Long-time Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek was admitted into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California yesterday after he suffered from a mild heart attack.
Jeopardy! and Todd Newton won Daytime Emmy Awards earlier this evening during the 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The awards program was broadcasted on HLN. This is Jeopardy's thirteenth Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show and Todd Newton's first Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host.
In this week’s article, I am going to try something
new: game show updates in 200 characters or less. Needless to say, I was
inspired by Twitter to create this new feature article. There’s a good chance
that “News In A Flash” will replace the “EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About It” game
show update articles, but we’ll see how this goes. Check it out!
GSN will be airing a marathon of Match Game and Family Feud episodes featuring Richard Dawson at his finest on Thursday, June 7 starting at 7:00pm EST. Here is the schedule of shows that will be featured during the special tribute:
Richard
Dawson died Saturday evening at the age of 79 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA
Medical Center. Dawson suffered from complications of esophageal cancer. Gary Dawson,
Richard’s son, announced his death via Facebook. "It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my father passed away [Saturday] evening from complications due to esophageal cancer. He was surrounded by his family. He was an amazing talent, a loving husband, a great dad and a doting grandfather. He will be missed but always remembered," Gary Dawson wrote on his Facebook page.
Teen Tournament champion Elyse
Mancuso with Alex Trebek.
In this week's article, I'm going to highlight some of the most interesting and most memorable game show moments that occurred during the month of May. This month's game show highlight compilation include clips from shows such as Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, the Australian and American versions of The Price Is Right, and Blockbusters. Enjoy!