With my 3rd round pick in the TV draft, my still nameless team selects in the category of GAMESHOW, Jeopardy!
Everyone likes a good gameshow now and then, and we've seen a bit of a resurgence of them (in a much grander fashion mind you) in the last decade or so. Jeopardy, IMO, has no equals. Created by Merv Griffin, it had a run of 11 years from 1964-1975 with Art Fleming as host and the great Don Pardo as announcer. It's 9 year absence set the stage for a wildly popular reinvention with Alex Trebek as host that has run for 24 years with no end in sight. The show is ordered through 2012.
A perfect game play formula creates great flow and the questions are actually challenging (overall). Jeopardy! made Ken Jennings a household name when he won 74 times in a row. Who doesn't like to follow along and see if they could've done better than the on-air contestants? How many times has that exact scenario been played out in a movie?
Ken Jennings sets single game record
Weird Al and Greg Kihn pay tribute
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