"Historic" Jeopardy! -- 3/16/07

[Axl]

The folks at Jeopardy! are saying something amazing happens on today's show.  Here's a press release snippet, via Mark Evanier:

http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_03_15.html#013106

If you want to go a little further up in his blog, you can read what his guess is.


WARNING: To those who see this episode today, DO NOT spoil this!  Wait until tomorrow to start commenting on it.

[Punchboard91]

3 way tie? Over $100,000? No one plays in Final Jeopardy?

Hmmm.....it comes on here at 4:30 Central here...I'll be watching....

[Jordanar18]

You mean it's something even Ken Jennings couldn't do?

[PIR85]

A couple of guesses:

- the other two contestants have $0 or a negative amount, therefore one contestant automatically wins without playing Final Jeopardy.  (Perhaps only one contestant ever answers the "answers")

- As mentioned, a 3-way tie at the end.

- All 3 contestants have negative scores at the end, therefore nobody plays Final Jeopardy.

I don't watch Jeopardy usually (I did for the Ken Jennings run) but I will watch today's episode, same time as you Punchboard91 - I'm from Omaha, too!

[Punchboard91]

Woo! Go Omaha!

However, one person has played FJ alone.....there's a video on GameShowNewsNet.

[goldroadfanatic]

I also remember at least two other instances that someone has played Final Jeopardy! alone.

[wpghi5]

I have a good feeling that ratings are going to go through the roof once this episode is going to be shown.

[rodroddyfan]

It comes on here at 1230pm central time, then again at 430, so I wonder if the 12:30 is a rerun from another day. I don't watch jeopardy, but I will try to remember to watch it.

[Hans1980]

J! airs on my CBS affiliate, therefore it won't air tonight due to the NCAA tournament.  So it will lose ratings in the Birmingham market.

[FieldsFan336]

The ABC affiliate from Buffalo will carry it in our area at 7:30pm, but it will show CTV commericals as it also airs on CFTO from Toronto at the same time

[Ccook]

There's a promo at Jeopardy's site. It doesn't tell what the event is but it appears to happen...

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...during the contestant interviews.

[nickkrol]

Ccook wrote:
There's a promo at Jeopardy's site. It doesn't tell what the event is but it appears to happen...

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...during the contestant interviews.

Not necessarily, that clip could be of the end of the show where Alex also uses a card with the final Jeopardy answer on it.

[priceguy]

If you read the title of the original blog entry and take the spoiler information you can com up with a good guess.  I'm thinking Trebek makes a bad joke, or makes a freudian slip during the conestant interviews (a la Rayburn or Eubanks).

[Punchboard91]

I was also thinking a marriage proposal, perhaps?

But with the current champion, I doubt it'd be something to do with no one in final jeopardy. I'm still leaning toward a 3 way tie....

[Ccook]

Mark Evanier's site points out the address of the video clip at the Jeopardy! site as a clue. It could also be a red herring. In our neck of the woods, we'll know in about an hour (we see the show at 4:30 PM on NBC affiliate WXIA/ch. 11).