Jeopardy in my area is played on Fox, but last night was ABC. And I'm with maggie, though I'd be lucky if I got three!

Rob, Jeopardy! and Jeopardy!GOAT are two separate shows.

Jeopardy! was broadcast as usual on NBC. Jeopardy!GOAT was broadcast on ABC.

Different times, different channels.

Looks like there are a lot of us who get Jeopardy , on a regular basis, on a totally different channels from each other.

;)

Rob, there are two Jeopardy shows this week. :) Which one are you referring to?

Rob is right.....we view daily Jeopardy on ABC in the mid afternoon. Since we live in the Central time zone, this special GOAT Jeopardy is on at 7:00.

I there is confusion, just check with your local listings.

Folks, it will help this confusion if we know/understand that Jeopardy, the every week night show is in syndication. So around the country we may watch it on different networks and different times.

ABC apparently decided to produce the Game of All Time champions show on it's own.

Below copied from the internet...

"Jeopardy!” is a syndicated game show that airs in markets across the country on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and MyTV affiliates.

It is produced by Sony Pictures Television and distributed by CBS Television Distribution, which sells it to ABC owned-and-operated stations in big markets across the country.

Do you think because they're producing it is why the stage is so different? And the music? Kinda threw me for a loop

I watched it....A M A Z I N G ! and...yes....it's on a different channel as Michael said. Yes, Alex's hair is being done differently...makes him look better fans have commented.

Fun to watch. Seems like everything hinges on the contestants knowledge of the category ( James has sports wrapped up) and who gets the daily doubles. However, Brad wasnt in a position to take advantage of the doubles when he got them. I like that Ken, the older person, beat the younger guys!

Alex seems pretty good except his voice is raspy. Hope he somehow miraculously beats this.

My wife just corrected me! How can this be so confusing?. LOL

In central Ohio, the weekly show is on CBS, not NBC.

Jeopardy!GOAT is ONLY on ABC.

Somebody write a clue for this.

LOL Michael! I spend half the year in FL and half the year in NY and a few of my tv shows are on different networks in those states. It surprised me at first - I thought if a show was on NBC it was on NBC. Period. But, not so. And don't talk to me about the third hour or the fourth hour of the Today show. They're on at different times in different states.

And, if you really want to get complicated, try to tell my husband what number the channel is - by the time he gets used to Florida channel numbers he's back in New York and the channel numbers are all different. And anyway, he still knows the channel numbers from New Jersey which is where we spent most of our life living LOL - now we're in FL and NY and he's so screwed up!

According to Alex, he has been wearing a wig due hide the effects from the chemo. Also according to Alex, his voice has been weakened and his pronunciations a bit slurred sometimes due to the chemo causing sores and ulcerations on the inside of his mouth.

He said that some of the filming with James's winning streak last year was pre wig but the latter episodes were filmed with a wig.

As always, he looks wonderful.

Michael, it's not confusing. Daily Jeopardy is a syndicated show. Any local market can buy the broadcasting rights.

This special program series is being produced by ABC and only ABC networks can broadcast it.

Patriciae, I don't read this thread until after J airs here, in case E-Coasters forget. :)

I'm not confused. I watched both shows last evening.

I promise to not spill the beans about who won tonight before everyone has had the opportunity to watch.

Thanks Rose.

I checked in to see it went well. I didn't even consider learning who won. It was sure close though-$200 isn't much. And James didn't get any doubles. Ken is playing really well. It really does come down to the categories. Some of them were totally beyond me-like the rhyming ones and the before and after types. Yipes.

Sad that two well-known contest hosts are so ill. (Jeapardy and Wheel of Fortune -- or Wheel of Greed, as I call it). Of course, both are Senior men.

Odds are low for surviving pancreatic cancer. I know one woman who is surviving years after having radical surgery that removed part of the organ. Hers was a long recovery. She said that surgeons have to remove and re-position almost everything in the body cavity to get AT the pancreas.

I'm never good at the Before and After category and last night was the first time I've seen 3 of them. Before, During and After. Completely confusing and good on the guys for getting them!

Chisue, Pat Sajak is recovering from surgery to remove an intestinal blockage. Serious surgery, but he's apparently recovering well and is expected back on the show next week. I would say Vanna's doing a rather good job taking over for him, and his daughter Maggie is lovely.

Did anyone see the interview with Alex and his wife? They have been married for 29 years, yet she looks to be about 35!! Gorgeous couple, who really seem to love one another. I dont usuaaly watch J, but i have been watching this. I know some answers, back there in my brain, but cant seem to spit them out fast enough. Really feeling it since i turned 60!

Sleeperblues, I'd like to see that. I didn't even get to watch last night's champion show at 8 because we were having high winds and I couldn't get ABC. How did it turn out?

James! His all in DD of $13,000+ was helpful. Brad is struggling.

Yeah, James came roaring back. Fun to watch. I also enjoyed the feature about Brad. I didn’t know he lost so much weight. He looks so much better now. I guess seeing yourself on tv is a good motivator to get in shape.

FYI ages of the 3

Brad 41

Ken 45

James 36

Sleeperblues, I saw the interview with Alex and his wife, as well as the behind-the-scenes special last week. That's where I learned about the Champion series.

Brad isn't as quick on the buzzer as the others, which is too bad. I'd like to see him rack up more points.

Wouldn't it be fun if the others "let' him win tonite so that each of them would be a winner??? That would make the tournament extend to find the winner!

Did Brad break another Jeopardy record last night? The biggest score.....on the minus side of the board? My husband said that he is just coming for the snacks at this point!

James was commanding, wasn't he? I'm so impressed with the speed of this contest. I can usually get those obscure "before and after" type of answers, but these guys are way too fast for me.

This contest has been super fun for us, I'll be sorry when it's over.

Brad mentioned when asked that his recall is not as good as it used to be.
We all know what that is like.
If I were on that show, I would not get much sleep.

This special Jeopardy is part of the good programming I wish we had more of. I learn so much.

Brad has been playing Jeopardy a long time, he was, I think 22 on his first go-round! And he’s done a lot of tournaments since then.

When James gets on a roll, no one else can buzz in, he’s amazing. And he is so quick with the Before During Afters, those take me forever! Agile brains, those guys.

I don't remember Brad even though last night I found out he lived in my area. I'm for James all the way. Ken only won because James got no daily doubles the day before. Those two have razor-sharp minds but James is a tad smarter.

I don't watch the show but my wife had it on last night when I was walking through the room and so I lingered to watch. Such smart and mentally nimble guys with recall of obscure facts or the ability to do mental gymnastics in seconds with the clever questions. I was very impressed. I wonder how much time and what means are used to prepare to be on the show or if such brainiacs like to devour mountains of wide ranging information as a normal thing in their lives. I suspect it may be a little of both.

James is a creepy looking guy, especially when he smiles. Does he have an under-bite or perhaps he simply doesn't know how to smile? It's almost as if he's borderline sociopathic but perhaps purposefully doing certain things he was coached to do, to seem more normal?

"James is a creepy looking guy, especially when he smiles. Does he have an under-bite or perhaps he simply doesn't know how to smile? It's almost as if he's borderline sociopathic but perhaps purposefully doing certain things he was coached to do, to seem more normal?"

Bingo! I've said all along that he is odd and has a really weird smile.

I have found that the final question is many times one I can answer. I did last night. I live in an historic town in Virginia and the 1700, 1800, 19c time frame in history is all around us. James Madison does lectures during the year throughout his administration. We get a copy of the newspaper on that lecture day and talk at dinner concerning the all the news. There are pics of us together and he is a short guy. Dolly must have been tiny.

I suspect that James is on the autism spectrum, but i have no training in that field and it's just an UNEDUCATED guess

I felt proud I knew the final answer but not too many of the other questions. James is different but I like him.

They are all so knowledgeable. Rutter has won a lot of championships over the years. I was impressed by Ken's knowledge of quotes from very obscure literature. You have to read and retain some old stuff for that. These people must soak up stuff. I like James a lot. He is a devoted father and family man. He is very religious and donates a ton of money to charity. He does math in his head at warp speed.

James is a professional sports gambler. Maybe he is used to keeping information to himself? When he seems to be mulling the answer I think he Knows. I have seen other contestants do the. sometimes people don't like people who always have the answer.

I like all three.

I am so impressed by not only these three contestants but anyone who makes it onto jeopardy.

I’m better at final jeopardy because I actually have a moment to think. I feel my mind is in s_l_o_w motion when I watch these amazing people but I enjoy it anyway.

Wow, I'm surprised at some of the comments. James is my favorite contestant the longer he is on the show the more personable he gets. but it is that way with all the contestants on any of the shows. I can't even begin to guess how crazy it would be to be on a tv show. I suppose these guys have had their share of online judgmental trolls. But given how smart they are and how much money they have won they likely don't care. Anyway I aM looking foward to tonight's show.

My favorite is James,also. I was really rooting for him to win last night.

It was interesting to learn some about his family history. I didn't realize he has Japanese ancestry. Very touching how he spoke of his grandmother.

I think James is just an introvert kind of guy and is a bit uncomfortable in front of the camera. It doesn't love everyone.

Do you think James threw the Final Jeopardy question? I know they all got it wrong, even Ken got only half the answer right, but still. Nah, James wouldn’t do that . . . Would he? He does some crazy things!

I love James, and am really offended at being called an online troll. Nothing wrong with being on the spectrum anyway, you judgmental troll

Canada gets to vote on who's picture should appear on the new $5.00 bill and Alex Trebek is being highly suggested.

Personally I thought when James finally lost when he was seemingly unbeatable he threw it. My husband and I don’t on that. (Either! LOL)

It was odd that he appeared to do rather "poorly" (for him!) last night.

He lost a major double jeopardy and coming back from that was going to be nigh on impossible. He bets big. Sometimes it doesn't work out. I am finding it interesting the effect these guys have on each other. Ken Jennings has never bet big but obviously he cant win against James unless he does. James normally didn't guess. Occasionally he was wrong but he thought he knew the answer. He is guessing which Brad Rutter does. It has worked for Brad in the past.

I always yell at the women in the shows to bet big-women tend to be cautious but It isn't money until you win and James is the king of that statement. I suspect he will have the biggest long term effect on the show.

I think James was totally astonished last night when he got the answer wrong to a Double Jeopardy question and lost everything. He had $5,000 and Ken and Brad had $0 - and it was funny when Alex told him that he was now tied with Ken and Brad. Then, in the Double Jeopardy round, James didn't select either of the two Double Jeopardy questions, so he really had no chance of winning that game at all.

I'm hoping that Ken wins the tournament.

These guys must have some degree of photographic or eidetic memory, similar to Merilu Henner.

Eidetic memory gets you started but you have to have lightening fast recall and with James that astonishing warp speed math ability. He makes little personal statements with his bets which makes for fancy arithmetic.

They showed replays tonight of (at least) the second and the third days shows. I originally missed the second days show, so I was glad to see that one.. But when the third days show came on, I found I remembered nearly every answer from Thursday, except the category on writer's that start with "I" and two or three that came on while I was out of the room. The rest I knew, even faster than the three contestants, and remembered many before the clue was even revealed, and many times even remembered things like: "this one James misses and Ken gets the right answer", or Brad gets both Double Jeopardy's and comments "You're welcome" to Ken. Or Remembered both Ken's wrong answer for Final Jeopardy and the correct answer.