The Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! rounds each feature large electronic game boards consisting of six categories with five clues each. Categories at the top of the board vary between each round and episode. The layout of the Jeopardy! game board since November 26, 2001, showing the dollar values used in the first round (in the second round, the values are doubled). For example, if a contestant were to select "Presidents for $200", the resulting clue could be "This 'Father of Our Country' didn't really chop down a cherry tree", to which the correct response is "Who is/was George Washington?" Jeopardy! has also gained a worldwide following with regional adaptations in many other countries.Įach game of Jeopardy! features three contestants competing in three rounds: the Jeopardy! round, the Double Jeopardy! round, and the Final Jeopardy! round In each round, contestants are presented trivia clues phrased as answers, to which they must respond in the form of a question that correctly identifies whatever the clue is describing.
45 on TV Guide 's list of the 60 greatest shows in American television history. With over 8,000 episodes aired, the daily syndicated version of Jeopardy! has won a record 39 Daytime Emmy Awards as well as a Peabody Award.
The show has consistently enjoyed a wide viewership and received many accolades from professional television critics. Bialik hosts additional primetime specials on ABC, and spin-offs.Ĭurrently in its 38th season, Jeopardy! is one of the longest-running game shows of all time. Since September 2021, after then- executive producer Mike Richards assumed, then relinquished within a week, the position of permanent host, Jennings and Mayim Bialik have served as permanent rotating hosts of the syndicated series. Following his death, a variety of guest hosts completed the season beginning with consulting producer and former contestant Ken Jennings, each hosting for a few weeks before passing the role onto someone else. Alex Trebek hosted until his death, with his last episode airing Januafter over 35 years in the role. The daily syndicated version premiered in 1984 with Alex Trebek as host and Johnny Gilbert as announcer. Don Pardo served as announcer until 1975, and John Harlan announced for the 1978–1979 season. The syndicated show familiar with modern viewers and produced daily (currently by Sony Pictures Television ) premiered on September 10, 1984.Īrt Fleming served as host for all versions of the show between 19. A nighttime syndicated edition aired weekly from September 1974 to September 1975, and a revival, The All-New Jeopardy!, ran on NBC from October 1978 to March 1979 on weekdays.
The original daytime version debuted on NBC on March 30, 1964, and aired until January 3, 1975. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given general knowledge clues in the form of answers and they must identify the person, place, thing, or idea that the clue describes, phrasing each response in the form of a question. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Jeopardy! is an American game show created by Merv Griffin.