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Ryan Seacrest earned a plum gig this week, replacing the retiring Pat Sajak as host of “Wheel of Fortune.” Producers went with a dependable big name, a reminder that the days of game show hosts primarily being known as game show hosts are over. Sajak, with a thin resume before he began at “Wheel of Fortune,” may be the last of a breed. Once seen as unhip, game shows are much more attractive now to actors, comics and other celebrities with dollar signs in their eyes.

When producers of “Wheel of Fortune” named Ryan Seacrest — probably the most ubiquitous man on entertainment television — as its next host, it surprised virtually no one. The idea that Sony Pictures Television would appoint someone relatively unknown as the figurehead of one of its most valuable properties was…

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Ryan Seacrest earned a plum gig this week, replacing the retiring Pat Sajak as host of “Wheel of Fortune.” Producers went with a dependable big name, a reminder that the days of game show hosts primarily being known as game show hosts are over. Sajak, with a thin resume before he began at “Wheel of Fortune,” may be the last of a breed. Once seen as unhip, game shows are much more attractive now to actors, comics and other celebrities with dollar signs in their eyes.

Ryan Seacrest earned a plum gig this week, replacing the retiring Pat Sajak as host of “Wheel of Fortune.” Producers went with a dependable big name, a reminder that the days of game show hosts primarily being known as game show hosts are over. Sajak, with a thin resume before he began at “Wheel of Fortune,” may be the last of a breed. Once seen as unhip, game shows are much more attractive now to actors, comics and other celebrities with dollar signs in their eyes.