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Jeopardy: Greatest of All Time Has Us Feeling Weepy Over Alex Trebek
Just so we’re clear, this week’s Jeopardy: Greatest of All Time tournament is not the series finale.
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The Enduring Legacy of Jeopardy! Champ Ken Jennings
From almost its very first episode in 1984, the Alex Trebek-hosted version of Jeopardy! has been synonymous with competitive trivia,...
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Jeopardy! to pit the three greatest players in its history in an ABC primetime tournament
James Holzhauer will battle Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in the Alex Trebek-hosted Jeopardy!: Greatest of All Time tournament that...
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Posted Friday 6/07/19 at 7:21AM EDT
Jeopardy!'s Emma Boettcher: “I knew I wasn’t going to go on a long streak"
After dethroning Jeopardy! giant James Holzhauer on Monday's episode, Boettcher lost on Thursday's episode, taking home $98,002 following three victories.
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Posted Wednesday 6/05/19 at 1:27PM EDT
Ken Jennings: "That’s what people don’t understand about Jeopardy! dominance: It’s so fragile"
"You get only one loss, and it’s Russian roulette: Any given night could be the game with your name on...
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James Holzhauer's Jeopardy! streak ended on a whimper, but he leaves behind incomparable dominance
Holzhauer ended his 33-day run on Jeopardy! with $2,464,216, plus his $2,000 second-prize prize earnings and numerous records after falling...
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Posted Monday 6/03/19 at 10:07AM EDT
James Holzhauer: My daughter now cries when I win Jeopardy!
The Jeopardy! champ responded on Twitter to a Washington Post column titled "Quit rooting against James Holzhauer’s must-watch Jeopardy! run.
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Posted Saturday 6/01/19 at 8:34AM EDT
James Holzhauer is poised to break Ken Jennings' Jeopardy! record on Monday
Holzhauer, who averages just under $77,000 per game, needs only $58,485 on Monday to break Jennings' winnings mark for regular-season...
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Posted Saturday 5/25/19 at 2:28AM EDT
Who Wants to be a Millionaire, "the most consequential game show in television history," paved the way for the reality TV boom and Jeopardy!'s James Holzhauer
The syndicated version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire was canceled last Friday just three months shy of the...
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Posted Tuesday 5/21/19 at 7:37AM EDT
Ken Jennings is rooting for James Holzhauer on Jeopardy!, but acknowledges it's different competing in the social media age
"We are seeing history made in front of our eyes, the Jeopardy! equivalent of a basketball player notching 70-point games...
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Posted Monday 4/29/19 at 9:53AM EDT
Jeopardy! players are banned from making wagers referencing sex (69), Satan (666) and Nazis
Ken Jennings tweeted of wagering $69: "this is officially forbidden on Jeopardy now, as of last year.
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Why James Holzhauer is bad for Jeopardy!: His domination makes for deadly dull TV
Holzhauer joined Ken Jennings on Tuesday night in becoming the second player to cross the $1 million mark.
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Posted Monday 4/22/19 at 11:47PM EDT
James Holzhauer on his Jeopardy! critics: "I assure you that everything you see on TV is kosher"
Some Jeopardy! fans have taken to calling themselves "Holzhauer Haters" in response to Holzhauer's streak.
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Posted Friday 4/19/19 at 11:27PM EDT
James Holzhauer could become the game-changing "Serena Williams" of Jeopardy!
If Holzhauer continues dominating Jeopardy!, he will have effectively turned Ken Jennings "into Steffi Graf, a generational talent, and crowned...
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Ken Jennings on Jeopardy!'s James Holzhauer: "It's absolutely insane what he's doing"
"First of all, I’m just gobsmacked by James," says Jennings, the all-time Jeopardy! champ, of Holzhauer, who is approaching his...