This milestone week was… interesting to say the least.
Total for this Week: $349,308
-Maingame: $190,558
-BR Wins: $158,750
Total for the Season: $10,172,333
-Maingame: $7,034,599
-BR Wins: $3,137,734
Prize Wedge Wins: 35
MW was Flipped-Declined: 51-20
MW Flip was $10K–BANKRUPT: 16-35
$10K MW was Next to LaT–$650: 22-29
MW Wins: 7
EXPRESS was Played-Passed: 35-9
–Successes: 16
–Crashes: 19 (Wipeouts: 8)
WC Usages: 31
-Maingame: 4 (3 on $3,500, 1 on $550)
-BR: 27
5-Round Games: 20
Triple $10K+ Finishes: 7
Perfect Rounds: 69
Gooseegg Victims: 29
Toss-Up Triple Stumpers: 5
Triple Toss-Up Sweeps: 28 (4 swept every Toss-Up)
Red/Yellow/Blue Winners: 66/66/53
Biggest Margins of Victory
- $65,700 (Oct. 13)
- $42,630 (Oct. 10)
- $37,400 (Oct. 16)
Smallest Margins of Victory
- $233 (Jan. 16)
- $260 (Dec. 11)
- $406 (Apr. 25)
Players who Needed the PP to Win: 59 (36 lost BR)
$0 Prize Puzzle Wins: Week: 1, Season: 31
House Minimum Bumps: Week: 1, Season: 88
Average Maingame Winning Score this Week: $23,202 (+$3,732)
Average Maingame Winning Score this Season: $23,352 (-$5)
Median Maingame Winning Score this Week: $21,910 (+$2,910)
Median Maingame Winning Score this Season: $22,299 (-$19)
This Week’s BANKRUPT Trash: $14,650
Total BANKRUPT Trash for the Season: $836,837 + 1 trip of unknown value
Biggest Known BANKRUPT: $29,750 (Apr. 26)
Biggest Known BANKRUPT Trash in a Game: $36,250 (Apr. 26)
BANKRUPT Trash-Free Games: 22
BANKRUPT-Free Games: 6
Penalty Spin-Free Games: 5
BANKRUPT Trash by Only One Contestant: 79
Aired BANKRUPT Hits
-Near $650: Week: 5, Season: 158
-Near TD: Week: 4, Season: 171
-Via MDW: Week: 4, Season: 93
Aired LaT Hits: Week: 0, Season: 117
Aired Duds: Week: 25, Season: 1,068
Aired DQs: Week: 2, Season: 124
BANKRUPT Losses
WCs: Week: 1, Season: 36
MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 10
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 3
Prize Wedges: Week: 1, Season: 11
Cash: Week: $14,650, Season: $733K
Unclaimed
MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 16
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 6
Prize Wedges: Week: 2, Season: 28
Cash: Week: $61,600, Season: $2,484,500
Forfeited WCs: Week: 3, Season: 29
Forfeited MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 7
Top Winning Totals
Contestant (Overall)
- $136,386 (Feb. 9)
- $126,714 (Nov. 17)
- $121,917 (Mar. 20)
- $119,500 (Jan. 2, Mar. 27)
- $111,160 (May 24)
Contestant (Maingame)
- $71,700 (Oct. 13)
- $48,480 (Oct. 10)
- $46,690 (Mar. 7)
- $46,250 (Feb. 8)
- $40,794 (Sept. 19)
Episode (Overall)
- $151,414 (Nov. 17)
- $137,717 (Mar. 20)
- $133,398 (Mar. 27)
- $131,100 (Jan. 2)
- $130,260 (May 24)
Episode (Maingame)
- $79,700 (Oct. 13)
- $63,950 (Feb. 8)
- $63,036 (Nov. 3)
- $62,830 (Dec. 25)
- $62,799 (Sept. 27)
Bottom Winning Totals
Contestant (Overall)
- $10,250 (Dec. 1)
- $11,550 (Jan. 29)
- $11,900 (Jan. 16)
- $12,470 (Apr. 2)
- $12,949 (Nov. 24)
Contestant (Maingame)
- $10,250 (Dec. 1)
- $11,550 (Jan. 29)
- $11,649 (May 6)
- $11,900 (Jan. 16)
- $12,298 (Oct. 18)
Episode (Overall)
- $22,620 (Apr. 2)
- $24,517 (Dec. 8)
- $25,567 (Jan. 16)
- $26,290 (Sept. 12)
- $26,410 (Nov. 21)
Episode (Maingame)
- $21,470 (Oct. 27)
- $22,620 (Apr. 2)
- $22,800 (Apr. 19)
- $23,550 (Nov. 22)
- $24,517 (Dec. 8)
Season-High Week: Home for the Holidays ($395,364)
Season-Low Week: European Vacation ($179,526)
MAINGAME PUZZLE STATS
| CATEGORY | TU1 | TU2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | TTU | R4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AROUND THE HOUSE | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| BEFORE & AFTER | — | — | 18 | 51 | — | — | — |
| CHARACTER(S) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| CROSSWORD | — | — | 7 | 26 | — | — | — |
| EVENT(S) | 8 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| FAMILY | 1 | ||||||
| FOOD & DRINK | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 13 |
| FUN & GAMES | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| IN THE KITCHEN | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| LANDMARK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| LIVING THING(S) | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| MOVIE QUOTE | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| MOVIE TITLE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| OCCUPATION(S) | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| ON THE MAP | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| PERSON/PEOPLE | 11 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 16 | |
| PHRASE | 20 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 40 |
| PLACE(S) | 23 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| PROPER NAME | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| QUOTATION | 1 | ||||||
| RHYME TIME | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| SAME LETTER | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — |
| SAME NAME | — | — | 4 | 31 | — | — | — |
| SHOW BIZ | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| SONG/ARTIST | 1 | ||||||
| SONG LYRICS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| SONG TITLE | 1 | 1 | |||||
| THING(S) | 26 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 46 | 19 |
| TITLE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| TV TITLE | 1 | ||||||
| WHAT ARE YOU DOING? | 13 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 24 |
| WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
FINAL SPIN STATS
Occurrence
Start of Round 4: 130
Middle of Round 4: 35
Start of Round 5+: 15
Middle of Round 5+: 5
Spun by Red/Yellow/Blue: 56/59/70
Final Spin Amounts
$1,500: 57
$1,550: 9
$1,600: 25
$1,650: 22
$1,700: 25
$1,800: 9
$1,850: 7
$1,900: 19
$6K: 12
Final Spins Edited Out: 13
BONUS ROUND STATS
BR Win Record: 66-119 (.357)
PBRWs: 0
4-1 Weeks: 1
3-2 Weeks: 9
2-3 Weeks: 12
1-4 Weeks: 11
SKUNKINGS: 4 (TOTAL TAPING DAY WASHOUTS: 2)
MDBRs: 11
Letter Combo Wipeouts: 9 (TOTAL TRAINWRECKS: 1)
Perfect Letter Combos: 4
BR Categories
Top/Middle/Bottom Chosen: 62/48/75
AROUND THE HOUSE: 1/1; 1-0
EVENT(S): 7/20; 3-4
FOOD & DRINK: 16/20; 6-10
FUN & GAMES: 2/3; 1-1
IN THE KITCHEN: 1/2; 0-1
LIVING THING(S): 5/14; 1-4
ON THE MAP:
PERSON/PEOPLE: 10/47; 3-7
PHRASE: 75/165; 30-45
PLACE(S): 14/42; 5-9
THING(S): 12/185; 1-11
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?: 39/53; 14-25
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?: 3/3; 1-2
Dreaded Category Trio Encounters: Week: 2, Season: 46
THING-Free Category Choices:
BR Prizes
CAR: 22/54 (2 car sweeps)
$40K: 33/97 (6 minimum sweeps)
$50K: 5/17
$75K: 2/5
$100K (or $1M): 4/12
Car Wins
- 1 Lincoln Corsair Standard
- 2 Nissan LEAF SV Pluses
- 2 Nissan Pathfinder SLs
- 3 MINI Cooper SEs
- 1 Ford Bronco Sport Big Bend
- 1 BMW X1 xDrive28i
- 2 Ford Mustang MACH-E Selects
- 2 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium Convertibles
- 1 Volkswagen Atlas 3.6L V6 SE
- 1 maZDa CX-50 2.5 S Select
- 1 Chevrolet Equinox RS
- 1 Ford Edge SEL
- 1 Nissan Murano SV
- 1 BMW X2 M35i
- 2 Infiniti QX50s
MDBR Result
Landed on $1M:
1 Space Away:
2-3 Spaces Away: 2
4-5 Spaces Away: 2
6 Spaces Away: 2
7-8 Spaces Away: 1
9-11 Spaces Away: 4
12 Spaces Away:
BR Wins Despite Losing WC to BANKRUPT: 6
BR Losses Despite Having WC: 15
Non-$100K Wins After Losing MDW to BANKRUPT: 1
Toughest BR Puzzle this Week: QUIBBLING (very nasty puzzle right there, and the audience was right to boo at the answer)
Easiest BR Puzzle this Week: THAT’S BAFFLING
Player of the Week: Michael Bystrzycki
WEEKLY RATING: 7 (C-)
Pat’s penultimate week as host marks the return of Fan Favorites from last season (@jpgenius does most of the week while I finish it off).
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 
Highlights of this week
🙂 Best 🙂
All hail that two players on Tuesday and Thursday (at least we won’t see a repeat of 6K or 7K though) and yes, we achieved our second Car sweep (although the Thursday denied us an all-men sweep)
We at least got one look at the $8K wedge all in the last episode.
😦 Worst 😦
That audience BOOing and were jeered on the Wednesday’s MDBR which was QUIBBLING (but thankfully he was about this close to 3.0)
Yikes, that Thursday episode. To make matters worse, that episode spoiled our all-men BR sweep, and a hillarous missolve that went internet sensation for all the wrong reasons (wait until Andy finds out on that ridiculous NSFW blooper, he might not take it too kindly)
😛 Wild 😛
BetMGM, inside the marriage capital of the world.
Susan keep holding that device for that on Tuesday LMAO…
Jessica almost skipped a consonant but hey she got it anyways.
As mentioned, we got a second Car Sweep after the Colette SYTW. Too infinite possibilities (but we also might guessed that the Car and $40K distributions have been frequent)
What we learnt:
HAPPY EIGHT THOUSAND! And only ten episodes away to the end!
That Jackpot bring back pre-S30 but played a unified maingame. Pressure expected so there.
The Double Jackpot wedge is not a MDW-lookalike or a 1/2 CAR prototype… the color or that looks a bit misleading.
Why Price is Right Jackpot Eight run the same night and Thursday as us? Maybe compete for viewership or budget angst? (What Gomez and Ismail say, this show hurt their winnings)
Personal comment:
While some maingame were roller-coaster thank goodness for the two episodes though in terms on the BR, it was just under pressure when you have big money at stake.
10 words or less: Gold milestone got us outcold…
Our rating: 7 🙂
And then there were two weeks… only ten episodes remain.
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One more note, no direct referencing Sharona/Autumn’s grand prize win on Thursday (we already make clear that direct references are not allowed but indirect ones are allowed, like the Star Wars opening crawl, and 2022 and 2017 for example)
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Jerry, pretty curious, how would you’ve rate the episodes in the following?:
The third AG week of S26
The 5K episode on Feb 27, 2009
The 5.5K episode on Nov 11, 2011
S31 college week
The 6K episode on Apr 11, 2014
S36 Big Money week
The 6.5K episode on Dec 9, 2016
The 7K episode on May 10, 2019
The 7.5K episode on Dec 24, 2021
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And also the Wheel 6000 week?
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I would probably rate the following…
3rd AG week of S26: 6 (D+)
Episode #5000: 5 (D-)
Episide #5500: 5 (D)
S31 College Week: 4 (F+)
Episode #6000: 3 (F)
S36 Big Money Week: 6 (D+)
Episode #6500: 8 (B)
Episode #7000: 7 (C-)
Episode #7500: 3 (F)
Wheel 6000: 5 (D-)
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Shouldn’t the car sweep count be 2 (came after seeing news that SYTW got a summer rerun)?
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I thought I had updated the car sweep count, but I guess not. It’s been fixed.
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From the pricey car sweep to the jackpot wins, Big Money Week actually lived up to its name.
Weekly rating: 7
Happy 8000th, Wheel! 🍾
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Aside from the awful Thursday episode that had that PATHETIC NSFW answer, the Jackpot wins from Tuesday and the milestone episode on Friday were the highlight and nice to see another car sweep from this season.
My Rating: 7
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