For millions of\u00a0Wheel of Fortune<\/em>\u00a0viewers, Jim Thornton has been a familiar presence without always being a familiar face.<\/p>\n For nearly 15 years, his unmistakable voice has introduced the contestants, prizes and personalities viewers welcome into their homes night after night.<\/p>\n Now, there\u2019s an unexpected change behind the famous Wheel.<\/p>\n Thornton has been suspended from\u00a0Wheel of Fortune<\/em>\u00a0while Sony Pictures Television Studios conducts an investigation into allegations concerning him.<\/strong><\/p>\n And the show isn\u2019t simply waiting to see what happens.<\/p>\n Sony says it is\u00a0recasting the announcer role during the investigation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Thornton officially became the show\u2019s regular announcer in 2011, succeeding legendary longtime announcer Charlie O\u2019Donnell. Since then, he has worked through one of the biggest transitions in\u00a0Wheel of Fortune<\/em>\u00a0history\u2014Pat Sajak\u2019s departure and Ryan Seacrest\u2019s arrival alongside longtime star Vanna White.<\/p>\n Although Thornton normally stayed behind the scenes, his voice became part of the show\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n Reports have connected the investigation to an incident aboard an American Airlines flight in May. American Airlines confirmed that law enforcement met Flight 1276 when it arrived at Los Angeles International Airport after concerns were reported by a passenger.<\/p>\n However, Sony has\u00a0not publicly explained the specific allegations against Thornton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Thornton\u2019s attorney has also pushed back against speculation surrounding the incident, saying Thornton was not arrested or charged with a crime and was allowed to leave after speaking briefly with law enforcement.<\/p>\n That distinction is important while the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n For longtime\u00a0Wheel of Fortune<\/em>\u00a0viewers, however, one thing is already clear:<\/p>\n The show may soon sound noticeably different.<\/strong><\/p>\n After roughly 15 years of hearing the same familiar voice behind the Wheel, viewers are now waiting to discover who will be behind the microphone next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Familiar \u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Voice Is Suddenly Gone After 15 Years \u2014 And the Show Is Already Recasting His Role For millions of\u00a0Wheel of Fortune\u00a0viewers, Jim Thornton has been a familiar presence without always being a familiar face. For nearly 15 years, his unmistakable voice has introduced the contestants, prizes and personalities viewers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chua-phan-loai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":919,"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogtamsu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}