Interesting to note that in a Variety article on the move ...

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/pop-culture-jeopardy-season-2-netflix-1236554591/

... it specifically mentions that Prime Video "changed its strategy with game shows." Translation -- they premiered several traditional, "shiny floor" shows in 2024 and none of them appear to be coming back to the streamer. "The 1% Club" becoming exclusive to Fox this summer was likely a hint that Prime was changing its mind on the genre. (*) The streamer will stick to Mr. Beast and similar fare.

Do we have any idea how season 1 of PCJ did in terms of minutes viewed and the like? All I heard from the J! podcast was that "it was doing well with younger viewers," but never went into specifics beyond that.

Season 1 had issues but, over time, Colin Jost improved as a host and the presentation was a lot smoother.


JD

(*) There was so much hype about Travis Kelce hosting a new take on "5th Grader" than, after the show premiered, dead silence. The show wasn't good (IMO) but I did not expect the promotion to go away in such a short period of time.

In terms of specific examples, there was that one guy on WWTBAM during the clock era who verbally trampled over Meredith to lock in his answer as fast as humanly possible just to pick up a few extra seconds for that million-dollar question that he was oh so certain he would get to. Strategy wise I get it, but he was playing into the heel role a bit too heavily by bellowing "Do You Have A Problem With That?" when Meredith called him on it. Watching him crash at $25K was immensely satisfying.

Alan Carver of Federal Way, Wash. is just glad somebody remembers him.

One of the (several) issues with the clock seasons was that the clock starts as Meredith reads the choices, and you also accrue that time for Q15 throughout. From what I recall, if Alan had decided to stop at $50,000 instead of speedrunning his turn as a pilot for Game Shows Done Quick, he would have been sixth in line for the Group of Ten playoff which would be a much better way to win the million dollars. Such is life. As much as it comes off as rude or brusque and you may dislike it, it is a perfectly valid way to play.

I guess this goes two ways. I despise hyperactivity for its own sake, whether produced or someone looking to get a few more seconds of fame. Two of the contestants who each won $250,000 during Millionaire: College were extremely joyous after winning their prize, and who could blame them. There is not a doubt in my mind that Jon Lubin or Nancy Redd displayed true emotional release as opposed to some of the latter day shows that seem to use emotion as a cover for a paper thin game or a hope to gain clicks in a balkanized entertainment universe.

basically, you only one-up someone if you think they're particularly close, and otherwise you go for the lower end of your best guess for what the price is.

Regarding this Price is Right strategy if they installed the Showcase Showdown rules Alonzo brought up -- I like all of it in game theory land, but there are so many items with a price that feels "illogical" that I think the net effect would be lost, especially in America.

Our collective knowledge of what attributes make things expensive, and what brands have what reputation, isn't as strong as our trivia knowledge IMO. If everybody's bidding around $500 for a riding lawnmower, and I know as a Husqrvana that it's somewhere in the thousands, I don't know how much I want to play with that idea and risk not getting on stage at all. Looking right now, I thought most of their models would be $3000 and up these days. But they still have several under 3k. I can't see a world in which I straddle the line of safety (in this case, bidding $1999) and still gain the advantage I want for the Wheel. Prices are too big of a crapshoot NOT to one-up.

-Jason

And it's now on Netflix, to drop "sometime" in 2026.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/pop-culture-jeopardy-moving-netflix-season-2-1236403033/

-Jason

On Tuesday's WOF (10/14), towards the end, Ryan showed a home game with his picture on the box.

I am rather surprised that Vanna White is not pictured along with Seacrest.