Congratulations to Tavaris for being able to enthusiastically shout "RIGHT IN THE BUTT" just days before Pat's retirement. This is a wrong guess for the record books.
#WheelOfFortune
I don't know how long Ken will be hosting for but it would be a pretty cool TV moment if Amy can beat Ken's Jeopardy streak record while Ken is hosting.
It's really funny that you rarely saw think pieces about how "Jeopardy is broken" with James's run or Matt's run but a trans woman does it and it's suddenly "oh my god save the show." Something like this has happened 4 times in almost 20 years. Give me a break.
Not game show related, sorry. But I'm just in a constant fury about the bigoted lunatic right wing trying to erase LGBTIQA+ people from existence. I enjoyed Whoopi's minute of rage from
#TheView
this morning.
So my guess for the past few months has been that if Ken is still a Chaser then Jeopardy is in the air but if he's no longer a Chaser then he's probably going to be full time Jeopardy host. And Ken is no longer a Chaser.
Beyond doing so well against such an amazing champion
@pacdude
gave us an image last night that we’re going to use and abuse for as long as this site lives. We’re so proud for so many reasons.
#Jeopardy
Hi. Jeopardy isn’t a church. It’s a game show. People are allowed to be excited and happy and upset and express emotion on a game show. Calm the f down.
Dumb game show fact of the day! Who Wants to be a Millionaire has had 6 people win $500,000 or more in the last 15 years. Jeopardy has had three since September.
I don't know why so much Ken/Mayim stuff is popping up on my feed today but I really wish Jeopardy would just say Ken is the new host and get this over with. That's clearly where this is going.
Congratulations to the Finnish version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire for perhaps the greatest game show question of all time. It's asking for the capital of Thailand. The choices...*chef's kiss*
After a year of Jeopardy being rough it's *so* nice to be able to go back to Wheel of Fortune being the absolute worst. The universe is cleansing itself slowly but surely.
Hey if you feel like screaming at the tv in agony and want to throw something at your screen round 2 of tonight’s Wheel of Fortune is *perfect* for you.
Sorry to be a broken record but just putting into the universe again that this year's Jeopardy Tournament of Champions in primetime would do awfully well.
Something amazing happened on today's
#WheelOfFortune
. Someone made such a random and weird letter guess that someone in the audience audibly shouted "What?!". And they left it in! More of this please.
Want more game show things to be excited about now that James is done?
@PyramidABC
is back this weekend with
@Lesdoggg
and
@Rosie
so it'll be enormous fun!
I’m sorry, but if you think scores like this 20 minutes into the game are entirely because of smarts and not because of playing over 30 games in a row and learning the game mechanics by reflex, then you don’t understand the game.
If I were a broadcast network, like an ABC, I’d be paying a good amount of money to get the next Tournament of Champions on prime time. There’s been so many giant record breaking champions in a row. It’s going to be amazing TV.
Trying to figure out what money level the question "What actor punched Chris Rock in the face during the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony?" will be on Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 5-10 years.
For the insanity of
#Jeopardy
this year, the one consistent thing has been the championship podium. We've had a total of 3 champions since July 22. We've had 6 hosts in the same time.
It is amusing how much Mike Richards screwed up because he could have just named himself host of Wheel today instead of Jeopardy and literally not a single person would have cared.
Just to clear this up: no I don't think this is a "Jeopardy is over!" thing. It'll be around. But public perception is important (hi, Tonight Show/Conan). And the perception that the boss lead a fake host search and made himself the host is sticking wider than I figured it would.
It’s looking like as many if not more people are going to win a million dollars on Jeopardy in the past 2 years than people won a million dollars on Who Wants to be a Millionaire in the last 20 which is hysterical.
I hope this helps end some of the Jeopardy drama now that the show's in good hands. Let's hopefully move on. There's a 17 or 18 day champion that practically no one knows about because the host made himself the focus instead of this big event. Hopefully we can now focus on that.
Fun dumb
#Jeopardy
thing: if Amy makes it to the end of the week she'll tie Matt Amodio for the 2nd longest streak (38) and break the half way point to beating Ken Jennings's 74 wins.
Vanna deserves this. Pay her. Also if you thought the Richards/Jeopardy thing was rough for Sony I look forward to the headlines if the most popular and recognizable part of Wheel of Fortune walks because Sony refuses to pay her what she's worth.
RIP Gilbert Gottfried. Look back at his iconic "You Fool!" barrage on Hollywood Squares with
@Tom_Bergeron
. Still easily one of the funniest things in a game show ever.
So genuine question: if Ken is the host of daytime Jeopardy why would they keep Mayim as the primetime host? It can't be a celebrity factor. Ken Jennings is arguably a bigger celebrity than Mayim. She's a lovely person and did well hosting but I don't know why you'd split the job
I also never, ever, want to think about Jeopardy this much in my life ever again. I love Jeopardy but unless a giant event happens, like the current champion, Jeopardy should be a silent dependable friend in the corner.
RIP the Wheel of Fortune condoms. According to a few people on our Discord, the covid-necessitated grips for the wheel pegs are gone. Contestants get to resume barebacking the wheel now. Well done everyone.
I'm finding it interesting there's not more of a commotion about this being Pat Sajak's last week on Wheel of Fortune. There seems to be a general feeling of "ok moving on". For as long as he hosted you'd figure there would be more of a PR push.
So take this as you will but the week ending August 22nd, when the Mike Richards/Jeopardy stuff hit, Jeopardy's ratings dropped a huge 23% to a 4.0. All other game shows stuck or grew. It was only Jeopardy that dropped. That's...wow. So yeah that's why Mike is gone.
Seems like it was taken down quickly but here’s your first look at the updates Price is Right set from the Instagram story of Rachel Reynolds. You can see the new audience and Contestant’s Row area.
Wheel of Fortune has come a long way in the last few years, nearly all of which very very positive. Quote from a former EP from 2019 and then a picture from today's episode. Thank you to Bellamie Blackstone for this and all she's done since she's taken over.
Everyone else should play a fun afternoon game of taking an edible and trying to figure out if your brain is playing tricks on you or if Buzzy Cohen is really in a Planet Fitness commercial with Lindsay Lohan based around Jeopardy.
We've done this site for 15/16 years. We've never seen a situation in game shows handled as poorly as literally everything involving Jeopardy over the past 8 months has been. It's been a cluster from start to finish so congratulations to them.
Fun question for the group: if Richards pulled the same exact antics but was going for the Wheel of Fortune hosting gig do you think this outcome would have happened? I’m honestly not sure. I think he’d have gotten away with it. The specter of Alex Trebek loomed over this one
If Sony's just going to mine their company for talent no matter their qualifications at least let Crash Bandicoot guest host Jeopardy. He's less dangerous than Dr. Oz at least.
This is shameful. This isn't a regular republican. This is someone who actively tried to steal an election and help attempt a coup. Everyone involved in this should be ashamed of themselves.
I've seen this brought up: please don't let the clusterfuck of the
#Jeopardy
situation hide the fact that the current champion, Matt Amodio, is doing insanely well and is going for his 16th win tonight, and with a decent win could eclipse $500K in winnings.
I initially thought none of this would change the Jeopardy host situation and it would just look bad. Kinda changing my opinion of that. Would really not be shocked to see Jennings come in after a few weeks when Richards leaves to “focus on producing”.
During the last few years Jeopardy, and more specifically Alex Trebek's sheer presence, were some of the few beacons of normalcy, intelligence, and sanity. It's just devastating and this is hitting me in a way I wasn't fully expecting.
People complaining about Aisha Tyler's charity on tonight's Celebrity Jeopardy may respectfully shut up and go away. OK maybe not respectfully. Just go away.