[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Aug 23 2004, 03:12 PM\'] Maybe it has something to do with the Wheel being on offically (counting network shows), for 30 years. [/quote]
I doubt it, esp. since they barely celebrated the 20th anniversary season, except putting "20th Anniversary" during the intros. The only time you really ever hear about the NBC/CBS days is during the 3,000/4,000 episodes. (And no, Zach, this is not an invitation for you to tell us any other occurances that I've either forgotten or don't give a damn about.)
My guess it's something World Series related, since 1) it's in late-October and 2) like JTFriends said, baseball is considered "America's Game."