On a lazy Sunday afternoon recently, my wife said "let's watch some game shows". I showed her two episodes of Fleming Jeopardy - the '78 premiere episode and one from 1974. She stated she liked the '74 version a lot better because it's very close to the format she knows. She thought the '78 version was OK but can see why it didn't last.
Question: after a couple of months they obviously knew what the ratings were. Do you think they should have changed the format back to the familiar one - with Final Jeopardy - and do you think it would have had a chance of avoiding cancellation after just five months? Numerous shows have changed formats when the ratings weren't there, and I'm wondering why this one at least didn't try. Or maybe NBC just decided early on to write off the show(?)
I always thought the '78 version was a neat little gem - maybe the set, music, etc. screamed late '70s, but it was disappointing to see it disappear so quickly.
Any thoughts?
Also, maybe someone knows the answer to this: what happens in a tie? With the elimination of a player after each round, what if two players were tied when the gong sounded? Would they have had one of them pick a remaining answer from the board, or was there some sort of tie-breaking question Art would read? I don't recall ever seeing this happen.
Anyone know?