[quote name=\'Gameshowcrackers\' post=\'216302\' date=\'May 22 2009, 01:51 AM\']What are the taping schedules for Jeopardy, WOF and the Price Is Right and how far in advance are episodes recorded?
What I'd also like to know is how many episodes are recorded in each session (presumably, it's 5 per day - a weeks worth of shows - for both J! and WOF but how many of the longer 1 hr episodes do Price record in a single day?)
Also, do they tape in 'blocks'? What I mean by this is with shows like J! and WOF do they record say 10 shows (2 weeks worth) over say 2 days, on a fortnightly basis (as in the old days), or is it now taped in more intensive recording sessions - say, 15 weeks worth of episodes over 15 consecutive days.
If it's not taped in more intensive blocks - say a total of only 3 studio sessions per year where they tape 15 weeks worth of episodes over 15 consecutive days at a time - wouldn't it be more cost effective and efficient for them to do it this way?[/quote]
For TPiR, go to CBS.com--the taping schedule is there and it'll give you a better idea (since there's no concise, easy answer).
For J!, they do tape five shows in a day but in two shifts (I attened a taping two years ago when they tape three shows in one session, break for lunch then do the other two with a different audience). I'm realtively sure WoF does it that way as well. The J! taping I attended in 2007 taped July 18 and aired the week of September 10-14 (the shows I attended aired 9/10, 11 and 12).
The tapings are spread out, so that J! can incorporate recent events into questions if necessary (and WoF can incorporate current fads or whatever as puzzles).
