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JEOPARDY! fans have begged the game show to intervene after the latest episode was messy.
Host Ken Jennings and the contestants made “painful” moves all throughout.
Jeopardy! fans have begged producers to intervene after host Ken Jennings made messy moves on the latest episode[/caption]
The contestants also messed up a lot of clues including not answering the form of a question and using the wrong letters in words[/caption]
Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds, Bob Longstreth, and Drew Basile faced off against each other on Thursday.
And throughout the game, both the contestants and Ken, 50, made many messy moves.
One of those moves was when Bob said “Wimbleton” instead of “Wimbledon.”
“We have a quick scoring change to announced,” Ken said when the game show came back from commercial.
“Bob, our judges have determined that you replied ‘What is Wimbleton’ with a pretty hard T, so I’m afraid that will drop down your score,” he said.
Jonquil also couldn’t name Idina Menzel, who starred alongside Kristen Chenoweth in the musical, Wicked.
Drew forgot to answer in the form of a question a few times and corrected himself just in time.
Ken also stumbled on some of his corrections throughout the show as well.
‘SO MESSY’
Reddit users talked about the game on the platform after it aired and many of them pointed out how messy it was.
“This was a messier game than we’ve seen in a while. Lots of corrections,” one fan wrote.
“The players were messy and the clues again were not worded the best,” replied another.
“Wimbledon/Wimbleton has occurred before. I’m surprised they weren’t ready for that possible misstep. When they correct the score after the fact, it robs the other two a chance for the rebound and control of the board,” added a third.
“Drew forgetting ‘form of a question’ twice, always weird to me that people do that,” a fan pointed out.
“Yeah it was a painful watch, the producers need to have a word with Ken,” one fan suggested.
Jeopardy! Host Timeline
Jeopardy! has had a tumultuous history regarding hosts after the death of the iconic Alex Trebek in 2020. Here are all of the hosts since the game show's inception in 1964.
Art Fleming – 1964 to 1975, he was the original host of the daytime version of Jeopardy! on NBC.
Alex Trebek – 1984 to 2020, the late, great Alex hosted Jeopardy!’s modern iteration for 36 years until his death from pancreatic cancer.
Guest hosts – 2020 to 2021, Jeopardy! tested out a series of guest hosts for week or two-week stints, including Anderson Cooper, LaVar Burton, and Aaron Rodgers.
Mike Richards – 2021, he was named host for one week before resigning amid controversy. He was the show’s executive producer at the time.
Mayim Bialik – 2021 to 2023, when Mike was announced as the show’s new host, Mayim was chosen to host tournaments and primetime specials.
Mayim and Ken Jennings – 2022 to 2023, 74-time champion Ken (the longest-winning contestant ever) joined Mayim as a guest host and they split hosting duties.
Ken Jennings – 2023 to present. Last December, Mayim announced on Instagram that she would “no longer” host Jeopardy! after a lengthy hiatus, having stood with the writer’s strike, and Ken was named sole host.
Ken now helms all editions of Jeopardy! including Celebrity Jeopardy!, the nightly show, and other primetime specials like Masters.
WAGER RAGER
Ken was blamed for another confusing moment during Drew’s second win.
Drew raised eyebrows with an unclear wager situation that some fans argued that Ken mishandled.
He returned after an utterly shocking first win.
The Survivor alum ended Adriana Harmeyer’s 15-day winning streak in a stunning upset.
After the Jeopardy! round, Drew led with $3600, his opponents had $600 and $1200 – but in Double Jeopardy! things got sticky.
Drew found both Daily Doubles, gaining $3,000 on the first, but made an unclear wager on the second.
“Um, 12,” he said.
Drew was currently leading with $13,800.
Ken said, “for $1,200,” thinking that was the figure the contestant wanted to bet.
He could have meant $12, $1,200, or $12,000.
Drew did not object and answered the question correctly.
This discrepancy seemingly prevented Drew from a guaranteed victory going into Final Jeopardy.
Contestant Bob answered one question with what is Wimbleton? instead of What is Wimbledon? and therefore, he lost his points[/caption]
Jonquil didn’t know who Idina Menzel was, who starred in Wicked with Kristen Chenoweth[/caption]
Jeopardy! fans said that Ken was making too many corrections, which was painful to watch, and the producers should have a word with him[/caption]
