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The original Jeopardy! series premiered on NBC on March 30, 1964, [118] and by the end of the 1960s was the second-highest-rated daytime game show, behind only The Hollywood Squares. [151]
The 12:00 p.m. hour was one that network affiliates often chose to preempt in favor of showing other programming such as a midday local newscast or a syndicated offering such as another game show or a talk show. In markets that did air Jeopardy! at noon, the show found itself losing the ratings battle against The $20,000 Pyramid on ABC and The ...
Jeopardy! is an American media franchise that began with a television quiz show created by Merv Griffin, in which contestants are presented with clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of a question.
Alex Trebek said that he will take 30 seconds at the end of the show to say his goodbyes, and he even revealed the speech he has rehearsed in his head.
The end of Jeopardy!‘s tournament deluge is (kinda-sorta) nigh, according to host Ken Jennings. “We know there have been a lot of tournaments,” Jennings acknowledged to USA Today on Friday ...
Then, beginning Tuesday, Dec. 19 (or the week of Jan. 1, if the show chooses to fill 2023’s remaining days with reruns), the Season 39 “postseason” — which, pre-strike, was intended to ...
Both Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune continue to air in syndication today. In 1990, Griffin attempted to adapt the board game Monopoly into a game show, which was cancelled after 12 episodes. His final game show, Ruckus, aired from the Resorts International Hotel & Casino, which Griffin owned, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The show aired locally ...
Prior to 2016, ties would end with the players being co-champions and appearing in the next game. Since 2016, Jeopardy! added a tiebreaker round which host Ken Jennings explained.