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'Jeopardy!' fans are freaking out over the new format for its 'All Star Games'

Since the dawn of the the show, Jeopardy! has followed basically the same structure. When Alex Trebek appeared on the premiere of the Jeopardy! All Star Games on Wednesday evening and called the affair "a unique event in the 35 year history of Jeopardy! programming," he sure wasn't kidding.

The quiz show decided to shake things up with "a format we have never ever before attempted," according to Trebek, for their first-ever team tournament. Jeopardy! brought back all of our favorite, annoying, yet lovable competitors, and completely changed the format we've come know and love.

The typical format of a normal episode of Jeopardy! follows three individual players, and the winner gets to play again the next night. There are three rounds of trivia. The first is Single Jeopardy, where there are six categories each with five questions worth between $200 and $1,000. This is followed by Double Jeopardy which has the same amount of questions but they're worth between $400 and $2,000. Final Jeopardy ends the program and has one question where contestants are able to bet what they've earned in the game so far. The commercial breaks take place half way through Single Jeopardy, after Single Jeopardy, and after Double Jeopardy. Simple, right?

Well, forget all that because Trebek explains in this video how the All Star Games will be formatted.

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If you're confusedby that video, don't worry, you aren't alone. Let's break it down a little further: There are six teams with three players on each team. Those three players will each play one round of Single, Double, and Final Jeopardy. Three teams will face off in the first "match", and the three others in the second. The winning teams of these two matches will automatically move on to the final match.

To make things more confusing, out of the four losing teams, the three with the top earning scores will play in a "wildcard match" to determine which team will be the third team to play in the final. Once you watch this video four or five times you'll finally get it.

Not only is this style of play being put into effect, but the episodes are being stretched out over multiple days as well. This is really the part that has fans up in arms. It's hard enough to follow a team when they have a different player in every round, but now you also have to follow your team over multiple days.

To be completely fair, Jeopardy! did tweet out a schedule which was slightly easier to follow, but not by much.

However, there are two main issues. First, most of their audience doesn't even know what Twitter is let alone how to use it. Second, the schedule they sent out makes absolutely no sense, we're getting half episodes some days but full episodes others.

Wondering how the #JeopardyAllStars Tournament will play out? Here's the schedule! pic.twitter.com/MRLSYcdAJv

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) February 15, 2019

Jeopardy! fans flocked to Twitter to express their confusion and outrage.

One fan posted this in response to the new schedule:

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— Willie Gabel (@willieg21) February 21, 2019

Two-time Jeopardy! champion Jennifer Morrow was clearly perturbed by the new set up.

I’m having trouble following the rhythm of this episode - it’s like when you take a nap and then wake up at 4 p.m. and day is night and lunch is dinner and your whole sense of time is just trashed #JeopardyAllStars

— Jennifer Morrow (@jenniferemorrow) February 21, 2019

Although the actual number of commercials was the same last night as any regular episode, the change is spacing made it feel as though there were 40 billion more. The Jeopardy! community wasted no time in taking to Twitter to express their frustrations.

This is the 4th commercial break in twenty minutes during jeopardy! And almost no questions. What is this crap!?! #JeopardyAllStars #thissucks

— Christina Flessa (@StiniTheWeenie) February 21, 2019

@Jeopardy what is with this format?? Are we only going to get single jeopardy in this half hour?! This is terrible. Please never do this again. #JeopardyAllStars

— Steve Trit (@SteveTrit) February 21, 2019

If you can follow how this works then you should be on a team. #jeopardy #JeopardyAllStars

— Flowerpower (@leolovelemon) February 21, 2019

So confused about the #JeopardyAllStars format. 8 minutes to go and were not even through round 1!?! Husband and I are in distress!

— Candi Marie (@cduddles623) February 21, 2019

Almost halfway into this episode of #JeopardyAllStars and no one has played????? pic.twitter.com/NzW1l41MSA

— Sue the Fury (@SueTheFury) February 21, 2019

#Jeopardy rules for this tournament. pic.twitter.com/ENPK3QpoI1

— Bob Hagh (@BobHagh) February 21, 2019

I had a rough day at work, but by far the worst part of my day was being disappointed by @Jeopardy. One round?? That was terrible. #JeopardyAllStars

— Steve Trit (@SteveTrit) February 21, 2019

Even one of the all stars competing in the tournament, Alex Jacob, tweeted about the odd new format by comparing it to Survivor.

Listen, I know some people are worried about the new format tonight, but relax, they’re trying something new, some of your favorite players are back, I think it’s gonna be fun. But enough about #Survivor, at least #JeopardyAllStars is on too

— Alex Jacob (@whoisalexjacob) February 20, 2019

Jeopardy! has been promoting this tournament like it's the Super Bowl of trivia, including a 43-minute live draft pick and a commercials with slow-mo walks and stadium lights.

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While the idea of optimizing on the Jeopardy! fanbase's love for its champions isn't a bad one, the simple fact is that we love watching them play trivia, not talk about playing trivia.

Watching the team captains awkwardly roast Buzzy on national TV was a bit uncomfortable. The moment that takes the cake however, was when Austin tried to make fun of Ken's age and Alex Trebek basically had to tell him to calm down like a second grade teacher would.

We're sure there are some people out there who like this odd and hard-to-follow tournament style, but for the many people who don't like their routine to be messed with we beg for the old format back.

This word describes how Jeopardy! fans felt about the All Star Games: What is "betrayal", Alex?

We've reached out to Jeopardy! for comment and clarification.

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marilynngmesalo · 5 years

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Clash of ’Jeopardy!’ titans ends with $1 million runaway win

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LOS ANGELES — The first-ever “Jeopardy!” team championship came down to a clash of the titans, Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter.

With $1 million at stake, a big Daily Double bet by Rutter positioned his team for a runaway victory as the quiz show’s “All-Star Games” ended Tuesday.

Rutter and teammates Larissa Kelly and David Madden split the top prize, with Jennings, Matt Jackson and Monica Thieu sharing $300,000. Colby Burnett, Pam Mueller and Alan Lin took third place and $100,000 on the show hosted by Alex Trebek.

Game 1 of the finals did not disappoint! Go behind the scenes with All-Stars Insider, and tune in tomorrow to see how it ends! #JeopardyAllStars pic.twitter.com/blUkCAFdAW

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) March 5, 2019

Rutter entered the contest as the top winner on any game show with a haul of $4.3 million in regular and tournament “Jeopardy!” play. Jennings was a 74-game winner and top moneymaker in the quiz show’s non-tournament competition with $2.5 million.

“To see it come down to the two heavyweights was the perfect culmination of it,” Madden said in an interview. “It certainly did not disappoint in terms of the quality of play, and we just got lucky that Brad pulled the Daily Doubles when needed and had a great round.”

“Ken played great, too, as did Team Colby,” he said, graciously.

For his part, team captain Rutter was happy to share the credit with Madden and Kelly.

“The money is great, but these champs aren’t here for the money. They’re here for the glory,” he said. “I wanted to bring it home for my team, because they worked so hard and prepared so well and played so well.”

A daring $10,000 bet by Rutter ended up making the contest a lock, Kelly said. A history buff, Rutter said he felt confident enough about the category, Colonial America, to go big. (He knew which war Britain’s 1764 Sugar Act was intended to retroactively pay for. If the answer doesn’t spring to mind, here’s a refresher .)

“Brad and I have probably played against each other more than any two other people in ‘Jeopardy!’ history, but it’s never enough for me,” Jennings said in a statement. “On the one hand, I’m thinking, ‘Just once, can somebody take this guy out in the semis?’ But on the other hand, you want to see how you stack up against the best talent available.”

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Kelly called Rutter’s performance “incredible to watch.” It also made easy work for her in the final round of “Jeopardy!” as she faced a question about constitutional amendments.

“I was assuming I would have to get it right, and it turned out it didn’t matter at all. I was totally in a no-pressure situation,” she said, happily.

The winning teammates boast longtime friendships. Madden and Kelly were quiz-bowl teammates at Princeton, and Rudder and Madden met at a tournament in 2006. Playing as a trio was an “amazing aspect of the whole experience,” Madden said.

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So how will each spend their share of the prize, about $330,000?

Madden said he and his wife will plow some of it into International Academic Competitions, the company they founded that organizes quiz tournaments for schoolchildren worldwide. The investment may eventually allow them to reduce their time on the road building the business and move to a new home, he said.

Kelly and her husband, both with the National Academic Quiz Tournaments company, have travel in mind, as well as updating the house purchased with her earlier “Jeopardy!” winnings and doing what Kelly called the “prudent” thing by saving for retirement.

As for Rutter, an Australian vacation is likely. And he’ll continue to pursue work as an actor in TV commercials and pitch ideas to produce, including a game show and sitcoms.

“So a little bit more for the nest egg, and I can support myself without having to wait tables like everyone else in Hollywood,” he said.

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empoprises · 5 years

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And the Jeopardy! show is for the smart people?

I watch Jeopardy! on DVR delay, so I didn’t see the first installment of the All-Stars tournament. This tournament, which has been hyped for months, began airing on Wednesday February 20.

Now before I get to the puzzling reaction to this All-Star tournament, it’s helpful to review what Jeopardy! is, and what it isn’t.

Jeopardy! is commonly perceived as a show for smart people. This isn’t a simple game where you buy a vowel. This isn’t something where you try to guess a price. And it certainly isn’t a game where you choose between door 1, 2, or 3. Oh, heavens no! Jeopardy! is a challenging game for the mind, where you might be talking about ancient Greek history for one clue, and then about recent British movies for another clue. In fact, Jeopardy! is so tough at times that on at least one occasion, only one of the three contestants made it to Final Jeopardy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8QsClISUW0

Jeopardy’s emphasis on intelligence has, of course, been parodied famously on Saturday Night Live, in which the actor playing Alex Trebek (Will Ferrell) has to deal with celebrity contestants who are NOT on the high end of the IQ scale. If you’ve never seen it, here’s a sample.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImaYMoTi2g8&t=99s

But the real game is, as previously mentioned, a challenging one. And one with an emphasis on lack of certainty - after all, all responses must be in the form of a question.

(What is the Socratic method, Alex?)

Now put Jeopardy! on steroids and assemble teams of All-Stars - people who have been incredibly successful in the past. It appeared that we were in store for a Jeopardy! to outdo all Jeopardys, one that would appeal to the most rabid Jeopardy! fans.

If the anecdotes in USA Today are representative, it doesn’t look like it’s turning out this way.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/02/21/jeopardy-all-stars-debut-isnt-going-over-so-well-twitter/2938585002/

You see, in this case Jeopardy! is being contested by teams, rather than by individuals. So I guess Alex had some ‘splainin’ to do.

The 10-episode tournament, touted as the "Mount Rushmore of 'Jeopardy!'," divides 18 returning champions into six teams of three. The full teams aren't playing directly against each other. Rather, one person from each team will compete in the first round, another will appear in “Double Jeopardy!” and the remaining member will compete in the final round. (After a lengthy introduction, only a single round was played on Wednesday's episode.)

This sudden change in the way that Jeopardy! is usually played resulted in confusion from some individuals - at least those who were quoted at the beginning of the USA Today article. USA Today found a few tweets from people who were completely beside themselves because the actual game play didn’t start within the first couple of minutes like it normally does. Which made them pay attention to the commercials, because there were a lot of commercials before the first category began.

Now I’ll grant that the reactions were anecdotal and not statistical, and therefore may not be representative. But let’s look at one of them anyway (emphasis mine):

So confused about the #JeopardyAllStars format. 8 minutes to go and were not even through round 1!?! Husband and I are in distress!

https://twitter.com/cduddles623/status/1098385147068669958

Um, distress?

In a sense, this bewilderment is understandable. After all, Jeopardy! has been airing in some form or another since March 30, 1964. (Yes, I know that Jeopardy! advertises this year as the 35th anniversary year. What is “Dissing Art Fleming,” Alex?)

But you’d think that Jeopardy! fans could be a little more flexible when the show tries something new.

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