Wheel of Fortune Fires Jim Thornton
About this episode
The episode discusses the firing of Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton and related news events.
Hour 1 (9.04) Wheel of Fortune fired the announcer it's had since 2011. Six people in a small hatchback on Angeles Crest, four of them dead, and Marie's swell reaching the beaches tonight. 6:05 — Sony Pictures Television terminated Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton, days after suspending him, following what the studio called a thorough investigation. It stems from a complaint another passenger made about what she saw on his laptop during a May 14 American Airlines flight from Charlotte to LAX. Officers met the plane. Thornton was questioned briefly, was not arrested, and has not been charged. His attorney says he did nothing wrong and that he was in a support forum connected to suicide-prevention work he took up after losing a family member. Cro brings up Pete Townshend, arrested in 2003 in Britain's Operation Ore, who said he'd accessed a site as research tied to his own childhood — police cautioned him and put him on the sex offenders register for five years anyway. And the obvious question: is Conway the guy to take over the announcing job? 6:20 — The swell…
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Host: Tim Conway Jr.
Topics covered
- Wheel of Fortune
- Jim Thornton
- suicide prevention
- driverless technology
- Southern California weather
Keywords
- Wheel of Fortune
- Jim Thornton
- Sony Pictures Television
- suicide prevention
- driverless robotaxis
- Southern California swell
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sony Pictures Television
Books & works: Wheel of Fortune
Places: Southern California, Harry Reid International, Las Vegas
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