hello everyone welcome back to my channel I hope everyone is having a wonderful day before starting the video please subscribe and keep watching for more details videos Wheel of Fortune Pat say Jack wins Emmy ahead of retirement hat saac has earned himself an Emmy Award for his longtime hosting duties on Wheel of Fortune it will be the final time he has put up for an Emmy following his retirement here are the details of his latest award plus a look back at his career Pat saac takes home Emmy Award for Wheel of Fortune the game show host first appeared on Wheel of Fortune in 1981 Pat 77 officially retired from his hosting duties in June this weekend he took home the award for outstanding host for a game show at the 2024 creative arts Emmy Awards although Pat Zac wasn't there to accept the award it marks his first Emmy win in 26 years throughout his career he has received 23 nominations he previously won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding game show host in 1993 1997 and 1998 due to his long and fruitful career on Wheel of Fortune Pat also received a lifetime achievement award in 2011 he won the award alongside G Party host Alex trebeck pat first took over the hosting duties on the game show in 1981 chuck wood rery was the previous host of Wheel of Fortune Vanna White joined the game show in 1982 and they worked together for more than four decades before Pat announced his retirement in June 2023 the former Wheel of Fortune host took to X to announce his departure from the Beloved game show well the time has come I decided that our 41st season which begins in September will be my last he wrote It's been a wonderful ride and I'll have more to say in the coming months many thanks to you all if nothing else it'll keep the clickbait sites busy it's been a little bit whiskful and all that but I'm enjoying it and taking it all in and reflecting on the great run Pat said about hosting the show somewhere along the line we became more than a popular show we became part of the popular culture and more importantly we became part of people's lives and that's been awfully gratifying Ryan secret steps into Pat's shoes for season 42 it was confirmed that Ryan secrist would be replacing pat sjac on the game show Vanna White is contracted to stay on Wheel through the 2025 to 2026 season when she says she plans to leave fans have been less than enthusiastic about Ryan secrist taking over for Pat many people have suggested that Vanna should have being the one to replace the wheel of fortune Legend others have recommended that his daughter macki said Jack step up for the position Ryan is under some pressure to improve ratings after a significant summer slump for the game show time will tell if he's able to pull it off the first Wheel of Fortune episode with Ryan cist at the hel Mays tomorrow September 9th