Final Jeopardy Filming

[gameshowcrazy]

Does anyone here know how long it takes during filming from the time the category is announced until they begin Final Jeopardy?  I know while watching it's about a seven minute break, but I imagine with S&P and checking all the bets it could take longer.

Just wondering.

[Matt Ottinger]

Theoretically, you're given all the time you need to make your wager.  Realistically, it's usually not much longer than what you see on TV.  Specifically, it takes just a few seconds for TPTB to come around to each podium and note the wagers.  

Jeopardy is one of those last few shows that actually strives to get a show recorded in as close to "real time" as possible.

[Ian Wallis]

Jeopardy is one of those last few shows that actually strives to get a show recorded in as close to "real time" as possible.

Too bad more shows aren't done "live to tape" today.  I miss it!

[gameshowcrazy]

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'243277\' date=\'Jun 29 2010, 12:00 PM\']

Jeopardy is one of those last few shows that actually strives to get a show recorded in as close to "real time" as possible.

Too bad more shows aren't done "live to tape" today.  I miss it!
[/quote]


I agree...George Peppard's famous rant on Password Plus and Allen Ludden's explanation say it all...do you hear that Mark Burnett???

[snowpeck]

At the Jeopardy taping I attended a couple years ago it took pretty much 30 minutes to record an episode... and then they were done with it.  Even any pick-ups or edits were done during the stop-downs for commercial breaks.  (There were two at the taping I was at... Alex mispronounced something in a clue, and at another point the wrong clue was inadvertently revealed, so they recreated the board reveal.)

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'snowpeck\' post=\'243300\' date=\'Jun 29 2010, 06:02 PM\'](There were two at the taping I was at... Alex mispronounced something in a clue, and at another point the wrong clue was inadvertently revealed, so they recreated the board reveal.)[/quote]
Yeah, that's a dirty little secret that I like to point out every so often.  Routinely, after the show is over, they'll have Alex re-read some of his clues because of a mispronunciation or just a bad read the first time.  That's how he comes across so flawlessly.  He's great, there's no question of that.  But as someone whose read-aloud goes out unedited, I can tell you there are many times I wish I could get a Take Two.

[DoorNumberFour]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'243303\' date=\'Jun 29 2010, 07:11 PM\'][quote name=\'snowpeck\' post=\'243300\' date=\'Jun 29 2010, 06:02 PM\'](There were two at the taping I was at... Alex mispronounced something in a clue, and at another point the wrong clue was inadvertently revealed, so they recreated the board reveal.)[/quote]
Yeah, that's a dirty little secret that I like to point out every so often.  Routinely, after the show is over, they'll have Alex re-read some of his clues because of a mispronunciation or just a bad read the first time.  That's how he comes across so flawlessly.  He's great, there's no question of that.  But as someone whose read-aloud goes out unedited, I can tell you there are many times I wish I could get a Take Two.
[/quote]
They have Meredith do the same thing after just about every Millionaire taping--or at least the ones during which she mispronounces or misreads something.

[opimus]

I agree...George Peppard's famous rant on Password Plus and Allen Ludden's explanation say it all...do you hear that Mark Burnett???
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Is that rant on Youtube?

[DoorNumberFour]

Is that rant on Youtube?

Sure is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqVYZDssgrU