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Andy’s Weekly Thoughts: June 26–30, 2023

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Current Champion

Mark Ramirez, career statistics:
52 correct, 9 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
44.74% in first on buzzer (51/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,600

To win:
3 games: 61.692%
4: 38.059%
5: 23.479%
6: 14.485%
7: 8.936%
Avg. streak: 3.610 games.
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All Time Winnings

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603

Welcome to my latest “Andy’s Weekly Thoughts” installment, where I give some of my thoughts about happenings in the world of Jeopardy!.

Congratulations, Ryan Seacrest!

The Jeopardy! Fan wishes to congratulate Ryan Seacrest on being named host of Wheel of Fortune, replacing Pat Sajak for the 2024-25 season. In hindsight, I wish that Jeopardy! had been able to undergo such a smooth transition; unfortunately, Mike Richards pulling the wool over the eyes of the bosses at Sony left Jeopardy! unable to properly transition its hosting duties.

On Jeopardy!’s Average Winning Total

Since the loss of Cris Pannullo on December 6, the average Jeopardy! winning total has been $21,718.13, similar to the average winning totals in Season 36 ($21,432.14) and 37 ($21,768.65). I just think that because Jeopardy! had been blessed with so many long streaks in Matt Amodio, Amy Schneider, Mattea Roach, and Cris Pannullo that it feels weird “going back to normal”.

Twitter’s Further Woes

Obviously, Twitter’s network issues have been at the forefront of the news once again. As that ship slowly sinks, it’s only a matter of time before major brands start jumping ship to whatever happens to replace Twitter. And quite frankly, no matter what the tech heads on TikTok try to tell you, there’s no need to be an early adopter of a platform. Wait and see where the general public goes—that will inform accounts like @Jeopardy (and, by extension, the community) on where to go next.

The Judging Has Become Significantly Better Since 1985

I’ve been spending a lot of time entering Season 1 games into J! Archive as of late, and the number of times I have cringed at 1985-era judging is very high. It’s obvious that the show had some growing pains, and I am certain that everyone working on the show in 1985 would be shocked if they’d realized then that it was still incredibly strong nearly 40 years later. But, still, there are times when Alex flat-out missed responses failing to be in the form of a question—on Daily Doubles to boot—in 1985. The social media outcry would have been deafening. It’s no wonder many TV critics wrote scathing reviews of the show in its early weeks (Mike Duffy of the Detroit Free Press famously called it “a pitiful echo of its former self“.) Still, watching some of the judging mistakes of the show’s early years have made me realize that the judges in 2023 do a really good job, despite what the vox Twittuli articles would have you believe.


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