On ‘Jeopardy!’ this season, James Holzhauer seemed to be poised to not only surpass Ken Jennings, the show’s all-time top champion in regular-game earnings but the best challenger to-date to conquer the 74 consecutive win streak. But suddenly and unexpectedly, Holzhauer came up short on both record marks. James Holzhauer had amassed $2,462,216 in his […]
The 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which are no longer television and available to stream only, were last night at the Pacific Civic Auditorium in Pasadena. ABC’ “General Hospital” was the evening’s big winner with five trophies, followed by CBS’ “The Young and the Restless,” with three, and culinary series “Valerie’s Home Cooking,” featuring Valerie Bertinelli, […]
James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nev., has been a dominant force as the current reigning champion on the game show “Jeopardy!” Holzhauer proved that once again during the Tuesday, Apr. 9 episode as he set the show’s new all-time record in single-day earnings by winning $110,914, far surpassing the nine-year mark […]
On March 6, legendary game show host Alex Trebek announced on YouTube that he was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Trebek stated in the video: “Now, just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Now normally, the prognosis for this is […]
The two-week “All-Star Games” tournament of syndicated game show “Jeopardy!” took place over ten episodes from Feb. 20-Mar. 5. It featured eighteen of the best champions to have ever competed on the game show. Back in September 2018, the six team captains – Colby Burnett, Buzzy Cohen, Julia Collins, Ken Jennings, Austin Rogers, and Brad […]
Veteran first-run syndicated game shows “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” have been picked up for an additional three seasons each, taking them through the 2022-23 season. The ABC Owned Television Stations have signed on through the 2022-2023 season, in which “Wheel of Fortune,” hosted by Pat Sajak, will celebrate its 40th anniversary and “Jeopardy!,” hosted by […]
Alex Trebek noted on the Thursday, Sep. 27 edition of “Jeopardy!” that when he interviews contestants during the introduction segment of the program, he bases his information from tidbits printed on his cards. But on this night, Trebek’s card for the contestant named Michael Pascuzzi, a retail store manager from Orlando, Fla., was blank. Pascuzzi […]
After 35 years in first-run syndication, “Jeopardy!” from Sony Pictures Television has made its streaming debut on Hulu. To celebrate the premiere, Hulu has curated 60 episodes of some of “Jeopardy’s” flagship special events, including a tournament of Champions, a college championship, a kids week, a battle of the decades, and some of the show’s fan-favorite contestants throughout […]
For the ninth consecutive season, CBS Television Distribution’s “Judge Judy” ranked as first-run syndication’s #1 rated show (also, the fifth consecutive season it was the highest-rated in all of syndication). The program’s 22nd season averaged a 7.1 household rating which actually grew one percent from the traditional season one year prior (September thru May). Two […]
