"Danger!" Comes back next month, but prepare for major changes

Executive producer Michael Davies finally shared what fans can expect to see in September.


With the Guild of writers in the course of American (WGA) and screen actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strikes production in Hollywood, we all questioned the fate of OUR favorite shows -And Danger! is no exception. The long -term game show uses WGA writers to write questions, so although they are on the picking line, no new index is produced. But despite the speculation that the series should stop as a result, Danger! officially returns next month - and the producers have just revealed that it would be accompanied by major changes. Read the rest to find out what you can expect to see in September.

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The Champions Tournament was already on a break.

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Before one of the movement in motion, Danger! had to start with a different format next month. As an executive producer Michael Davies explained during a Mars episode of the Inside Jeopardy! Podcast, season 40 was to start with the season 39 playoffs.

The first tournament would have been the second luck tournament, which gives players who did not win their first game another blow, with the Champions of the Joker then, leading to the 2023 Champions Tournament (COT).

However, last month, Sony Pictures Television confirmed that the playoffs, including OCD, would be delayed indefinitely due to strikes .

"" Danger! No intention of producing a champions tournament for season 39 until the strike is resolved, "said the spokesman The Hollywood Reporter . "In addition, no competitor of season 39 was contacted for their availability for any after-season tournament, including OCD. Danger! The playoffs represent the ultimate in our competition, and it should present our strongest players playing our most difficult original equipment. ""

But while the show has paused on tournaments, the spokesperson confirmed that new unionized episodes would be broadcast in September, production using recycled questions. Now Davies has shared more details on what it will look like.

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These are not only recycling questions.

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During the August 7 episode of Inside Jeopardy! , Davies addressed the situation, noting that the television game is in a " holder . ""

"Obviously, all staff have committed to produce the best episodes we can, but I understand that the best episodes that are possible are episodes that present our writers writing original equipment, and the best competitors, As we have always made the air, playing this original material, "he said, noting that writers are necessary to write questions for the strongest competitors of season 39.

But as for the "new" episodes, Davies has revealed that production will not only use recycled equipment, but will also include recycled competitors.

"I believe, mainly, that it would not be fair that new competitors make their first appearance on the Alex Trebek scene, to do it with non -original equipment or, as we will talk about, a combination of non -original and material equipment Who was written before the strike, "said Davies. "And we therefore decided that we really had to invite and give a second chance in general to the players who probably thought that their chance of returning to play on the stage of Alex Trebek had been eternal."

He continued: "So we are going to open the season with a second chance tournament for the players of season 37 who lost their initial match, and the winners will qualify for a season 37 and the 38 champions Wild Card."

According to Davies, the equipment in question includes WGA equipment before the strike "which is still in the database", "as well as equipment" which is deployed from several multiple seasons of the program ".

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Can candidates come back, but will the hosts be?

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Danger! producer Sarah Foss Added that this new structure gives former additional candidates the possibility of "coming back and providing large games to those of you who are impatiently awaiting the launch of the season". (The players of season 38 have already participated in their second chance tournament, which made its debut in season 39.)

The elephant remaining in the room, however, is the question of who will host these new episodes. Mayim Bialik It is unlikely to come back before the strike resolution because it already tilted The last week of the shooting to solidarize with the writers. Ken Jennings filled, but he has since received strong criticism cross the line of stakes . Both are also members of Sag-Aftra. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Davies and Foss did not share plans for the host, and Davies conceded that he had "no idea of timing" because the show will return to normality. However, he said that the 39 -season qualifying series will start filming once the strike is over.

As for Jeopardy of celebrity! - which is a distinct show - which will proceed with the original equipment written under the WGA contact before the start of the strike in May. Foss noted that they had already started to "reserve exciting talents".

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There is a positive change for competitors.

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These are not the only changes for the coming season, because Danger! also increases the price by $ 1,000 for the second and third placers. According to Davies, third placers now receive $ 2,000 and second -class finish will receive $ 3,000.

"This is something we have worked on since I really took the reins of the show," he said. "This is something that is obviously widely discussed in our social communities and with the community of our competitors. We understand that post-comfortable costs have increased. We understand how complicated financing is complicated Danger! is for, you know, many candidates in our community. ""


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