Well, nothing actually buzzes.
All you all should check out the “Inside Jeopardy!” podcast presented by Buzzy Cohen.
And some people call it a “clicker” but it doesn’t click either.
I agree that “signaling device” is a little high faulting, but I can’t come up with anything better. Anybody have a suggestion? Not that the producers read this forum.
Everyone would understand what “buzzer” means and it’s quick to say, not like “pick up your signaling devices.”
Shouldn’t that be Signalling Devicey Cohen? 
He’s been the best so far, but I think he was robbed and he would have won against the latest group easy.
I always wonder why they don’t call it a ‘button’. Technically, the buzzer would be a speaker somewhere on stage that emits a buzzing (or whatever) sound. The thing the contestants are holding is pretty clearly a button.
Interesting Slate piece on the producers’ plans to expand the Jeopardy! empire. I agree with most of the writer’s points. I enjoyed the Masters Tournament, but I’m not sure I will be able to drum up much interest in the rest of the stuff they are planning.
Now, following Trebek’s death in late 2020, the show’s leadership has undertaken deeper changes to the Jeopardy! mystique. The producers seek to escape the limited confines of early-evening syndication, becoming bigger, more versatile, and closer to the heat of American discourse. In practice, that means that Jeopardy! now brandishes all sorts of gimmicks to foster a sense of perpetual spectacle, as if the old half-hour and an enticing Egyptology category can no longer stand on their own. Whether that’s sacrilegious or long overdue for America’s most beloved game show will likely depend on your own mileage. Mine, lately, has gotten a little spent.
I noticed that they’re greatly expanding the reach of Jeopardy!, what with various excuses for prime-time tournaments to a podcast and so forth. I almost expect a Jeopardy! themed hotel at Las Vegas.
Sure. But who wants to pick the $2000 room?
I was surprised to see a clue with a correct response of “What is the Mediterranean?” because they’re always asking about these specific named regions of the Mediterranean like the Adriatic or the Aegean.
I always wonder, because I’ve never seen this happen–if they were going for “what is the Adriatic” or “what is the Aegean,” if you rang in with “what is the Mediterranean,” would that get you a “be more specific,” or just an immediate incorrect ruling? I mean, Croatia’s coastline is on the Mediterranean, right? That’s not wrong.
I like it when Mayim hosts, I can get the dishes done and nott feel like I missed anything, especially with the caliber of contestants this week. I’m usually back before final.
I, too, enjoyed the Masters Tournament, but I have to admit, an hour in primetime plus the regular syndicated show is a lot of Jeopardy for one day. I felt the same way during the primetime Celebrity Tournament. I think they’re risking a bit of Jeopardy burnout among the fanbase if they’re not careful.
After the Masters, regular play seems pretty boring. The clues are easier, but even so, the ordinary players manage to get a lot wrong or are triple-stumped. And they’re much more cautious (read: boring) with DD betting.
The game after Ben Chan lost was one of the worst ever, with three dull, low-energy players. The rest of the games that week weren’t much better.
In the effort to expand the franchise, Jeopardy’s producers are making the show that should be their flagship look bad. I think the farther they go, the more they’re going to alienate their core audience.
They may bring new people into the new shows, but they won’t convert many of them to viewers of the daily show: “too boring!” And long-time daily fans, who obviously value the routine of the regular show, may be turned off by what they see as the cheapening of the brand.
Here’s a gift link to a recent NYT article about the expansion of the Jeopardy! franchise beyond the daily show and the champions’ tournaments. They say the second chance tournament has been successful, for example. I just hope that they don’t over expose the show like Who Wants to be a Millionaire did with their long run of nightly shows.
Celebrities Are Just the Start of the Expanding ‘Jeopardy!’-verse Celebrities Are Just the Start of the Expanding ‘Jeopardy!’-verse - The New York Times
I finally watched the Master’s Tournament and I just want to brag that I actually knew the final jeopardy answer that they all missed. ( So, OK, I did take an English course called Arthurian Literature in college but that was cough:40:cough years ago.}
I actually didn’t know that the show had a regular, non-nightly version for the longest time. I thought it was just something that they’d run as a special for a little while at a time.
I don’t think overexposure killed “Millionaire,” though that might have been a part of it. To me, what killed “Millionaire” was the extended commentary by contestants.
“Well, Regis, my first thought was answer A, but the more I think about it, both B and C could be correct. B because bla-de-bla, and C because bla-de-bla. But A has bla-de-bla to its credit. Hmm. Yanno, thinking about it, I’m gonna go with— No. Regis, can I phone a friend?”
Back to the thread about Jeopardy. I’m back in Toronto at least once a year. If I walk into a pub and find that pub trivia is happening, I’ll happily join in. Unless Mattea is playing. That woman is dangerous when it comes to trivia!
She was particularly annoying tonight. Everything was so fucking amusing to her.
Yeah, she just cracks right up when someone finds a Daily Double.
Is it just me or have the intro tid-bits seem lamer than ever? One woman a few days ago told a spellbinding tale of how she once had a job that required her to make “maple taffy” by dripping maple syrup onto ice.
Also, these mini-bios seem to be lasting much longer than they used to.
mmm
Yeah. I said to my wife that they are going to have to adopt the Academy Awards tactic of play-off music.