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The NBC daytime series was later revived as The All-New Jeopardy!, which premiered on October 2, 1978, [155] and aired 108 episodes, ending on March 2, 1979. [156] This revival featured significant rule changes, including progressive elimination of contestants over the course of the main game, and a Super Jeopardy! bonus round (based loosely on ...
Unique to this version was a bonus awarded at the end of the program, after Final Jeopardy! was completed. The episode's champion selected a prize hidden behind the thirty squares on the Jeopardy! board. Among the prizes was a $25,000 cash award which was hidden behind two squares.
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.
With the exception of a 39-episode block of weekly shows placed into syndication near the end of the first NBC run in 1974 and 1975, Jeopardy! has aired its first-run episodes five days a week throughout its existence. Various international versions have been produced for countries other than the United States.
His final bow. Alex Trebek‘s longtime tenure as Jeopardy! host came to an end on Friday, January 8, as his last episode aired following his death. Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths of All Time Read ...
Long-running “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider lost in an episode that aired Wednesday, ending the second-longest winning streak in the quiz show's history.
At the end of the first episode, in which only the first match's Jeopardy! round was aired, Rutter was tied with Watson at $5,000, while Jennings was in third with $2,000. After the second episode in which the first game was completed, Jennings remained at third with $4,800 while Rutter at second had $10,400. [ 37 ]
Alex Trebek hosted his first episode of Jeopardy! on this day 39 years ago. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Everett Collection) On This Day: Sept. 10, 1984.