Jeopardy! fans vow to boycott show over ‘disappointing’ summer schedule as viewers notice change to tradition

Viewers have called out the show for its new schedule

JEOPARDY! fans have vowed to boycott the series over a ‘disappointing’ change to the summer schedule ahead of the new season.

Jeopardy! fans are eagerly waiting for the premiere of season 42 in September after the show wrapped up last week.

To hold viewers over, fans have been looking forward to the summer rerun schedule.

But viewers aren’t thrilled by the episodes chosen, as they include the 2025 Tournament of Champions weeks one to three and Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament weeks one to three.

One viewer fired over social media, “What’s with all the tournaments?”

A second wrote referring to late host Alex Trebek, “What I would like to see is some reruns from years past with Alex!”

A third commented, “How about some old Art Fleming re-runs from 1964- 1975. Interesting would be if available.”

A fourth wrote, “I think I’ll just wait until the season starts…”

A fifth said, “I have seen every single regular episode and all types of tournament episodes; I’m just going to wait for the next season to start.”

The game show made a break from tradition, as for the first time in years the schedule includes the Season 41 finale to air on September 5, giving fans a refresher of the finale episode.

One fan wrote, “Do they usually show the final episode of the previous season before the new season starts? I don’t remember that happening in the past. It’s a good idea.”

A second said, “This is probably a special case. The season ended with a bang.”

EXCITING FINALE

Fans are referring to Scott Riccardi’s 16-day winning streak coming to an end in a shocking upset on the season 41 finale.

The trivia wiz accumulated nearly $500k over his impressive run.

Scott was looking to continue his successful streak on the finale – which has landed him in the Jeopardy! record books.

Winning 16 games is the most consecutive games won by a contestant since 2022.

It also ties for 10th place in overall longest winning streaks ever in Jeopardy! history, alongside Ryan Long, who played in 2022.

Of course, the player who holds the title for most consecutive games won is host Ken Jennings, who went on an unbeatable 74-game streak back in 2004.

OUT WITH A BANG

On Friday’s season 41 finale, Scott, went up against Jonathan Hugendubler, an adjunct professor and trivia host from Baltimore, Maryland, and Charlotte Cooper, a graphic designer from San Francisco, California.

Scott was off to a quick lead early on in the game.

By the time the trio of players entered the Double Jeopardy! round, Scott secured a good lead with $10,800.

Charlotte was in a distant second with $3,000 while Jonathan stayed in third place with just $800.

Jonathan began to gain momentum when he added $2,000 to his score when correctly guessing the second Daily Double under the “Stately Bodies of Water” category.

He continued that success by finding the third Daily Double – which ultimately drastically changed the course of the game.

The newcomer correctly guessed the clue under the “They’re All Greeks to Me” category – doubling his score to $8,800.

However, he was still behind Scott, but only slightly, as the New Jersey engineer was at $10,800 at that point in the game.

Going into Final Jeopardy!, Scott was able to maintain his lead with $23,600.

RISKY BUSINESS

While Jonathan made up for a lot, he was still in second with $14,000, while Charlotte stayed in second with $7,800.

Host Ken, 51, then introduced the final category as 20th Century Names and read the clue, “According to one obituary, in 1935 he owned 13 magazines, 8 radio stations, 2 movie companies, and $56 million in real estate.”

Both Jonathan and Charlotte were correct in answering “Who was Hearst?” – giving Charlotte $15,600 to end the game in third place.

The correct answer boosted Jonathan up to $23,601 – leaving the fate of the game up to Scott’s wager on his wrong response.

Unfortunately for Scott, he wagered too much and dropped down to second with $18,600.