A 'Presented in SONY HD' bug is added at the start of the program, in which the 'Presented in' is displayed to look like the puzzle board, with the letters turning into view.Karen Griffith and Steve Schwartz become supervising producers.Previously, it would fade out at the end of the credits. From this point onward, the closing theme is back-timed so that it always ends when the credits do.For this season only, the introductory fanfare is altered to a jazz arrangement with trumpets and a bass guitar. And from this season continuing into the present, there is no timpani roll playing over the chant. The new theme has more saxophones and trumpets and less electric guitar. The new closing music bed lacks the sample of the 1997 'Changing Keys'. The opening and closing music beds are changed accordingly this season's opening music is used only for this season. 'Happy Wheels' is given a new re-orchestration by Frankie Blue.This lasts until the show stops having studio audiences in Season 37.

The opening shot now pans across the back of the audience, cuts to Pat and Vanna, and then cuts back to a head-on shot of the audience applauding.

For the season premiere week (and its sixth show taping), there is a flashback clip during Charlie's 'Ladies and gentlemen.' announcement.

The logo features a golden two-row logo on a graphic of the Wheel, starting with a gold 'center' dropping into the Wheel graphic, which contains a purple $500 in place of $550, a light purple $400 in place of $450, a dark purple $800 in place of $350, and a red $600 in place of $800.

Whereas on HD broadcasts, the shows are now displayed with an aspect ratio of 16:9, on SD broadcasts, they continue to be displayed with an aspect ratio of 4:3. The various HD improvements for the two shows represent a combined investment of approximately $4,000,000 plus 5,000 hours of labor and six miles of cable.

Wheel and Jeopardy! abandon standard-definition (SD) broadcasting and become the first syndicated programs, as well as two of the first game shows, to transition to high-definition television (HDTV).

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