Pat Finn
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 Pat Finn facts

• He is the owner of the production company Rubicon Entertainment
• Finn's first national gig was hosting the 1990 remake of the classic Jack Barry show The Joker's Wild
• In 1991, he became host of Shop 'til You Drop, the #1 rated cable game show in America at the time, where he remained for 11 years, and from 1999-2009 he became the host of the California State Lottery's weekly game show, The Big Spin
• Finn was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the first of five sons also born to William and Celia Mae Finn, who was a Sunday School teacher and a telephone operator
• Finn attended James M
• Coughlin High School, from which he graduated in 1974
• Prior to entering national television, Finn was a local weatherman, first on WBRE (Channel 28) in Wilkes-Barre, PA; WPXI (Channel 11) in Pittsburgh, where he also served as an entertainment correspondent; KPNX (Channel 12) in Phoenix; and KRON (Channel 4) in San Francisco
• In the mid-1980s, while in Phoenix, Finn also hosted Finn and Friends, a number one-rated local variety show that aired weeknights after the local news
• In 1989, Finn was one of six individuals who auditioned for the hosting duties on the then-CBS daytime version of Wheel of Fortune, Bob Goen accepted to host the CBS daytime edition
• In the 1990s, Finn formed his own production company, Rubicon Entertainment (formerly InFinnIty Productions)