EXCLUSIVE: Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune will be airing its seventh season on ABC’s linear schedule this fall.
But fans of the game show will be pleased to hear that Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White will also be hosting more episodes exclusively on streaming.
Deadline understands that ten new episodes of the show will drop on Disney’s two streaming platforms on Friday, June 12.
These episodes, which will sees a raft of celebrity guests spinning the wheel for a chance to win up to $1M for charity, will also get a second run on ABC at some stage.
It’s not entirely clear why Disney made the decision to launch a number of streaming exclusive episodes of the long-running series, which was previously hosted by Pat Sajak. Disney previously moved Dancing with the Stars exclusively to Disney+ for Season 31, but this is the first time that one of its unscripted shows has had original episodes airing on linear and streaming.
Hulu previously had a number of exclusive episodes of Family Guy that did not air on Fox but that show is also produced by Disney’s 20th Television Animation. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune is produced by Sony Pictures Television with Bellamie Blackstone as executive producer.
Celebrity guests appearing on the exclusive streaming episodes include Los Angeles Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman, Kiké Hernández and Miguel Rojas, Michael Urie, Yvone Orji and Hasan Minhaj, Sarah Chalke, Nat Faxon and Joel Kim Booster, New Girl stars Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris and Jake Johnson, Andrea Savage Brian Austin Green and Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, Jamie Lynn Sigler Dan Bucatinsky and WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella, Vanessa Lachey, Adam Conover and Simon Rex, Kelly McCreary, Billy Gardell and Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Top Chef host Kristen Kish, rapper and chef Action Bronson and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Rashid Shaheed, and Jordin Sparks, Scott Auckerman and Brett Gelman.
