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“Jeopardy!” has lengthy been dominated primarily by broadcast TV. As a staid, dependable quiz present that had the identical host for 36 years, viewers have grown to rely on it at a sure time, on a sure channel.
But on Tuesday, Sony Pictures Television, which produces the present, introduced a brand new spinoff — a popular culture version — that might be streamed solely on Prime Video. The spinoff, known as “Pop Culture Jeopardy!,” is a part of a yearslong growth of what the present’s producers have known as the “Jeopardy!”-verse, as they’ve pushed new spinoffs and tournaments to shake up the model, whereas additionally avoiding any main adjustments to the primary present which may rankle its most devoted followers.
The announcement concerning the new spinoff stated contestants would compete in groups of three. Some of the matters which may come up, it stated, embody different rock music, “The Avengers,” Broadway, blended martial arts and high-profile celebrities resembling Zendaya.
Under Michael Davies, who has been an government producer of “Jeopardy!” since 2021, “Jeopardy!” has undergone a wave of growth, that includes a brand new masters league with the present’s most profitable gamers, a Second Chance Tournament that invitations again promising contestants and a revival of “Celebrity Jeopardy!”
It has not but been introduced who will host the pop-culture spinoff. Since the loss of life of the present’s longtime host, Alex Trebek, in 2020, the succession course of has been considerably tortured. The preliminary plan to advertise the present’s government producer, Mike Richards, to host imploded after revelations that Richards had made offensive feedback on a podcast. For some time, the actor Mayim Bialik cut up internet hosting duties with Ken Jennings, the present’s former champion, till Bialik abruptly introduced late final yr that she had been eliminated, leaving Jennings as the only real host, at the very least for now.
“Jeopardy!” has had restricted ventures into streaming prior to now. Viewers can stream some “Jeopardy!” episodes on Pluto TV, and the prime-time spinoffs stream on Hulu the day after they first air. The present used to have a sports activities trivia spinoff that could possibly be discovered on Crackle, a web based streaming service that by no means fairly took off.
