# Jeopardy! 2022-23 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [September 12, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442 "2022-09-12T14:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 79
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1562 "2023-12-29T04:56:41Z")
By now my guess is that the episodes now airing were taped after the writers’ strike ended. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1563 "2023-12-29T15:43:50Z")
That sounds right. I don’t know what the lag is now, but my episode, taped in March 2006, aired in July. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1564 "2023-12-29T17:24:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I see…second chance tournaments for contestants that lost in the second chance tournament. 🙂 They really _could_ keep going forever. Not only sixth and seventh and eighth-chance tournaments, but Second Chance for people from twenty and thirty years ago. Go, Seniors! > [@Procrustus](#): > > But the show has tons of money. Many tons. I suppose everyone always wants more, but they’re not just scraping by, I’m sure. Sure, there’s money being made by _Jeopardy!_. But **every** producer wants to be known for making even MORE money, whether by saving on production costs or getting the ratings up or both. It’s very career-enhancing to become known for that. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1565 "2023-12-29T17:32:47Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > During the contestant interviews, it’s occasionally been mentioned that the second chance and Champions Wildcard group consisted, in large part, of those people who were willing to answer a phone call from an unknown number. What they may not be mentioning is that the group also consists of those former contestants who were willing to play despite the strike. Good points. Selection-by-willingness-to-answer-unknown-number must be being studied somewhere, likely in connection with political polling. There probably is a definite psychological profile attached. As for the strike situation: it may be rationalizing, but somehow I don’t associate ‘coming up with a trivia question’ with ‘writing an episode of _Succession_.’ I mean, both are skills. And I can imagine how difficult it is for the Jeopardy staff to come up with two boards of thirty questions each, per show, given that nowadays they are expected to theme those questions in a way that will elicit surprise and pleasure. But technically, they don’t HAVE to do the cute theming; they just need sixty trivia questions. The writing skill involved in coming up with sixty questions certainly differs from the writing skill involved in writing that cable-drama episode. I’m sorry to seem dismissive or lacking in proper respect, but I guess to some extent…I am. Anyway, if the Jeopardy staff IS covered by the new strike-won rules (do we know that?), I hope they made out well. And I apologize to them, if they are covered by the new rules, for having watched the show all this time. (If they’re NOT covered by whatever was won in the strike, then…well, I wish them well anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1566 "2023-12-29T17:54:10Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Interesting. But why couldn’t new-to-the-game contestants have answered the exact same written-awhile-ago questions? How would that have violated the writers’ strike in a way that having former contestants do so, did not? Don’t forget, other unions, including SAG-AFTRA, Directors Guild, Producers Guild, and Teamsters supported the Writers strike. Would Ken (or Mayim) have crossed a picket line? Would the director? So production was effectively shut down. The fastest way to get things up and running was to use old questions while writing new ones, and to reuse old contestants while selecting new ones. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1567 "2023-12-29T18:02:30Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > The fastest way to get things up and running was to use old questions while writing new ones, and to reuse old contestants while selecting new ones. Makes sense. (But I bet it saved money as compared with the ‘standard practice when no strikes exist’ way of doing things.) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1568 "2023-12-29T21:36:34Z")
If saving money was the primary objective, wouldn’t repeating shows from years ago been the most cost effective? [only half joking] I think it would have been fun if they could have got a bunch of the players that Ken Jennings beat during his run and gave them a second chance. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1569 "2023-12-29T23:36:43Z")
If they got rid of all the tournaments, and never spoke of them again, would anyone be nostalgic for them? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1570 "2023-12-30T17:51:44Z")
I tend to like the tournaments (including the newly-invented ones) because at least we viewers have some assurance that the players won’t freeze as often or decline to ring in for numerous questions in a row (as can happen with new players, or at least can happen more frequently). In other words, to my mind, the gameplay is more interesting in the tournaments. But on the other hand, a policy of ‘no new players ever’ would deprive us of the possibility of being surprised by someone really out of the ordinary. (One hopes in a _good_ way!) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1571 "2024-01-11T22:03:07Z")
It’s 2024, do we need a new thread? Or perhaps a new title for this one? At any rate, today’s Jeopardy had perhaps the 3 highest pre-final-jeopardy scores that I can recall. Certainly, it’s not often that a score of $15,000 finishes in 3rd place. The other two scores were $18,200 and $19,000. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1572 "2024-01-15T03:19:25Z")
There _is_ a thread for the current season. > [@Jeopardy! Season 40](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/21): > > I think I heard that will start up in December. ETA: I found this: Unless the show decides to wait until the new year, fresh clues and post-strike episodes could begin as soon as Tuesday, December 19. The Season 39 “postseason” will begin at that point before segueing to kick off Season 40. The postseason is comprised of Season 39 Second Chance, Season 39 Champions Wildcard, and the Tournament of Champions. Looks like it’s been abandoned since October and everyone went back to this one. I hadn’t noticed until just now. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1573 "2024-01-16T14:25:57Z")
Well, since this isn’t really a “season” we’re enduring, we can keep this one. 🙂 Yes, I just watch the games and don’t care about the players\*, but still - what exactly is the format for this championship? Normal championships have a structure. We know how it plays out. Round 1, round 2, semi finals, finals. They end! But this, every time I think they’re done, the start over with some new second chance people. It’s like a Twilight Zone nightmare episode! We keep having THE Second Chance Championship. over and over and over… \*But I am glad that doofus on our left lost two true DDs. I hate it when they get “characters” on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1574 "2024-01-16T15:32:42Z")
I think the strike has made it hard to accept new people and so they are doing the best that they can? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1575 "2024-01-16T15:43:58Z")
But the contestants aren’t in the union! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1576 "2024-01-16T16:03:51Z")
I’m surprised that last night’s FJ was a triple-stumper. I guess no one remembers Paul Robeson. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1577 "2024-01-16T16:34:27Z")
Once I got my head beyond musicals (“Ol’ Man River”) I figured it out before time was up. Whether I could have done it on stage is another question entirely. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1578 "2024-01-16T16:39:59Z")
A bunch of past champions did not want to participate in the Tournament of Champions while writers were on strike. Now that the strike has ended (October 9, 2023) , not sue when we will get “new” episodes, this article says February: > **[When Will 'Jeopardy!' Return to Normal After Writers' Strike?](https://www.tvinsider.com/1106237/jeopardy-when-will-show-return-to-normal-after-writers-strike/)** > > Plus, what new agreement means for Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik. Brian ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1579 "2024-01-16T23:46:35Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > \*But I am glad that doofus on our left lost two true DDs. I hate it when they get “characters” on the show. YES! In both games the excruciating showboating during the intros was bad enough, then he seemed to me to be projecting a vibe of “got this sucker in the bag” cockiness. All hat and no cattle as it turned out. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1580 "2024-01-17T03:10:43Z")
What _slightly_ annoys me about the current, endless round of tournaments is that they start on Tuesdays and end on Mondays, with the two-game finals on Friday and Monday. Their old tournaments were set up to last over two weeks, starting on Monday and ending on Friday the following week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=78)