Deadline reports that Leslie Jones’ raucous, funny, energetic, and just generally delightful
Supermarket Sweep revival will get a second year on the air.
Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune has also been renewed.
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Based on the same basic premise that powered the original i.e., that, since basically everybody does grocery shopping, expertise with the show’s subject matter is essentially built in
Supermarket Sweep has been an extremely fun addition to the ABC lineup over the last year. Jones, especially, appears to be enjoying the hell out of herself, even when contestants break her (and our) hearts by not figuring out a very simple riddle about crackers. Also,
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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Chris Harrison, ABC made a rather surprising move in its primetime programming. Thursday s episode of the primetime spinoff
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune featured Harrison as a contestant, alongside
Alfonso Ribeiro and
Robert Herjavec. Viewers who have kept up on the controversy currently surrounding Chris Harrison had thoughts about the message that ABC was sending with the
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune episode.
ABC did run a disclaimer along the bottom of the episode, noting that the episode of
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune had been filmed December 20th. The disclaimer wasn t enough to prevent criticism from viewers, who questioned why ABC felt it so important to continue to showcase Chris Harrison given all that s happening.