Suspended “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton has been fired following an in-flight pedophilia chatroom incident. “Following a thorough investigation, Jim Thornton’s employment with Wheel of Fortune has been terminated, effective immediately,” a Sony Pictures Television Studios spokesperson confirmed in a statement to TMZ. News broke on Sept. 1 that Thornton had been suspended from his longstanding position. “We have recently been made aware of allegations concerning Jim Thornton,” a rep for Sony Pictures Television Studios told Page Six at the time. “He has been suspended from ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ and we are recasting while we…
