![]() These fee spots are usually shown at the end of the show, and the revenue from these spots is funneled into the weekly prize budget.īecause “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” have been the top two game shows in syndication since roughly forever, they command a high price for these 10-second promotions. “And the show wants to give away $150,000, so they have to use the fee spots, and that brings them the extra revenue that they’re looking for.” The network “ may give them, let’s say, $50,000 a week for their prize budget,” he says. ![]() I’ve taken my fair share of cash and prizes from three different game shows, $77,421 worth of stuff by my count.Īfter doing my fair share of winning – and losing – I started to wonder where all the money come from, in the off-chance that this bit of trivia shows up in my question stack when I inevitably try my hand at “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.”Īrt Alisi, president of Promotional Considerations, Inc., offers an answer. That’s me, at the red position, talking to Pat Sajak on “Wheel of Fortune ,” during an episode in April 2014. ![]()
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