[quote name=\'trainman\' post=\'242752\' date=\'Jun 18 2010, 11:06 PM\'][quote name=\'gameshowlover87\' post=\'242751\' date=\'Jun 18 2010, 07:23 PM\']Well, wasn't there a time when both shows used to have 39 weeks of first-run episodes per season?[/quote]Only for the first season of the Trebek J! -- it's been expanded since then.[/quote]Seasons one and two of The Alex Era were 39 weeks only, my former lunch companion. It increased to 46 weeks for the 1986-87 season.