Jeopardy

[Brandon Brooks]

[quote name=\'Card Shark\' date=\'Jul 5 2004, 01:22 PM\'] On a semi-related note, when did the season end for J!? Or, are they continuing through the rest of the summer because of this unstoppable Jennings fella? [/quote]
 It ends on the 23rd.

Brandon Brooks

[chris319]

A lopsided score will often mean the first commercial comes after 10-12 clues.

You would know ;-)

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'Card Shark\' date=\'Jul 5 2004, 01:22 PM\'] [quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jul 1 2004, 02:13 PM\'] How is it determined, when the 1st commercial break is taken on Jeopardy in the middle of the Jeopardy round? Is there a designated number of clues that need to be played before the first break or what? [/quote]
On a semi-related note, when did the season end for J!? Or, are they continuing through the rest of the summer because of this unstoppable Jennings fella? [/quote]
 The season ends in a couple of weeks. I want to say the 23rd?

[rmfromfla]

It's definitely the 23rd  -  then the repeats of both kids' weeks, the
 College Tourney, and the Teen Tourney take place with Season 21
 scheduled to start September 6th.
    (Note:  Repeats may be pre-empted in some markets due to
      Olympic coverage...)

[ChuckNet]

.....the break is taken whenever Matt Ottinger has the momentum......

How the hell do Matt's back pain pills determine the 1st break's placement? :-D

Chuck Donegan (The Comedic "Chuckie Baby")

[trainman]

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jul 5 2004, 01:01 AM\'] In terms of playing time, it usually takes about 5 or 6 minutes depending on how fast Alex reads some rather long clues or how one category has only a word or two in it. [/quote]
 KABC reliably starts "Jeopardy!" at 7:00 on the nose, and the first commercial break always comes between 7:04 and 7:05...closer to 7:05 if a Daily Double has been hit, closer to 7:04 if one hasn't.  I know this through the magic of TiVo (and it gibes with what I remember from 1999-2001, when I was regularly closed-captioning "Jeopardy!" and had a continuous on-screen time code to look at).