‘Jeopardy!’ returns with new setup, new role for Jennings
COURTESY JEOPARDY!
The new set for the popular quiz show, “Jeopardy!” Season 37 will premiere on Sept. 14.
COURTESY JEOPARDY!
Ken Jennings, a 74-time champion the the set of the popular quiz show “Jeopardy!” Jennings will serve as a consulting producer on season 37, which premieres on Sept. 14.
LOS ANGELES >> “Jeopardy!” is returning for its 37th season, with greater social distance between Alex Trebek and the contestants, and a new role for all-time great contestant Ken Jennings.
A redesigned set for the coronavirus era will allow for the contestants to be further apart and at a greater distance from Trebek, who has continued as host after a diagnosis last year of pancreatic cancer.
Trebek said last month that he’s responding exceptionally well to treatment for and expects to mark his two-year survival next February.
The casting of contestants was done entirely online for this season, which was shot without a studio audience.
Jennings, the record-setting contestant who won on 74 straight shows and took last year’s “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” title, is joining the series as a consulting producer.
He’ll appear on-air with his own video categories, develop projects and act as a public ambassador for the show.
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“Though I’ve played my last round of JEOPARDY! as a contestant, I’m delighted to have the opportunity to remain involved with my favorite show,” Jennings said in a statement. “I’m still in on all the action, but I don’t have to worry about phrasing things in the form of a question anymore.”
