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What is “ I am so in”?

 

ABC takes viewers inside the longest-running quiz show in American history in the one-hour special "What is Jeopardy!? Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show" airing Thursday, Jan. 2 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST), on ABC.

Hosted by ABC News anchor Michael Strahan, the special features unprecedented behind-the-scenes access and an exclusive interview at home with Alex Trebek and his wife, Jean.

Throughout the special, viewers will experience "Jeopardy!" like never before as cameras go backstage with Trebek while he prepares for back-to-back show tapings, travels cross-country with producers IN SEARCH OF new contestants and looks back at the most iconic ones. Plus, in a rare sit-down interview with the legendary host, Trebek reflects on his recent cancer diagnosis, the impact he's had on American culture and the legacy he leaves behind.

 

 

 

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Trebek has a 2-hour show on REELZ (238 on Direct) this Sunday night at 7 Central called Game Changers about various other show hosts. 

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I think James. Weren't there all these articles that came out during his run about how he was the best ever at the buzzer? His game to lose unless he fucks up, IMO.

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  On 1/8/2020 at 2:03 AM, StruggleBus said:
Love seeing Ken win that. Still think James probably wins, but Ken was nails in the first round tonight

Yeah it seems like a lot of things went right for Ken and he still only won by 200. James is just a machine.
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  On 1/8/2020 at 2:28 AM, tokamak said:


Yeah it seems like a lot of things went right for Ken and he still only won by 200. James is just a machine.

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Sort of. Ken didn’t make a huge wager at the end of game #1, so that left James in shouting distance. A bigger wager in FJ1 and this isn’t close day 1. 
 

Brad had a forgettable day 1. Don’t count him out yet. 

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Wow, that was fantastic.  I really hope this goes the full 7 games.

Ken was really impressive, especially during the first DJ.  Rutter seems like he's lost a step on the buzzer and also had the most misses.  Obviously missing all the DDs just killed him.  He really came on strong though in the second DJ after the DD misses.  I wouldn't count him out just yet.

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I read an article stating the champion will be determined by who wins three of these two game “matches,” which are played out (as scheduled) over three nights. So, unless one guy wins every match this week... and we now know that “one guy” must be Jennings for that to happen... either Ken sweeps or we extend the “tournament.” 

And I just got clarity from the NYT I didn’t get in the first article I read:

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The matches, which were prerecorded, airs again on Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern time, 7 Central and Mountain and 8 Pacific. It will continue into next week if no one wins three matches this week.

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And since it’s all prerecorded, (even additional matches), the result is known and the above news about the oddsmakers still makes sense.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/arts/television/jeopardy-greatest.html

(Not a spoiler, it’s the NYT article on the show that already aired.)

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No way I'm expanding your second quote. It always blows my mind that there are people out there that want to spoil shit like this for themselves.

I don't really understand the scoring, though. Why is it two matches = one point? Why not just do a point per match? For example Brad was already in such a deep hole after game 1 last night that he had virtually no chance of winning the night overall.

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  On 1/8/2020 at 1:11 PM, tokamak said:

No way I'm expanding your second quote. It always blows my mind that there are people out there that want to spoil shit like this for themselves.

I don't really understand the scoring, though. Why is it two matches = one point? Why not just do a point per match? For example Brad was already in such a deep hole after game 1 last night that he had virtually no chance of winning the night overall.

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They are playing tournament final rules - hence the 2 combined games = 1 win.

They are doing it because a single game is still very luck based because of the DDs. With these guys 1 well timed DD can end a single game quickly. But play this over 2 games and you distribute 6 DDs over 4 rounds, there is a lot more variation.

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  On 1/8/2020 at 1:11 PM, tokamak said:
No way I'm expanding your second quote. It always blows my mind that there are people out there that want to spoil shit like this for themselves.

I don't really understand the scoring, though. Why is it two matches = one point? Why not just do a point per match? For example Brad was already in such a deep hole after game 1 last night that he had virtually no chance of winning the night overall.

Maybe brad should go back to old school starting at the top instead of DD hunting and let a real man like james hunt for DDs

 

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Looking at J archive this morning, it's apparent how much missing the DDs killed Brad.  3 of his 4 misses were DDs.

Game 1

James  20 right, 0 wrong
Ken       29 right (1 DD), 0 wrong
Brad      10 right (1 DD), 2 wrong (1 DD)

Game 2

James  19 right, 2 wrong
Ken       19 right (1 DD), 5 wrong
Brad      18 right, 2 wrong (2 DD)

It also looks like Ken had the buzzer working the 1st game and Brad didn't.  The 2nd game was more even in that respect.

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