With the passing of longtime Jeopardy! fixture Alex Trebek in 2020, producers have understandably had to make some changes to the quiz show in the years since. The changes include installing one-time contestant Ken Jennings as the permanent host for the program's 40th season and introducing recent game additions like the new-to-Season-40 Champions Wildcard.
On the most recent episode of the after-show podcast Inside Jeopardy!, producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss said that fans can expect even more changes to the show beginning December 19, including a new logo and flashy new opening title sequence
On the most recent episode of the after-show podcast Inside Jeopardy!, producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss said that fans can expect even more changes to the show beginning December 19, including a new logo and flashy new opening title sequence
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Spoiler alert.
00:25 We've got a new logo and a new open for the show
00:29 headed your way.
00:30 Oh my god, I love a new open.
00:31 You know, we've been featuring the 19 boxes.
00:34 I call them the 19 boxes because every season I
00:38 was one of the ones who had to come up with what 19 things we
00:42 were going to feature in those boxes that rotate on.
00:45 So our team kind of looked at it from a different perspective,
00:48 and we decided to kind of give you a little behind the scenes,
00:52 you know, like a little what goes
00:54 into the making of Jeopardy in those seconds
00:57 leading up to the show.
00:58 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:01 It's kind of got like a little bit of a Saturday Night Live
01:21 vibe, you know, how they kind of show you the cue card guys
01:23 as they go to commercial break.
01:24 It's almost like, we're all getting ready.
01:27 It's a Muppet show.
01:28 It's the Muppet show basically is what you're telling me.
01:30 Well, no.
01:32 It's Jeopardy.
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