‘Wheel Of Fortune’ & ‘Jeopardy!’ Have Been Renewed Until 2020

Huss Buss · Postby **Huss Buss** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 9:37 pm

wags83 wrote:Source of the post How much has he won total over this run so far?

https://www.cbs58.com/news/jeopardy-con ... -continues

over $851,000 now 12 days

Blue Jackets · Postby **Blue Jackets** » Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:29 am

'Jeopardy' Wasn't Designed for a Contestant Like James Holzhauer
Jennings was extremely valuable to Jeopardy in this regard, but with average winnings of about $34,000 an episode, he was a bargain compared with Holzhauer, who’s averaging roughly $71,000. In fact, if reports of Trebek’s salary are indeed correct, Holzhauer is currently outearning even the show’s host on a per-episode basis—though, of course, he has a bit less job security.

There's 46 tape days a year
5 episodes are filmed per day (usually). 5 X 46 = 230 episodes per year
The article says Trebek makes 10 million per year.
10,000,000/230 = $43,478 per episode for Trebek

'Jeopardy!' Legend Ken Jennings on James Holzhauer: 'It's Absolutely Insane'
"I remember showing up at the Sony parking garage to play in the morning after my games had started running. That was the only time that Jeopardy! contestants could show up and see the returning champion be the person they saw on TV. I would show up, and their faces would just fall. Honestly, that’s a huge part of the streak: People thinking Well, I can’t beat this guy. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy."

Imagine finally getting on Jeopardy, showing up and seeing that you're facing a guy you've seen on TV for weeks, breaking records and dominating every game.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:56 am

I started recording these on Friday with Youtube TV. I forgot YT TV could do that until bmyoungs told me he was doing the same thing.

wags83 · Postby **wags83** » Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:02 am

We actually caught part of Friday's episode when we were at my parents' house. It's crazy how much he dominated the other 2 contestants.

bmyoungs · Postby **bmyoungs** » Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:59 pm

He's over a million in 14 games. $1,061,554. Tonight looked like it could be close and the two losers had reasonable scores at 16k each. Too bad he only beat them by 100k

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Huss Buss · Postby **Huss Buss** » Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:48 pm

bmyoungs wrote:Source of the post He's over a million in 14 games. $1,061,554. Tonight looked like it could be close and the two losers had reasonable scores at 16k each. Too bad he only beat them by 100k

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hahaha.. so does Jeopardy get so much money in ads that they can easily keep paying him out?

bmyoungs · Postby **bmyoungs** » Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:57 pm

Huss Buss wrote:
bmyoungs wrote:Source of the post He's over a million in 14 games. $1,061,554. Tonight looked like it could be close and the two losers had reasonable scores at 16k each. Too bad he only beat them by 100k

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hahaha.. so does Jeopardy get so much money in ads that they can easily keep paying him out?

Obviously they have a prize budget and he has likely blown that out of the water. I wonder how far in advance they sell ad space and will they say 20 episodes from now (which may already be filmed) James is still on and ratings are insane ad prices are triple.

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Blue Jackets · Postby **Blue Jackets** » Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:07 am

‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant James Holzhauer Flies Past $1 Million Total Mark in 14th Consecutive Win

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:23 am

I read these stories in the morning and think "I need to watch when I get home!" and then at night I forget it was recorded because I never go into YT TV

bmyoungs · Postby **bmyoungs** » Wed Apr 24, 2019 11:56 pm

Only had 73k tonight and he got mocked for it by Alex

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Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:35 am

I once again forgot to watch this.

Wow Alex! That is mean and hilarious.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:50 pm

I remembered to watch. I think we watched 3 of them. This dude is smart and goofy.

bmyoungs · Postby **bmyoungs** » Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:43 pm

He only won be $18 tonight! Second place had $54k

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Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:36 am

bmyoungs wrote:He only won be $18 tonight! Second place had $54k

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Wow, that's big for 2nd. Too bad that 2nd place guy won't have another shot at him

Corey · Postby **Corey** » Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:31 am

Tyler wrote:
bmyoungs wrote:He only won be $18 tonight! Second place had $54k

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Wow, that's big for 2nd. Too bad that 2nd place guy won't have another shot at him

They also only get $2,000 which would really suck

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:06 pm

Just watched the $18 win. Wow!! 2nd place guy must have been so nervous when it seemed like he was going to win.

bmyoungs · Postby **bmyoungs** » Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:27 pm

Tyler wrote:Just watched the $18 win. Wow!! 2nd place guy must have been so nervous when it seemed like he was going to win.

He looked so nervous as soon as he hit that big double Jeopardy

Tonight's game was not even remotely close 98k to 5k

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Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Wed May 01, 2019 8:14 am

bmyoungs wrote:Source of the post He looked so nervous as soon as he hit that big double Jeopardy

Oh yeah. Very good game.

I feel silly that I always thought Jeopardy was a daytime show, not evening. We watch it off YT TV while getting ready for dinner and have been watching a 23 hour old episode. We must be watching JUST before the new one airs.

Huss Buss · Postby **Huss Buss** » Wed May 01, 2019 5:51 pm

Corey wrote:Source of the post
Tyler wrote:
bmyoungs wrote:He only won be $18 tonight! Second place had $54k

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Wow, that's big for 2nd. Too bad that 2nd place guy won't have another shot at him
They also only get $2,000 which would really suck

that does suck! I thought they got what they all won, like wheel of fortune

Huss Buss · Postby **Huss Buss** » Fri May 03, 2019 9:16 pm

Holzhauer’s 21st victory adds $80,615 to his wallet and skyrockets his total earnings up to $1,608,627. He’s surpassed Julia Collins’ 20-game winning streak from 2014. Now, the only “Jeopardy!” champ left in his crosshairs is the notorious Ken Jennings.

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