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ABC to air Jeopardy GOAT tournament
JakeT:
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--- Quote from: bwood on January 15, 2020, 04:37:58 PM ---My DirecTV listings always had it scheduled all four possible days this week as to not spoil the outcome. I just checked and no changes have been made to the listings. It still shows it on the schedule Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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In fact, my DirecTV DVR recorded the nonexistent Wednesday episode. Their listings provider -- which is TMS (formerly Tribune Media Services) -- is usually better than that at pushing through last-minute changes.
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AT&T uVERSE also recorded the fill-in sitcoms last night as part of my J! GOAT season pass...on a lark, I decided to try to watch what was recorded instead ("The Goldbergs"\"Schooled")...what a wonderfur reminder of why I NEVER waste time with those...sooooo horrible!
JakeT
JohnXXVII:
I think they should have aired this show weekly. It would have kept it in the public consciousness a bit longer.
I also think they made a mistake calling it the "Greatest of All Time." Such hyperbole, and it needlessly closed off a lot of future possibilities.
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: JohnXXVII on January 24, 2020, 04:24:35 PM ---I also think they made a mistake calling it the "Greatest of All Time." Such hyperbole, and it needlessly closed off a lot of future possibilities.
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Such as what? Jeopardy won't exist as we know it in a few years. Also:
One contestant set a win streak that nobody in fifteen years has gotten within 50% of reaching.
One contestant had a mega-tournament performance level you could set an atomic clock to.
One contestant had a mean and median average win level just higher than Roger Craig's $77,000 then-record.
There will be other big winners but I think those three will be the contenders for GOAT for a while.
JakeT:
--- Quote from: JohnXXVII on January 24, 2020, 04:24:35 PM ---I also think they made a mistake calling it the "Greatest of All Time." Such hyperbole, and it needlessly closed off a lot of future possibilities.
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Certainly no more hyperbolic than American (and a bit of Canadian) baseball having an annual "World Series"...
It's television...hyperbole is its lifeblood...
JakeT
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: JakeT on January 24, 2020, 09:35:21 PM ---Certainly no more hyperbolic than American (and a bit of Canadian) baseball having an annual "World Series"...
It's television...hyperbole is its lifeblood...
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And named after a newspaper at that! What horrendous conceit! /s
/Actually, the World Baseball Classic is a neat idea that I hope stays around for a long time.
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