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Rutter retained the Jeopardy! record by defeating Jennings in the finals of the Battle of the Decades tournament. After his success on Jeopardy!, Jennings wrote of his experience and explored American trivia history and culture in Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, published in 2006.
In 1990, host Alex Trebek co-authored The Jeopardy! Book along with Peter Barsocchini, which included boards from some of their past tournament games as well as boards specializing in some of the show's various categories. Also included are behind-the-scenes photos of how the show is produced, including writing the game material.
Only a small number of episodes survive from Fleming's run as host of Jeopardy!. From the original NBC daytime version, archived episodes mostly consist of black-and-white kinescopes of the original color videotapes. [173] Various episodes from 1967, 1971, 1973, and 1974 are listed among the holdings of the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [174]
As longtime fans of Jeopardy! may remember, Ken famously competed for 75 episodes between June and December 2004. At the time, he won all but one game and amassed $2,584,100 over the course of ...
Launching on October 2, 1978, the revived Jeopardy! took the spot of the soap opera For Richer, For Poorer on NBC's daytime schedule and initially aired weekdays at 10:30 a.m. From its debut until January 5, 1979, Jeopardy! aired against the first half-hour of the hit show The Price Is Right, which aired on CBS. As such, the show found itself ...
Trebek himself was recognized with the Order of Canada and a Guinness World Record for hosting the most episodes of a game show; according to Jeopardy!, it was more than 8,000 in all.
Jeopardy! Host Ken Jennings Sidesteps Strike Controversy in Season 40 Premiere. Then, beginning Tuesday, Dec. 19 (or the week of Jan. 1, if the show chooses to fill 2023’s remaining days with ...
Following his success on Jeopardy!, Jennings and his family later moved to Seattle, [10] where he splits his time between his career as an author and Jeopardy! host. Though Jeopardy! tapes in Los Angeles, Jennings said he does not have any plans in the immediate future to relocate there full-time, but he owns a small residence in the city where ...