Sony Pictures Television said it is launching a 60th Diamond Collection campaign to mark the three-score anniversary of the long-running answer-and-question game Jeopardy. The year-long celebration will including a new “Why Not You?” campaign to recruit contestants kicking off March 30, which is being designated as “JeoparDay!”
In the latest TV show ratings, Part 1 of NCIS: Sydney‘s Season 1 finale on CBS was Tuesday’s most-watched program, while Fox’s The Floor tied ABC’s Celebrity Jeopardy! for the night’s highest demo rating.
“Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!” Bialik wrote Friday on Instagram. “I am incredibly honored to have been nominated for a primetime Emmy for hosting this year and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the Jeopardy! family.”
Ken Jennings will be hosting Jeopardy as it returns for its 40th season. The show returns today, Sept. 11, as part of a “changed” season 40, per exec producer Michael Davies. There had been confusion as to whether Jennings would host solo or whether Mayim Bialik, who has co-hosted the show, would return given the fact that SAG-AFTRA is on strike.
Mayim Bialik will not be hosting Season 2 of Celebrity Jeopardy as she continues to support the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Variety has learned from sources. On Monday, ABC issued a press release with changes to its fall schedule, noting that Ken Jennings will host the new season of Celebrity Jeopardy, which premieres Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. ET.
Jeopardy is undergoing a big change for its Season 40 as a result of the writers strike. Michael Davies, who took over as exec producer and showrunner on a permanent basis last year, admitted that a lot of his plans for Season 40 and the post-season episodes have been “derailed” and that the show is now in a “holding pattern.” Essentially, it will bring back previous contestants for Season 40 and will use a combination of questions written by the writers before the strike as well as recycled material.
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Several of last season’s biggest moneymakers say they won’t cross picket lines for the annual event.
Jeopardy! has become one of the first game shows to be impacted by the writers strike.
Jeopardy host Mayim Bialik has decided against hosting the final week of filming for season 39, standing in solidarity with the striking writers. However, production on the final run of episodes for the season is going ahead with Ken Jennings taking over hosting duties. The final episodes of the season will be filmed at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City between Tuesday, May 16, and Friday, May 19.
The show is poised to capture a new generation by making ordinary people famous for something other than being hot.
The Disney company’s owned and operated stations have ponied up a big increase to keep the long-running gameshows on their schedule. It has renewed both shows, which are the two-most watched shows in syndication, for five years through the 2027-28 season. This will take Wheel of Fortune through its 45th season and Jeopardy! through its 44th.
Forty-game winner Amy Schneider capped her big year by winning a hard-fought Jeopardy tournament of champions in an episode that aired Monday.
Despite the loss of the show’s longtime host, viewership has held mostly steady, emboldening a move to spinoffs and tournaments, including a revival of Celebrity Jeopardy.
Jeopardy is getting a new official podcast that will give listeners behind-the-scenes access to the making of the beloved quiz show. The Inside Jeopardy podcast will launch episodes weekly starting Monday, Aug. 1.
It’s official: Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings are the permanent hosts of Jeopardy going forward. The game show’s executive producer Michael Davies today announced the completion of deals with the The Big Bang Theory star and former Jeopardy champion to continue to split hosting duties.
Sony Pictures Entertainment has entered into long-term deals that will have the two hosts continue to split duties on the popular syndicated game show, according to a person familiar with the matter, while retaining Bialik to host primetime editions of the show as well as the new Celebrity Jeopardy expected to start up at ABC. With Sony eager to boost more versions of the program, this person says, more than one host was required.
Paramount Global’s free streaming outlet Pluto TV has launched channels dedicated to syndication mainstays Judge Judy and Let’s Make a Deal and plans to debut Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! channels on Aug. 1. The moves are part of a broader reorganization and expansion of the programming categories offered by Pluto, with five new ones bringing the total to 18.
Nine contestants have become “super-champions” so far this season. Is the game getting easier, or are the players getting smarter? Or are we asking the wrong question?
Jeopardy host Mayim Bialik is updating her social media followers on her health after testing positive for COVID-19. The star announced her diagnosis via her official Instagram account on Monday and then directed people to the Instagram account for her Bialik Breakdown podcast, where she offered more details on her symptoms. Bialik wrote in her caption that she is both vaccinated and boosted.
Jeopardy is on an unusual run of super champs. In the past seven months, each of those contestants has landed in the television game show’s historical list of top five winning streaks. Roach’s run of victories ended on her 24th game Friday.
Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, earned $560,983 during her run on the game show. She’s has one of the five longest winning streaks in Jeopardy history, but didn’t come close to Ken Jennings’ record of 74 consecutive wins.
Embassy Row’s Michael Davies has been executive producing Jeopardy on an interim basis since the departure of Mike Richards last year. He has now taken on the job full-time. Davies revealed the news in a blog post on the Jeopardy website.
Mayim Bialik Doesn’t Know How ‘Jeopardy’s’ Hosting Succession Will Shake Out
Who will be the next host of Jeopardy? For regular viewers of the long-running quiz show, buzzing in to guess Mayim Bialik or Ken Jennings — who have been alternating as emcee following Alex Trebek’s death — would seem like the correct response. But in reality, it’s still unclear who will lead the show beyond this year. There’s no word yet on whether a new hosting contender might be considered, or if a choice will be made between Jennings and Bialik.
Champion Amy Schneider’s dazzling streak on the syndicated quiz show is over, snapped by a Chicago librarian after 40 consecutive wins and nearly $1.4 million in prize money.
Reigning Jeopardy champion Amy Schneider is coming for Ken Jennings’ hall-of-fame spot. She may have a long way to go, but on Monday, Schneider claimed her 39th victory, making her the contestant with the second-most consecutive wins in the game show’s history. Only Jennings, who newly took over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, has a longer winning streak, notching an unprecedented 74 back-to-back triumphs in 2004.
If she manages one more victory on Monday’s episode, the current Jeopardy phenom, Amy Schneider, will surpass Matt Amodio’s 38-game streak, making her the contestant with the second highest number of consecutive wins in the show’s history.
Jeopardy still hasn’t named a permanent host, but the game show is on a winning run, thanks to Amy Schneider’s winning streak, more sports-style analytics and a new executive producer rallying fans.
On Friday’s episode, Schneider crossed the coveted seven-figure benchmark after notching her 28th consecutive victory. Her total now stands at $1,019,001.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint over New Year’s weekend in Oakland, California. Schneider, an Oakland resident, tweeted about the robbery to her […]
The Dayton, Ohio, native continued her history-making run on Tuesday, winning her 20th straight game and pushing her overall earnings to $768,600.
In the current 2021-22 television season, the program is averaging 9.1 million viewers, up 6% compared to last year, according to Nielsen data. The program’s resilience at a time when traditional TV audiences are shrinking has not gone unnoticed. While Disney/ABC has aired Jeopardy on its owned TV stations since 1984, competitors ViacomCBS and NBCUniversal have discussed making a play to get the legendary game show and Wheel of Fortune for their major-market TV stations, according to several network and studio executives who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings, who have been sharing hosting duties for season 38 following the Mike Richards debacle, will continue to serve in the same capacity into 2022. Producers Sony Pictures Television said Wednesday that the duo will remain hosts through the end of the syndicated game show’s current 38th season, which ends July 29. Michael Davies, who has been serving as interim showrunner after Richards was fired after selecting himself as the replacement host for the late Alex Trebek, will also continue through season’s end.
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The three most-watched entertainment shows on all television this season-to-date are the three long-running syndicated games shows.
Mayim Bialik will begin her job as host of Jeopardy primetime specials in the new year with the premiere of Jeopardy National College Championship on ABC, the broadcast network said Thursday. The event will kick off Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 8/7c on ABC. Jeopardy National College Championship is a “multiconsecutive-night event that features 36 students from 36 colleges and universities from across the country, battling head-to-head for nine days of intense competition,” per its official description.
