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Title: Jeopardy still #1 in syndication
Post by: Casey Buck on July 28, 2004, 01:36:46 PM

For the week ending July 18, a whopping 11+ million people watched the KenJen winning streak. More info in these two news reports:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ion_jeopardy_dc (http://\"http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=597&ncid=763&e=9&u=/nm/20040728/tv_nm/television_jeopardy_dc\")
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...hat_s_no__1_now (http://\"http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1951&ncid=763&e=10&u=/variety/20040727/va_tv_ne/what_s_no__1_now\")

Title: Jeopardy still #1 in syndication
Post by: Jimmy Owen on July 28, 2004, 01:39:56 PM

That's great, but whaddya wanna bet ratings will be down next year in year-to-year comparisons.  What can they do for an encore?

Title: Jeopardy still #1 in syndication
Post by: uncamark on July 28, 2004, 05:19:39 PM

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jul 28 2004, 12:39 PM\']That's great, but whaddya wanna bet ratings will be down next year in year-to-year comparisons.  What can they do for an encore?[/quote]
Probably the first July stunt week they've done in some years (seems to me that they did the Seniors Tournament in July in some years in the 80s or 90s--or was it the Teen Tournament?).

Title: Jeopardy still #1 in syndication
Post by: MikeK on July 28, 2004, 05:22:41 PM

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jul 28 2004, 01:39 PM\'] That's great, but whaddya wanna bet ratings will be down next year in year-to-year comparisons.  What can they do for an encore? [/quote]
"And our returning champion, Ken Jennings, with a 229-day total of $7,964,760"?

It's likely the only scenario which could get similar or higher ratings.

Title: Jeopardy still #1 in syndication
Post by: zachhoran on July 28, 2004, 07:29:32 PM

[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jul 28 2004, 04:19 PM\']
Probably the first July stunt week they've done in some years (seems to me that they did the Seniors Tournament in July in some years in the 80s or 90s--or was it the Teen Tournament?). [/quote]
 From 1989 to the mid 90s the Seniors Tournament were the last two first-run weeks of shows before the six or seven rerun weeks started in late July.

Title: Jeopardy still #1 in syndication
Post by: Craig Karlberg on July 29, 2004, 04:45:26 AM

I was wondering what happened to those Senior Tournaments after 1995.  Maybe they should be re-instated for next year.  But, methinks Alex won't like that idea one bit.  Anyone know what happened to cause the termination of the Senior Tournament?

Title: Jeopardy still #1 in syndication
Post by: tvwxman on July 29, 2004, 07:21:22 AM

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jul 29 2004, 03:45 AM\'] But, methinks Alex won't like that idea one bit. [/quote]
methinks you're talking out of your arse again. Explain why, or don't comment with your often useless prattle.

Title: Jeopardy still #1 in syndication
Post by: goongas on July 29, 2004, 07:58:39 AM

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I was wondering what happened to those Senior Tournaments after 1995. Maybe they should be re-instated for next year. But, methinks Alex won't like that idea one bit. Anyone know what happened to cause the termination of the Senior Tournament?

Advertisers want youthful demographics.  Alex enjoyed hosting those tournaments I recall reading.

Title: Jeopardy still #1 in syndication
Post by: uncamark on July 29, 2004, 05:37:29 PM

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Jul 29 2004, 03:45 AM\']I was wondering what happened to those Senior Tournaments after 1995.  Maybe they should be re-instated for next year.  But, methinks Alex won't like that idea one bit.  Anyone know what happened to cause the termination of the Senior Tournament?[/quote]
The pressure for younger demos, pure and simple--and this was done while George Vosburgh was still running the show.