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Andy’s Weekly Thoughts: October 2–6, 2023
This Is What Happens When You Don’t Pay Your Workers
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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Tabloid media has made sure to point out how “angry” Jeopardy! fans have been about how Season 40 is progressing. One major thing that I think a lot of people are missing—we are still in the midst of replacement programming that had to be committed to because the writers were on strike. We would not be in this position at all had the AMPTP made proper offers in April and May and not attempted to “starve out” the writers. So, if anyone, this anger isn’t really Jeopardy!‘s fault—it needs to be made clear to the higher-ups at Sony that this fan anger is at the AMPTP, and is a direct consequence of the AMPTP’s abject failure to provide adequate pay and working conditions to the writers. So, congratulations, Carol Lombardini—any fan anger with Jeopardy! right now is squarely on you.
A Reminder About Reddit Compared To The Viewership As A Whole
Millions of people watch Jeopardy! every night. I would venture that 1,000 of those viewers post their opinions regularly on Reddit. For media outlets to then take the viewpoints of a dozen angry fans out of those thousand and use them to illustrate that fans are angry is poor journalism and derelict of duty. I would, furthermore, urge anyone with any decision-making power within Sony and at Jeopardy! to go as far as to ignore what Reddit has to say completely; as I said in my column last week, it is my firm belief that much of the show’s diehard fans do not have the show’s future best interests in mind at this point. Following Reddit’s advice will very likely lead to the show lacking a viable airing platform within five years, and it is not worth sacrificing the show’s future into the 2030s to bring the show back to where it was in the 2010s.
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The Optics Of Monday’s Game
I think that Jeopardy! erred in allowing Burt Thakur to return in Champions Wildcard. While the letter of the rules that Jeopardy! set down certainly permitted his participation (the show issued a statement before Thakur’s appearance stating “Burt Thakur’s participation is within the parameters of the official rules of the show”), the fact that he has begun campaigning in Texas’s third district, even though it was before Texas’s filing dates, has certainly contravened the spirit of any regulations. The fact that Thakur already appears on Ballotpedia as a candidate for 2024 is certainly a red flag in my eyes; certainly, if I were running second or third in this primary approaching Super Tuesday, I would absolutely turn Thakur’s Jeopardy! appearance into an equal opportunity request to get some absolutely prime airtime on KTVT Dallas in the run-up to the primary.
In my opinion, this was a completely avoidable situation that is unnecessarily putting a brand-new affiliate into a potentially sticky situation in a couple of months.
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Tim Simons, And Something More Lighthearted
I very much enjoyed Tim Simons’ confusion on this week’s Celebrity Jeopardy as to the meaning of “True Daily Double”. As I posted on X/Twitter on Thursday, I certainly plan on using “Tim Simons bet” to refer to any Daily Double bet that’s the value of the clue going forward. I think that it’s a very apt way to memorialize Tim’s confusion, and certainly is indicative of the more lighthearted nature of Celebrity Jeopardy. I also think that more people should watch—the few comments that I did see from viewers were generally positive about this episode, and that they wished that more Celebrity episodes were like this one.
In closing
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