Showing 16 - 30 of 30 articles tagged "Amy Schneider"

• Posted Saturday 1/22/22 at 4:41AM EST

  A former Jeopardy! champion calls on the five-game win streak rule to be revived

  Tom Nichols, a five-time champion of the game show, recently told Boston Public Radio in response to the slew of...

• Posted Wednesday 1/19/22 at 3:36AM EST

  Jeopardy!'s interim boss would like to stick around as Amy Schneider and sports-style analytics have helped boost ratings

  "A new top producer is hyping the streaks and pushing an approach that treats Jeopardy! more like a sport," reports...

• Posted Saturday 1/15/22 at 4:27AM EST

  Jeopardy!'s Amy Schneider knocks James Holzhauer out of the third-place spot for most games won

  Schneider won her 33rd game on Friday night, breaking her tie with Holzhauer.

• Posted Friday 1/14/22 at 6:31PM EST

  Jeopardy! becomes TV's highest-rated non-sports show this season amid Amy Schneider's win streak

  The iconic game show is averaging 9.

• Posted Friday 1/14/22 at 3:34AM EST

  Jeopardy! should be retired because of the proliferation of winning streaks -- or the five-win rule should be brought back

  "Jeopardy! has lost the spirit that made it an American institution," says Tom Nichols.

• Posted Tuesday 1/11/22 at 3:53AM EST

  Jeopardy! boss dismisses the notion that recent winning streaks are the result of easier clues

  “Behind the scenes we’ve spent a lot of time discussing whether this is some kind of ‘new normal’ or whether...

• Posted Saturday 1/08/22 at 3:11AM EST

  There's a "radical normalcy" to trans woman Amy Schneider's historic Jeopardy! run

  Schneider's recently having to denounce trolls pushing back at her accomplishment of having the “most consecutive victories by a woman"...

• Posted Thursday 1/06/22 at 2:24PM EST

  Why has Jeopardy! had so many winning streaks this season?

  Matt Amodio kicked off Season 38 with a winning streak, followed by Jonathan Fisher, who went on to win 11...

• Posted Wednesday 1/05/22 at 3:14PM EST

  Oakland police says Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint

  "Two unknown individuals, one with a firearm, approached the victim and demanded the victim’s property," the Oakland Police Department told...

• Posted Tuesday 1/04/22 at 8:30PM EST

  Jeopardy!'s Amy Schneider says she's "fine" after she was robbed

  The history-making Jeopardy! contestant tweeted she was robbed of her ID, credit cards and phone Sunday in Oakland, where she...

• Posted Tuesday 1/04/22 at 2:31AM EST

  Amy Schneider responds to transphobic comments after setting the Jeopardy! record for most consecutive wins by a woman

  "I’d like to thank all the people who have taken the time, during this busy holiday season, to reach out...

• Posted Friday 12/17/21 at 2:08PM EST

  Jeopardy!'s Amy Schneider on "how I got smart": Being born white and "perceived as male" made a difference

  Schneider, who made history as the first transgender contestant to make Jeopardy!'s Tournament of Champions, writes in Defector that “How...

• Posted Monday 12/13/21 at 11:33AM EST

  Amy Schneider reveals a large tattoo she was required to cover up on Jeopardy!

  Schneider tweeted of the large tattoo on her left arm: "My tattoo is indeed of Ozma of Oz.

• Posted Friday 12/03/21 at 3:09AM EST

  Besides making history, Amy Schneider's winning streak has brought a sense of calm to Jeopardy! at the end of its most chaotic year

  Schneider, the first transgender contestant to make the Tournament of Champions, hasn't attracted the kind of controversy that Matt Amodio...

• Posted Wednesday 12/01/21 at 2:48PM EST

  Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider wants to "send a positive message to the nerdy trans girl"

  Schneider, the first transgender contestant to compete in the Tournament of Champions who with Tuesday's win now has $380,200 in...