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TimK2003

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ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« on: April 21, 2026, 07:42:41 PM »
Per the J! FB page:

GOOOAALLLLL! You officially heard it here first! Joe Buck is hosting a brand-new Jeopardy! series: "ESPN Jeopardy!". Coming soon to Disney+ and Hulu.

The bad news for some,...Joe Buck is hosting...
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MikeK

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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2026, 07:44:07 PM »
Quote from: TimK2003 on April 21, 2026, 07:42:41 PM
Per the J! FB page:

GOOOAALLLLL! You officially heard it here first! Joe Buck is hosting a brand-new Jeopardy! series: "ESPN Jeopardy!". Coming soon to Disney+ and Hulu.

The bad news,...Joe Buck is hosting
The worse news:  No civilian contestants.
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jjman920

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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2026, 10:21:31 PM »
Hearing that it wouldn't be civilians, but instead ESPN personalities sounds fun. However, I'd like it better if it were ESPN personalities 25 years ago. I don't want to be one of those "ESPN used to mean something back then" people (though I do believe it was different and nostalgic), but it seems like they've lost a lot of the memorable personalities to layoffs and the march of time.

Imagining a match between Stuart Scott, Kenny Mayne and Robin Roberts makes me wistful.
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BrandonFG

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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2026, 11:08:30 PM »
Quote from: jjman920 on April 21, 2026, 10:21:31 PM
I don't want to be one of those "ESPN used to mean something back then" people (though I do believe it was different and nostalgic), but it seems like they've lost a lot of the memorable personalities to layoffs and the march of time.
That and their idea of "personalities" is people arguing manufactured lukewarm takes for three hours. Not trying to hear Stephen A. Smith turn "What is The Yellow Rose of Texas?" into a rant about the Cowboys.

/Accurate as he may be
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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2026, 11:34:37 PM »
ESPN has fallen a long way since the days of Casey McCall and Dan Rydell.
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tvwxman

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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2026, 06:15:34 AM »
Quote from: jjman920 on April 21, 2026, 10:21:31 PM
Hearing that it wouldn't be civilians, but instead ESPN personalities sounds fun. However, I'd like it better if it were ESPN personalities 25 years ago. I don't want to be one of those "ESPN used to mean something back then" people (though I do believe it was different and nostalgic), but it seems like they've lost a lot of the memorable personalities to layoffs and the march of time.

Imagining a match between Stuart Scott, Kenny Mayne and Robin Roberts makes me wistful.

100% agreed. And absolutely correct, some of the old SC anchors would make this .....must see TV.

I'd pay good money to watch Kilborn do it.
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tvwxman

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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2026, 06:15:52 AM »
Quote from: Matt Ottinger on April 21, 2026, 11:34:37 PM
ESPN has fallen a long way since the days of Casey McCall and Dan Rydell.
Well done.
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Joe Mello

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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2026, 06:34:37 AM »
Quote from: jjman920 on April 21, 2026, 10:21:31 PM
Hearing that it wouldn't be civilians, but instead ESPN personalities sounds fun. However, I'd like it better if it were ESPN personalities 25 years ago. I don't want to be one of those "ESPN used to mean something back then" people (though I do believe it was different and nostalgic), but it seems like they've lost a lot of the memorable personalities to layoffs and the march of time.
A couple years ago you could've done a whole tournament just with Around The Horn contributors.
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Stackertosh

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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2026, 03:13:34 PM »
How many spin-offs does Jeopardy! need?

I thought Joe Buck did a decent job guest hosting.
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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2026, 03:26:58 PM »
I don't think Joe Buck did horribly, but I remember his delivery being way too slow and deliberate for anything more than a guest stint.
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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2026, 03:43:56 PM »
I remember thinking he was one of the most polished, maybe a little too polished. But like Anderson Cooper, I had a feeling it wasn't gonna be more any more than a guest stint.

I'm indifferent on yet another J! spinoff, but I'd much rather see civilians play the Sports edition from the mid-2010s.
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Re: ESPN Jeopardy! Coming to Hulu/Disney
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2026, 06:13:01 PM »
We have taping dates in early May, which is much sooner than I was expecting:

https://on-camera-audiences.com/shows/espn-jeopardy/
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