This week’s show in Washington, DC primarily features media figures. While I think I only saw 3 or 4 of the 5 broadcasts, I noted newscasters/writers from both the broadcast networks, cable and print media, almost all of which are notably left of center. Unless I am mistaken there were no guests/players from FOX News or any more conservative leaning news outlets. I also noted a few left-leaning comments by Alex Trebec.
I’ve watched the program for quite a few years and never sensed any political leaning one way or another. Is this something new? Does Alex Alex Trebec make the call w/regard to this particular feature program (Power Player)?
I’m just curious as to how this works and not interested in a political discussion.
Yes. I think it’s partly because they don’t want to embarrass the celebrities and partly because the celebrity winnings go to charity. No one looks good when they have a regular contestant win $20,000 and the celebrity contestant wins $600 for charity.
But how much the celebrity ends with isn’t the amount the charity gets. Those amounts are set in advance. For example, last night Sunny ended up with $0 after Final Jeopardy, but her charity still got $10,000.
Very true, but the ‘don’t want to embarrass the celebrities’ theory still applies. Even if we refrain from guessing that the average celeb contestant is less knowledgeable than the average regular contestant, there’s the “test-wise” factor to be considered: the celebs are often pretty open about not being regular viewers, so they’re not necessarily going to do well with Jeopardy’s quirky question structures.
It wouldn’t be good television to have an entire show of three people standing there not buzzing in. So they make the questions a bit less challenging for the celebrity editions.
Al: $20,005 ($50,000 to his charity)
Ana: $11,000 ($11,000 to her charity)
Sunny: $0 ($10,000 to her charity)
It looks like the charity gets the amount you won, with some minimum amount guaranteed. Which makes Ana’s wager on Final Jeopardy hard to understand. She had $9,800, bet $1,200, and got it right. The minimum for the charity must have been at least $10,000. Bet it all; there is literally nothing to lose and everything to gain.
It didn’t help! Boy, they missed some easy ones. Especially ones in their field! It’s one thing if I don’t know Washington power players and politicians, but these folks sure should.
But, back to the OP, we noticed the pointed lack of FOX news types. It did seem like a deliberate choice. Even with the inclusion of Steele and Ms Log Cabin. Navarro made some anti-Trump joke that didn’t get booed, so the audience must also skew "Lib"eral.
I don’t mind the difficulty level of the questions during the celebrity tournaments, but I wish they’d pick up the pace. The more clues you get through, the more money you could win for your charity; quit the hemming and hawing and pick a clue. Regis Philbin was insufferable for that.
I’ve seen her once or twice on talking-head shows, but wasn’t particularly impressed. Maybe I should give her another chance.
I’m sure they do. The celebrity shows are about giving money to charity and being funny. The pace is slower, and nobody makes daring bets, as they have no personal stake in the final score and don’t want to be embarrassed.
A questionI want answered is why all the female movers and shakers were so pretty. There must be some ordinary looking women of note.
