Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

I agree this was really great TV. Probably the most entertained I've ever been watching this show.

so cool that it came down to the reveal on the last answer. I wanted james to have it right so we could get another episode. the right guy won though. kinda lame that 2/3 place got 250k each, 3rd shoulda been like 100k or something. james earned more money and outplayed brad so badly + he brought roughly 60% of the good jokes and entertainment and should be paid accordingly. brad just looked embarrassed to be there by like halfway through the first episode.

so did ken predict james would get the wrong answer? i'm too dum to understand why he didn't bet anything

because James was obviously going to bet everything and if he did & hit then Ken couldn't catch up even if he did bet it all. so it made no difference what he wagered there. actually getting it right was pure style

thanks!

btw that "Math Equations to Roman Numerals to Initials to Names" category was hilarious, they definitely dialed it up for these guys. I got the Mark McGwire one though

pretty cool that The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society was the answer to a $2000 question. maybe that album isn't as well known as I thought??

loved ken guessing charles lindbergh as a no-chance answer in that numerals category

I was very surprised Village Green /Kinks was a $2000 question too. Maybe they were going by age and it being british? I have no clue.

maybe that album isn't as well known as I thought??

outside of music nerddom, it isn't known at all!

james was pretty damn good on the music questions today.

this did really well

Jeopardy 'Greatest of All Time' viewership numbers:
Tues: 14.4 million
Wed: 14.8 million
Thurs: 15.4 million

2019 comparisons:
NBA Finals Game 1: 13.5 million
MLB World Series Game 1: 12.2 million
NHL Stanley Cup Game 1: 5.5 millionhttps://t.co/JfkL5Z5BMm

— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) January 10, 2020

I've never heard of that album and I'm into (old) music more than avg person

i laughed at how none of them knew what Kanye's new album was called. it was probably filmed around the time it dropped, too.

I bumped into Ken Jennings’ +1 for the tapings just minutes after last night’s ep aired, and he said the lead time was much shorter than usual for these specials. The Kanye had probably been out for a month or more?

(also I’d guess they’re all busy studying existing general knowledge for months beforehand, not too deep into current pop releases)

still lol tho for sure

https://www.vulture.com/article/jeopardy-greatest-of-all-time-tournament-quiz.html

i remember yelling! "good day sir!" at the screen and was shocked that none of them got that one lol

yeah!! I thought for sure guys as online as James & Ken would know that one. I also got "nitwit", the 2 cybersecurity ones, "Jeet Kune Do", and the Kanye one of course

I know this tweet is out of date now but I still thought it was pretty funny at the time

#Jeopardy tournaments won:@bradrutter: 5@James_Holzhauer: 1@realDonaldTrump and @KenJennings: tied at 0

— GOAT Fodder (@James_Holzhauer) January 8, 2020

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dude, have any of you been watching the current streak by player MacKenzie ? about to go over 200K
I kind of love her (but hope I don't jinx her with the revive!)

she's amazing (i, too, hope i have not jinxed her)

One-year health update from Alex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8c_mAxW7QI

The champion over-explaining her FJ answer on Monday's episode is some of the most endearing comedy I've seen in a while.

Ha yeah, we were on the edge of our seat about how Alex was going to react

yeah I'm busy not doing your shitty trivia game https://t.co/8MtrjUlDkI

— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) April 30, 2020

dang, people getting tighter

They started rerunning the original Jennings eps today.

that one-year health update has got me choked up. hadn't seen it before.

he always carried himself with dignity.

Actually they're just re-airing the first Jennings ep today, and the rest of this week they'll have the All-Star tourney w/him & Holtzhauer & Brad from earlier this year.

Have they run out of new episodes? There was nothing at the end of Friday’s to indicate that they were showing old stuff this week.

i think so. They stopped taping in mid-march and are typically about 6 weeks ahead

I believe there’s a tournament or two in the can, probably holding them to space out remaining new content

Pretty dumb to do first-and-last on Jennings instead of the whole run imo. If this ended tomorrow, they'd still take months to get new eps into the pipeline (it's only been so short lately because of Trebek's health absences), might as well milk as many ~events~ as you can

They probably can't show all of them due to the horrific racism and sexism no doubt contained in the clues and categories crassly supplied by the Jeopardy writers in those less enlightened times of <checks notes> 2004.

Man, this Kelly lady on today is reeeeaaaaallllllly happy to be there.

Clearly no one is traveling to be on the show. Every single contestant this week is from the L.A. area

Yeah, and they said on Monday that the returning champ would not be able to appear right away (presumably due to travel issues/safety).

Yeah I haven't watched any from this week yet, waiting to get a handful bundled up to power through.

they’re starting to expand the contestant pool to the rest of the west coast - someone i know in seattle made it to the second round of zoom auditions yesterday

everyone who's ever been on jeopardy ever lost today :(

and those of us who always wanted to be on and never got the chance

they're doing the test online in covid times

RIP.

Alex Trebek hosting Classic Concentration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlRvK5Jg250

The Times obit is quite good.

(alert to mobile users rationing articles: that's the NYT, not The Times)

Today we honor Alex Trebek. For over three decades he brought integrity, humor and intelligence to his duties as host of Jeopardy! He will be in our hearts forever.

Thank you, Alex. Love from us all. 💜 pic.twitter.com/w8abYY8SX5

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 10, 2020

yikes, that pushed my buttons

Lovely gesture. The Carillon on Parliament Hill plays theme from Jeopardy! in honour of Alex Trebek. RIP. pic.twitter.com/h3iIIzdSYV

— Michel Boyer (@BoyerMichel) November 10, 2020

oh god i just cried through both of those clips thank you for sharing :(