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Andy’s Weekly Thoughts (4/27): On Mistakes, Problems, And Coming Soon

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)

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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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It’s Saturday, which means it’s time for another week of editorial thoughts!

Yes, I Made A Mistake Yesterday. However, I Can Learn Things From My Mistakes — Like Who’s Stealing My Content.

Yesterday, I made a mistake.

One thing I should say: Me deliberately making a mistake is incredibly rare—one thing that I always like to say when reporting for The Jeopardy! Fan is that I would rather be right than first. But sometimes I make mistakes—yesterday I had been discombobulated by a few things, including being interrupted by a door-to-door marketer in the airing of yesterday’s game, and my focus wasn’t entirely there. So, there was an error in my recap for a few hours.

However, one thing that I have said in the past as a way of “excusing” a mistake is that my mistakes often allow me to notice things. One issue that occurs in the Jeopardy! reporting space is that there are website operators who have realized that I have built a successful platform and will attempt to copy that in order to chip away at own success—and that includes copying my data without verifying that information. So, my mistake, instead of being confined to my own website, propagated to a number of other websites as well. Now, knowing what caused this error, I can very easily look at other sites with Jeopardy! recaps and immediately tell who stole my content.

I’d like to remind my readers not to actually visit these websites because that will only help them, but “TV Regular” and “Jeopardy Tonight”—I see that you’re stealing my content. I would encourage you to research ways to do the work yourself—your sites will be better for it.


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One Problem Jeopardy! Is Having Right Now — And I’m Not Sure How To Fix It

One thing that has been a major advantage for Jeopardy! over the years—that in many markets, it has aired at exactly the same time on exactly the same station for the past 30+ years—is proving to make its brand expansion difficult.

There is a small but not insignificant number of viewers who are seeing the promos for Jeopardy! Masters and are assuming that these games will be airing in the usual syndicated time slot. While most diehard fans know this not to be the case, many regular viewers are so conditioned to the “one Jeopardy! a day” routine that it might be more difficult for them to realize that Masters is airing in prime time.

Do I know how to fix this? I’m not sure how you’d break that habit and routine of your viewers without upsetting the affiliates of the 59% of households who watch the show on a non-ABC channel by saying “it’s at 8:00/7:00 Central on ABC” on the show itself.


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An Article Coming Soon

With Jeopardy! Masters beginning on Wednesday, an article that I’d like to have complete in the coming days is one that has detailed the changes that I’ve made to my various prediction models over the last couple of years, including a “Unified Model”.

I hope everyone enjoys the coming week of games!


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