IN NOVEMBER. >> DINA BAIR: OF FORTUNE AIRED LAST NIGHT WITHOUT POWER JACK, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 8,000 EPISODES THAT SUMMER, 41 YEARS, LONGTIME HOST RETIRED LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN FOR YOU HOST RYAN SEACREST FOR THE FIRST PUZZLE. SEACREST TOLD THE AUDIENCE THIS WAS A DREAM JOB AND HE HAS BIG SHOES TO FILL. EPISODE WAS ACTUALLY RECORDED IN JULY.