Back to "Jeopardy!" The episodes are defined - and the fans are furious

Season 40 was heavy in the tournament and viewers have enough.


This season of Danger! Was very different from the others and the fans take note. Special tournaments and return competitors dominated season 40 - in fact, since Danger! The first in September, not a brand new competitor has contributed. And now that viewers know when normal episodes of Danger! Finally, they will come back, they are not satisfied with the number of additional tournament games awaiting us.

In relation: Danger! The producer defends the moment "difficult to watch" .

The changes to the television game were instituted due to the Guild of America (WGA) strike, which took place from May 2 to 27. Danger! Writers on strike, the program nevertheless made the controversial decision to produce new episodes, using clues that have been written before the strike combined with recycled clues of past seasons. Present the candidates were recruited to return.

In an August episode of Inside Podcast, executive producer Michael Davies said: "I believe, mainly, that it would not be fair that new competitors make their first appearance on the Alex Trebek Scene, do it with non-original materials or, as we will talk about, a combination of non-original materials and material that has been written pre-fret. ""

Thus, the season started with a second chance competition for the players of season 37 and continued with various tournaments, even if the WGA strike is over. In October, Davies said on the podcast that normal episodes would return to the end of season 40. "I want to assure everyone, it gives us, fortunately, this strike being finished, we will arrive at several weeks of regular Regular ... new competitors who have never been on the Alex Trebek stage before, "he said. "Not in a competition format, not in a tournament format. We will get there at the end of the season. We should have at least 16 weeks at the end." The season generally ends in July, which means that normal episodes should be broadcast from April to July 2024.

List some of the tournaments on the podcast, producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss said: "Second chance for our candidates for season 39. We have joker champions for these competitors of season 39. Then we have the [Champions tournament]. This will be the biggest land we have ever presented in the history of the OC ... and then the [ Danger! Invitation tournament]. The Jit occurs ... then fed on the pyramid, Michael, [ Danger! ] Masters, "explained Foss. The US sun , the Champions Tournament will have 27 candidates this season, against the typical 15. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Some fans are furious that normal games do not come back for months because of these tournaments, The US sun reports.

"Another second chance [Expletive] #Jeopardy?! How many have they filmed?! The writers' strike was for too long, they should film new episodes now", " wrote a spectator On X (formerly Twitter). Another display , "Do we again receive regular in danger episodes or do you have perpetuated tournaments?"

December 15, the day it was announced that Mayim Bialik would not come back To host unionized Danger! ,, A posted fan "I know there are more hot news today, but we will have to talk about the structure of the bizarre endless tournament they have done. There have been dozens of semi-final episodes. Does it end where it's okay. Where am I. " Another fan responded , "It was fun at first but now I'm bored. I don't think that a normal episode has broadcast this season."

Someone else wrote , "@Jeopardy I don't understand that. 73 episodes and we have not yet seen a normal show with a champion and 2 new competitors ????? why ????" A user, who once identified a big fan, posted: "My husband and I are (were) dedicated Jeopardy fans, but the tournaments of constant winners are boring. We can no longer say if we look at reruns or new shows. "

Danger! A second chance tournament is currently broadcast for the competitors of season 39. It started on December 19 and will take place until January 15.

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