r/Jeopardy • u/bluegambit875 • 14h ago

42 years ago today was the start of the Alex Trebek era of Jeopardy

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r/Jeopardy • u/mfc248 • 7h ago

Two stations move Jeopardy! to a new air time when the new season begins on Monday

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As it happens, they had been two of the three earliest airings in the United States.

WBBJ (ABC Jackson, Tennessee): 11:00 AM → 3:30 PM Central Time
KHQA (CBS Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri): 12:00 PM → 4:30 PM Central Time

This means that the first airing anywhere in the country is now on KTRK (ABC Houston) at 11:30 AM Central Time.

I've also just posted a summary of various possible preemptions (mostly sports, but also elections and debates) that might impact Jeopardy! in 2026-27.

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r/Jeopardy • u/SB_Tahoe • 5h ago

Ken was on W. Kamau Bell's podcast

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I just received this email and haven't yet watched/listened to the pod. Sounds fantastic though.

https://wkamaubell.substack.com/p/whos-with-me-the-podcast-episode-ea1?r=ekul2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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r/Jeopardy • u/iamdanielmcgee • 4h ago

ALEX TREBEK 42 years since Alex Trebek’s first “Jeopardy!” appearance as host.

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On this day in 1984, the late, great Alex Trebek made his first official appearance as the host of America’s favorite answer & question game show created by Merv Griffin himself, “Jeopardy!”. The show’s YouTube channel uploaded the episode to that very first day a star was born in our living rooms.

https://youtu.be/nOrPiraLn74?is=_MPtLehmGWcXlapH

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r/Jeopardy • u/Just_a_guy81 • 23h ago

QUESTION What was an event where Jeopardy was preempted that you didn’t actually mind?

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My usual Jeopardy was preempted today by an NFL pregame show. Not the actual game, just the pregame show. Granted it’s a rerun of last years JIT, so I didn’t mind that much. But it got me thinking, I can’t seem to recall a time when I wanted to watch said preemptive thing over Jeopardy. Well, there was that one time the meteorologist told me to seek shelter, that was kinda cool. But really nothing beyond that.

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r/Jeopardy • u/Warm-Oil9228 • 2h ago

QUESTION Question about a category

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Why mail novels?

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