakfast)
#S-5726-30 (December 24-28, 2012; Happy Holidays)

Batch 3[]

100 episodes gradually added on demand between August 8 and 11, 2023.

Daytime

#1768 (December 28, 1981; Pat Sajak's first episode)
#2016 (December 13, 1982; Vanna White's first permanent episode)

Season 1

#S-3 (1983; Steven/Pam/Jodi)
#S-15 (September 22, 1983; Lou/Cindy/Karen)
#S-41 (November 1983; Ginger/Joy/Andy)
#S-89 (1984; Linda/Phil/Carole)
#S-105 (February 17, 1984; Leanne/David/Becky)
#S-125 (March 1984; Diane/Sue/Jeff)
#S-128 (March 1984; Lydia/Jessica/Jill)
#S-186 (June 1984; Edith/Andrew/Lorraine)

Season 2

#S-205 (September 1984; Eunita/Barbara/Keith)
#S-212 (October 11, 1984; Amber/Kathie/Norm)
#S-214 (October 3, 1984; Renee/Helena/Galen)
#S-269 (December 1984; Reiko/Ralph/Conrad)
#S-296 (January 30, 1985; Mary Ann/Linda/Joel)
#S-338 (1985; Judy/Mark/Sheila)
#S-386 (May 29, 1985; Lori/Peggy/David)

Season 3

#S-399 (October 7, 1985; Dianne/Dona/Chris)
#S-417 (October 10, 1985; Ednita/Mario/Kathy)
#S-449 (October 31, 1985; Kerri/Rick/Lulu)
#S-460 (December 1985; Mary/Mike/Patty)
#S-461 (December 23, 1985; Helen/Anna/Gene)
#S-493 (February 18, 1986; Judith/Elizabeth/Blue)
#S-494 (February 11, 1986; John/Molly/Linda)
#S-517 (March 14, 1986; Dick/Diane/Betty)
#S-539 (May 22, 1986; Nick/Toots/Don)
#S-561 (May 15, 1986; Tom/Dina/Janie)

Season 4

#S-631 (November 6, 1986; Lorraine/Patti/Mark)
#S-632 (November 17, 1986; Lee/Becky/Peter)
#S-651 (November 13, 1986; Jeff/Ruth/Debbie)
#S-655 (November 21, 1986; Michelle/Debbie/Harvey)
#S-671 (January 7, 1987; Ann/Valerie/Helen)
#S-686 (February 3, 1987; Susanne/Rosemarie/Shauna)
#S-703 (February 1987; Linda/Dave/Shauna)
#S-714 (March 1987; Barbara/Judy/Albin)
#S-730 (March 31, 1987; Debi/Joy/Leigh)
#S-737 (1987; Sue/Glenn/Maggie)
#S-741 (April 2, 1987; Jim/Nancy/Eleanor)
#S-767 (May 15, 1987; Paula/Miriam/Jim)
#S-772 (June 1987; Wandy/Nancy/Lee)
#S-773 (May 26, 1987; Maryann/Myrtice/Mickey)
#S-774 (June 19, 1987; Irene/Ingrid/Jerry)
#S-775 (May 28, 1987; Michael/Greg/Alison)
#S-776 (June 10, 1987; Ray/Michelle/Rina)
#S-777 (June 1987; Joy/Elena/Ira)
#S-778 (June 1987; Jim/Gene/Deena)
#S-779 (June 5, 1987; Mel/Betsy/Amber)
#S-780 (June 1987; Clay/Vonnie/Robin)

Season 5

#S-781 (September 16, 1987; Vera/Gary/Ken)
#S-782 (September 29, 1987; Sandy/Mark/Jim)
#S-783 (October 1, 1987; Nancy/Tracey/Mitch)
#S-791-795 (September 21-25, 1987; Battle of the Sexes week)

Season 7

#S-1174 (September 7, 1989)
#S-1180 (September 15, 1989)
#S-1204-05 (October 19-20, 1989)
#S-1206 (October 23, 1989)
#S-1271 (January 29, 1990)
#S-1280 (February 9, 1990)
#S-1285 (February 16, 1990)
#S-1307 (March 20, 1990)

Season 8

#S-1366 and 1369-70 (September 3 and 6-7, 1990; Teen Week, Days 1 [premiere], 4, and 5)
#S-1376 (September 17, 1990)
#S-1383 (September 26, 1990)
#S-1391 and 1394-95 (October 8 and 11-12, 1990)
#S-1532 (May 14, 1991; College Week, Day 2)

Season 9

#S-1566-70 (September 9-13, 1991 [premiere])
#S-1572 (September 17, 1991)

Season 10

#S-1756 and 1758 (September 7 [premiere] and 9, 1992)
#S-1762-63 (September 15-16, 1992)

Season 11

#S-1997 (November 9, 1993)

Season 12

#S-2211 (December 5, 1994)

Season 15

#S-2791 (November 24, 1997; Best Friends Week, Day 1)
#S-2858 (March 4, 1998; African Safari, Day 3)
#S-2888 (April 22, 1998; California Dreamin', Day 3)
#S-2917 (June 2, 1998; Summer in the City, Day 2)

Season 16

#S-3042-45 (February 16-19, 1999; Hawaii Week, Days 2-5)
#S-3046-50 (February 22-26, 1999; Best Friends Week in Hawaii)

Batch 4[]

50 episodes, mostly Thanksgiving and Christmas-themed, that premiered on the live channel between November 10 and 14, 2023.

Season 2

#S-271 (December 1984; Bob/Norma/Sheron)
#S-273 (December 1984; Jim/Julie/Mollie)
#S-274 (December 24, 1984; John/Larry/Peggy)
#S-275 (December 1984; Laverne/Michael/Suzanne)

Season 3

#S-463 (December 25, 1985; Mike/Anita/Mary)

Season 4

#S-661 (December 19, 1986; May/Roseanne/Lou)
#S-662 (December 25, 1986; Grant/Bronwyn/Warren)

Season 7

#S-1251-55 (December 25-29, 1989; Family Week)

Season 8

#S-1446-50 (December 24-28, 1990; Family Week)

Season 9

#S-1641-45 (December 23-27, 1991; Home for the Holidays)

Season 13

#S-2416-20 (December 18-22, 1995; Family Week)

Season 18

#S-3371-75 (November 20-24, 2000; Home for the Holidays)

Season 21

#S-3958 (November 26, 2003; California Coast, Day 3)

Season 24

#S-4539 (November 23, 2006; Hawaii Week, Day 4)
#S-4561 (December 25, 2006; Spirit of the Season, Day 1)

Season 27

#S-5121-24 (November 23-26, 2009; America's Game I, Days 1-4)

Season 32

#S-6099 (November 27, 2014; America's Game I, Day 4)

Season 33

#S-6294 (November 26, 2015; America's Game I, Day 4)

Season 35

#S-6681-85 (November 20-24, 2017; America's Game I)

Season 36

#S-6877-79 (November 20-22, 2018; Happy Thanksgiving!, Days 2-4)

Season 37

#S-7079 (November 28, 2019; Shopping Spree, Day 4)

Batch 5[]

The final batch, 150 episodes added on demand on February 22, 23, and 26, 2024.

Season 1

#S-16 (1983; Valena/Judie/Gerard)
#S-17 (1983; Ruth/Rhonda/Randy)
#S-18 (1983; Marana/Tom/Kelly)
#S-19 (1983; Bill/Brenda/Valeda)
#S-20 (1983; Morry/Kim/Sandy)

Season 2

#S-213 (November 1, 1984; Robbie/Dave/Dorothy)
#S-215 (September 1984; Bill/Brilla/Teddy)
#S-236 (November 5, 1984; Michael/Sandy/Karen)
#S-237 (November 9, 1984; Verna Dean/Steve/Sharon)
#S-238 (November 13, 1984; Janice/Faye/Marvin)
#S-239 (1984; Lance/Virginia/Brenda)
#S-240 (1984; Sharon/Blake/Barbara)

Season 3

#S-531 (April 24, 1986; Donna/Michael/Richard)
#S-532 (April 10, 1986; Terry/Chuck/Leslie)
#S-533 (May 7, 1986; Chris/Frances/Janet)
#S-534 (April 1, 1986; Darryl/Beth/Janet)

Season 4

#S-641 (November 1986; Allyn/Roger/Leila)
#S-642 (November 25, 1986; Becky/Mike/Cathy)
#S-643 (November 1986; Elise/Gerald/George)
#S-644 (November 20, 1986; Pete/Stephanie/Esther)
#S-645 (November 27, 1986; Mary Ann/La Bena/Chris)

Season 7

#S-1276-79 (February 5-8, 1990)
#S-1346-50 (May 21-25, 1990; College Week)

Season 8

#S-1531 and 1534-35 (May 13 and 16-17, 1991; College Week, Days 1, 4, and 5)

Season 9

#S-1646-50 (December 30, 1991-January 3, 1992; Teen Week)

Season 15

#S-2736 and 2738-40 (September 8 and 10-12, 1997; Greetings from the Ohio State Fair, except Day 2)
#S-2781-85 (November 10-14, 1997; Denver Week)
#S-2836-40 (February 2-6, 1998; Family Week in Las Vegas)
#S-2931-35 (September 14-18, 1998; Pittsburgh Week)

Season 18

#S-3316-20 (September 4-8, 2000; Fast Cars [premiere])
#S-3361-65 (November 6-10, 2000; Washington, D.C. Week)

Season 21

#S-3901-05 (September 8-12, 2003; Big Money [premiere])

Season 22

#S-4226-30 (March 7-11, 2005; Caribbean Week)

Season 23

#S-4306-10 (October 3-7, 2005; Safari So Good)

Season 24

#S-4486-90 (September 11-15, 2006; Fantastic Voyages [premiere])
#S-4526-30 (November 6-10, 2006; North Texas)

Season 26

#S-4941-45 (December 8-12, 2008; Pet Lovers Week)
#S-5000 (February 27, 2009; America's Game III, Day 5)

Season 28

#S-5396-5400 (March 14-18, 2001; Pet Lovers [John Cramer guest announces])

Season 30

#S-5791-95 (March 25-29, 2013; Pure Paradise)
#S-5816-20 (April 29-May 3, 2013; NYC)

Season 31

#S-5926-30 (December 30, 2013-January 3, 2014; New Year's from Las Vegas)

Season 32

#S-6081-85 (November 3-7, 2014; Wheel Goes Waikoloa)
#S-6196-6200 (April 13-17, 2015; Wheel Loves New York)

Season 33

#S-6252 (September 29, 2015; Wheel Across America, Day 2)
#S-6411-15 (May 9-13, 2016; Great American Cities: Denver)

Season 34

#S-6441-45 (September 19-23, 2016; National Parks)

Season 37

#S-7186-90 (April 27-May 1, 2020; Great American Cities: The San Francisco Bay Area)

Season 38

#S-7351 and 7353-55 (March 1 and 3-5, 2021; Wheel Around the World, except Day 2)