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Pat Sajak is taking dwelling a shiny souvenir to recollect his final season because the host of “Wheel of Fortune.”
Sajak, who retired because the host of the long-running ABC recreation present in June after over 40 years, gained an Emmy for excellent host for a recreation present throughout the Artistic Arts Emmys ceremony on Saturday.
He beat out Steve Harvey for “Celeb Feud,” Ken Jennings for “Jeopardy!”, Keke Palmer for “Password” and Jane Lynch for “Weakest Hyperlink.” Sajak was not current to simply accept the award.
The final time Sajak was acknowledged by the Tv Academy for his work because the host of “Wheel” was in 1998 when he gained a Daytime Emmy. He beforehand gained Daytime Emmys in 1993 and 1997 and was honored with a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. He has earned a complete of 25 nominations all through his profession.
The excellent host for a recreation present class was moved from the Daytime Emmys to the Primetime Emmys in 2023. Keke Palmer gained the class final 12 months for her work because the host of “Password.
Sajak made his internet hosting debut on “Wheel” in 1981 and took his closing spin in June. He co-hosted the present alongside Vanna White since 1982, with the pair additionally serving as hosts for the “Celeb Wheel of Fortune” spinoff.
White will stay on the present for two more years alongside her new co-host Ryan Seacrest, who’s taking up Sajak’s internet hosting duties. Seacrest’s first episode as the brand new host of “Wheel” will air on Monday.
“It’s been an unbelievable privilege to be invited into tens of millions of properties night time after night time, 12 months after 12 months, decade after decade,” Sajak stated throughout his final episode, which aired on June 7.
Sajak continued to say he’s “all the time felt that the privilege got here with a duty to maintain this each day half-hour a protected place for household, enjoyable, no social points, no politics, nothing embarrassing I hope, only a recreation.”
The long-time host introduced he’d be retiring in June 2023 on X, writing that his time on the beloved recreation present has been “a beautiful journey.”