Is Pat Sajak the Greatest Game Show Host of All Time? (POLL)
Pat Sajak says farewell to Wheel of Fortune tonight, June 7. The celebrated host’s final episode is going to be a fun one, as Sajak wanted, but it won’t be without its emotional goodbyes.
In an emotional farewell video released a few hours before his final bow began, Sajak shared his gratitude to viewers.
“Well, the time has come to say goodbye,” he said in the video. “I have a few thanks and acknowledgments before I go, and I want to start with all of you watching out there. It’s been an incredible privilege to be invited into millions of homes night after night, year after year, decade after decade.” (Vanna White also shared a tearful goodbye to her co-star on June 6. Learn White’s plans for her future on the series in our exclusive interview with the star here.)
With his decades onscreen at the colorful wheel, Sajak has cemented his place in TV history. Moving messages from Wheel of Fortune fans during his final week of hosting show a deep love for the host. Now that his time on the long-running series is coming to a close, where does Sajak rank among the greatest game show hosts of all time?
Sajak’s fellow game show host greats include Alex Trebek of Jeopardy!, Bob Barker of The Price Is Right as well as his successor Drew Carey, Family Feud‘s Richard Dawson and its current host Steve Harvey, Betty White from her Just Men! days (during which she became the first woman to win a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host and was dubbed “The First Lady of Game Shows”), and more.
Ahead of Sajak’s final episode of Wheel of Fortune, we want to know who you think is the greatest TV game show host of all time. Below, we’ve compiled a list of 15 of the genre’s biggest names. Scroll through this game show history, and then cast your vote for who you think is the greatest ever in the poll at the bottom of the page. And of course, be sure to tune in for Sajak’s final spin!
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Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune
1981-2024
Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!
1984-2020
Bob Barker, The Price Is Right
1972-2007
Drew Carey, The Price Is Right
2007-Current
Anne Robinson, Weakest Link
2000-2012 (British version), 2001-2002 (American version)
Chuck Woolery, Love Connection
1983-1994 (Woolery was also the original host of Wheel of Fortune)
Richard Dawson, Family Feud
1976-1985, 1994-1995
Steve Harvey, Family Feud
2010-Current, Celebrity Family Feud 2015-Current
Betty White, Just Men!
1983
Monty Hall, Let's Make a Deal
1963-1986
Bob Eubanks, The Newlywed Game
1966-1974, 1977-1980, 1985-1988, 1997-1999, 2009-2010 special episodes
Dick Clark, Pyramid
1973-1988 (five different versions)
Allen Ludden, Password
1961-1980
Gene Rayburn, Match Game
1962-1969 (on NBC), 1973-1982 (CBS)
Regis Philbin, 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'
1999–2002, 2009
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