BACK TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, LEE, THANK YOU. WELL, IN THE WORLD OF TELEVISION, FEW SHOWS HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME LIKE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. AND TONIGHT MARKS A NEW ERA FOR THE GAME SHOW. AS RYAN SEACREST STEPS UP TO THE WHEEL, JOINING THE ICONIC VANNA WHITE. ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER JOELLE GARGIULO CAUGHT UP WITH THE DUO JUST HOURS BEFORE THEIR BIG DEBUT. >> FOR OVER FOUR DECADES, IT'S BEEN A NIGHTLY RITUAL IN MILLIONS OF AMERICAN HOMES. WHEEL OF FORTUNE. A CERTAIN COMFORT COMING ALONG WITH HAVING PAT SAJAK AND VANNA WHITE IN OUR LIVING ROOMS ALL THESE YEARS. >> WELL, THE TIME HAS COME TO SAY GOODBYE. >> BUT WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR TV TONIGHT, WELL, THIS IS IT. >> RYAN. WHAT DO YOU THINK? IMPRESSIVE. PAT. >> THERE WILL BE A NEW GAME SHOW, DYNAMIC DUO WITH RYAN SEACREST OFFICIALLY TAKING THE WHEEL. HERE ARE THE STARS OF OUR SHOW. A TRANSITION SURELY MADE EASIER WITH VANNA WHITE BY HIS SIDE. I'M READY. THE DAY IS FINALLY HERE. WHAT ARE THE FEELINGS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW? FOR ME, IT'S EXCITEMENT. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE DREAMED OF DOING FOR A LONG TIME. SO TO STEP UP THERE AND, YOU KNOW, STAND WHERE PAT STOOD FOR SO MANY YEARS IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR. >> HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HIM? >> YEAH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, TWO DAYS AGO HE SENT ME A TEXT ABOUT THIS WEEK AND JUST SAID, BEST OF LUCK. >> DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST WHEEL OF FORTUNE STORY? >> I REMEMBER THE DAYS OF GROWING UP WATCHING THE SHOW. WHEN YOU HEAR WHEEL OF FORTUNE, YOU KNOW IT'S TIME TO RUN INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND SIT DOWN AND FORGET ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND JUST ENJOY AND HAVE FUN. >> I HAVE A STORY TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVEN'T TOLD MANY, MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE I EVEN MOVED TO LOS ANGELES, I WROTE IN TO BE A CONTESTANT ON WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND THEY SAID, I SAID, I LIVE IN ATLANTA. THEY SAID, WELL, WHEN YOU COME TO L.A, YOU CAN AUDITION. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO AUDITION TO BE THE HOSTESS OF THE SHOW. THAT IS SO COOL, ISN'T IT? >> YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT. >> DID YOU HAVE A MOMENT WHEN YOU WERE LIKE, OKAY, THIS CLICKED, WE FIGURED THIS OUT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE TIME WE MET. >> REALLY, WE HAVE CLICKED. >> WE'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S JUST WE GET TO SEE EACH OTHER MUCH MORE OFTEN NOW, AND WE GET TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER EVERY DAY, TOO. CAN YOU LIST ALL OF HIS JOBS? >> NO. I KNOW, AND SINCE VANNA AND RYAN HAVE BEEN GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER EVEN BETTER, A LITTLE RAPID FIRE SEEMS APPROPRIATE. >> HOW OLD WERE YOU BOTH WHEN YOU DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN TV? >> THIRD GRADE I WAS THE SAME HEIGHT, BUT NINE. YEAH, YEAH. >> YOU'RE GOING OUT TO EAT SWEET OR SAVORY? >> SWEET? SAVORY >> BEST PART ABOUT WHEEL OF FORTUNE IS, IS THE CONTESTANTS THREE CONTESTANTS EVERY NIGHT TO SEE THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES, THE EXCITEMENT OF BEING ON THAT SET, BEING A PART OF THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE, FAMILY AND HISTORY. >> THAT'S THE BEST PART. >> EVERYTHING. >> JUST MESSAGE FOR ALL OF THE FANS WHO WILL BE TUNING IN TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT AFTER. KEEP WATCHING. >> IT'S YOUR FAVORITE GAME SHOW. AMERICA'S GAME. LET'S PLAY WHEEL OF FORTUNE. >> I WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING. AND YOU CAN CATCH RYAN AND VANNA ON WHEEL OF FORTUNE TONIGHT AT 730 RIGHT HERE ON ABC. YOU KNOW SOMETHING ELSE? I ASKED THEM TO. I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY UP TO BUY? IT WAS LIKE THESE, LIKE GETTING TO KNOW YOU QUESTIONS. AND RYAN WAS LIKE, OH, I WOULD GO TO RADIOSHACK WHEN I WAS LIKE TEN YEARS OLD AND BUY A MICROPHONE AND SAVE UP FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF