# Jeopardy! Season 42. It is what it is

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** reality-or-game-show\
**Created:** [August 10, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905 "2025-08-10T14:25:14Z")\
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**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:** [September 10, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/36 "2025-09-10T14:15:33Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Given how Jeopardy!'s audience is aging, they have to do _something_ to appeal to younger people.

[Well, they need to revise their logo, make it appeal to younger people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-changes-logo-and-stock-declines/1022371) And take out some of their “old people like this” decor. What could go wrong?

> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#):
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> The original posts in this thread had me worried but seems whatever changes they added were really subtle.

I was worried, too. Either the reports were exaggerated, or…we haven’t seen the worst of it yet. I suspect the former.

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