Jeopardy’s 2017 Teachers Tournament $100,000 Finals Begins Tonight

Much like every Jeopardy! tournament, this one did not disappoint. Jeopardy’s 2017 Teachers Tournament will soon come to a close within the next two days as we have reached the competition’s two-day finals beginning today. David Clemmons, an 11th grade U.S. history teacher from Fort Worth, TX; Nan Cohen, a high school English teacher from Van Nuys, CA; and Mary Parker, a high school French and English teacher from Rogers, AK., are the three finalists who will be playing for the $100,000 grand prize plus a spot in the show’s annual Tournament of Champions on today’s and Friday’s shows. This year’s teacher’s tournament has been incredible to watch from the start of last Monday’s first quarterfinal game. In the eight games played thus far, we have yet to see a runaway game, where a contestant mathematically eliminated their opponents heading into Final Jeopardy by posting an insurmountable score. Even Alex Trebek has praised the overall superb performance of gameplay throughout the two-week event by saying at the top of yesterday’s episode, “[T]he quality of play in this year’s Teachers Tournament has been exceptional – much better than any tournament I can recall in recent memory.”

December 2016 Game Show Highlights

Rather than attempting to cram all of the late-arriving December moments into my annual quasi-reader-selected top 10 countdown list, today’s article is dedicated to listing the top December highlights (as well as some honorable mentions) that will not be featured in the aforementioned end-of-the-year list. Some of the top December moments include yesterday’s incredibly quick $100,000 win on The Price Is Right, Channel 4’s Deal or No Deal crowning its ninth £250,000 winner, Timothy Howe winning the first (and more than likely last) season of GSN’s Window Warriors and the latest Countdown champion.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #99

This week's update article will take a look at the some of the latest US and international game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Highlights include a monumental win on Millionaire last week, a new game show debuting on NBC Sports Network, pending premieres of two of ABC’s hit summer game shows, The Wall receiving an early preview date and some of the latest game show ratings.

“Jeopardy” 2016 Teen Tournament Begins November 9

After taking a two-year hiatus, the show’s Teen Tournament returns this week with fifteen whiz kids competing for a chance to win $100,000. The two-week event will be held in Washington D.C. at DAR Constitution Hall, making it the second time in four years the show has held the tourney at the historic venue. The 2014 tournament was quite memorable when Alan Koolik and Jeff Xie tied with $54,200 each at the end of the of the second day of the finals and the game was decided by a tense, tie-breaking clue. Xie buzzed in with the correct response and won the $75,000 top prize. The winner of this year’s tournament receives $100,000; second place earns $50,000; third place takes home $25,000; and the semifinalists and quarterfinalists will respectively leave with $10,000 and $5,000. One of these fifteen contenders listed below will emerge victorious and $100,000 richer on November 22. 

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #97

This week's update article will take a look at the some of the latest US and international game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Highlights include a Chaser setting a new record on The Chase, BBC's Make Me An Egghead wrapping up its first series by adding two new Eggheads to the program, the upcoming College online audition test for Jeopardy!, a comedic UK game show headed to MTV in less than a month and some of the latest game show ratings.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #96

It's time once again to quickly peruse through of some of the latest headlines in the world US and international game shows. This week's update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Highlights include fall season premieres of prominent CBS Daytime game shows, Match Game's first season finale, Millionaire returning to India after a two-year hiatus, the dates for Jeopardy's online audition tests and some of the latest game show ratings.

Top 10 2016 Summer Game Show Moments

Since today marks the season premiere of many syndicated game shows in US, including Millionaire spending its 15th syndicated season in Las Vegas, today's article will highlight the top 10 game show moments that have occurred from late May to early September. Some of the highlighted moments include the return of Mastermind in New Zealand, The Price Is Right's primetime specials, Millionaire Hot Seat giving away its million-dollar grand prize for the first time in the show's seven-year existence and Channel 4's Fifteen To One crowning two series champions.

STAY TUNED Fall Edition: New Seasons Of Daytime & Syndicated Game Shows Begin September 12

As we are only less than a month away from summer officially coming to an end, today’s article will focus on the veteran game shows that will be returning to television networks in September with new episodes. Next week, I’ll be reviewing the highs and lows of a few game shows that have aired this summer in the US and UK. For now, let’s take a look at what’s in store this year for shows including Family Feud, Celebrity Name Game and Wheel of Fortune.

UPDATE: The Price Is Right will unveil a new pricing game during the show's premiere week and Let's Make A Deal debuts its eighth season on CBS Daytime on September 19 with "Mega Deal Week". 

“Jeopardy!” Power Players Week Begins May 16

As this year’s Teachers Tournament comes to a close today with either Kaberi Chakrabarty, Jill Gilbert or Jason Sterlacci winning $100,000, we begin to turn our focus to Jeopardy’s Power Players Week. The veteran syndicated game show marks its second week at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. with 15 of the most influential political and comedic news-making media figures competing in five games. The winner of each game will receive a minimum of $50,000 to their charity and the runner-ups earning $10,000. Listed below is the schedule of who’s playing who next week as well as which charity they are representing. 

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #91

This week's quick update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's highlights include Ken Jennings competing on 500 Questions, the Daytime Emmy Award and Webby Award winners,  the first $100,000 winner of the 33rd season of Wheel of Fortune and Match Game returning to ABC this summer.

“Jeopardy!” 2016 Teachers Tournament Begins Monday, May 2

This year’s edition of the syndicated show’s annual Teachers Tournament is set to kickoff tomorrow. Once more, 15 of the brightest educators in the nation face each other in a two-week competition to see who will emerge victorious as the $100,000 champion and earning the esteemed privilege of playing in the next Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. Take a look at who will be facing whom during the first week of the tournament in the schedule below and head to Jeopardy.com for more information about the event and this year’s contenders.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #89

This week's quick update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's news highlights include an NPR interview featuring Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, a "groovy" new episode of Idiotest, BuzzFeed checking out the set of the upgraded temple in Legends of The Hidden Temple and an international network adapting its own version of the Who's Still Standing? game show format.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #88

This week's quick update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's news highlights include ABC 7 taking a sneak peek of the Jeopardy! set in Washington D.C., Logo's new game show premiering tonight, The Price Is Right revealing the mistakes made in a special episode earlier this month, Idiotest returning this week and Hasbro searching for the next great board game.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #87

Today's article will be taking a glance at some the latest game show updates from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's news highlights include a couple more television markets broadcasting BUZZR on its affiliate stations, BBC's Mastermind crowning a new series champion on Friday's show, Legends of The Hidden Temple briefing returning to a Pennsylvanian museum and the star-studded roster of contestants to compete on "Power Players Week" on Jeopardy!.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #86

Today's article will be highlighting some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's updates include Bob Eubanks giving local Minnesota contestants a chance to win big money this week, Game Show Theory breaking down the logistics to strategically winning a tough end game to a 1970s/1980s game show, what Alex Trebek does to prepare for and during a day of taping Jeopardy! and a lifelong game show fan creating her own game show in her living room.

“Jeopardy!” To Film Teachers Tournament Finals, Teen Tournament and Power Players Week in Washington D.C. in April

All this month, Jeopardy! is giving away free tickets for the upcoming tapings of the show’s Teachers Tournament semifinals and finals, Teen Tournament and fourth Power Players Week, which will be filmed in DAR Constitution Hall. The Teachers Tournament will be partly presented by Farmers Insurance in affiliation with the Farmers Insurance Thank America’s Teachers program and will have 15 trivia-savvy teachers compete in a two-week tourney for $100,000 and a spot in the Tournament of Champions. The two-week Teen Tournament has 15 smart students vying for $75,000. Finally, the fourth Power Players Week will feature 15 of the most influential newsmakers, political figures, journalists and other prominent media figures competing against each other for their respective charities. Go to ticketmaster.com for information on how to obtain your free tickets and to WJLA.com for parking information. Listed below are event taping schedules, ticket availability and air dates.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #85

This week's article will be reviewing some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Updates include an "enriching" highlight from Monopoly Millionaires' Club, GSN Games absorbing a UK social gaming company, the latest edition of The $100,000 Pyramid looking for contestants to compete on the reboot and Jeopardy! banning Canadian contestants for the time being.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #84

Happy Super Bowl Sunday, everyone! Today's article will cover a variety of some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Updates include Millionaire's upcoming "Whiz Kids" week, Spike TV's ordering a new game show to improve upon the network's success of Lip Sync Battle, an unusual tiebreaker situation in the Jeopardy! College Championship and some of the latest game show ratings.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #83

This week's brief update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including a few updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include Jeopardy! set to kickoff this year's College Championship this week, a Monopoly Millionaires' Club highlight clip, an author seeking to publish his book centering around the history and impact of U.K. game shows through a crowdfunding site and some of the latest game show ratings.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #82

This week's quick update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including a few updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include The Price Is Right bringing back its annual Socially Awesome Week, a local Philadelphia affiliate news station holding a contest with the winners receiving tickets to attend a taping of Wheel of Fortune, Logo greenlighting a new game show starring Skin Wars judge RuPaul and Jeopardy's upcoming adult online audition test dates.