‘Jeopardy!’ Fans Complain About Show’s Summer Episodes
Jeopardy! Season 41 came to a close on Friday, July 25, after a dramatic game that ended Super Champion, Scott Riccardi‘s, streak. Now, for the next six weeks, the game show will air reruns from this past season to fill the void, but fans aren’t happy with which ones they picked.
The reruns began on Monday, July 28, and will go until Friday, September 5. Season 42 is set to begin on Monday, September 8. Fans will get to see Jonathan Hugdendubler, who defeated Riccardi on the season finale, face off against two new contestants.
If Jeopardy! fans still want their fix of the game show, they can tune in on their local channel and watch the 2025 Tournament of Champions and the 2025 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament for the next six weeks.
Week one (7/28 to 8/1) will show the TOC week one. Week two will air after that, and then week three the week after. Getting into the fourth week of reruns, the JIT will begin on August 18 and run until September 4. But that leaves one day left in the week. Jeopardy! explained what will air on the last day.
“Due to its length, JIT reruns coverage will end on Thursday, 9/4. The 9/5 rerun game will be the final game of Season 41, originally aired 7/25,” they wrote on their Instagram post.
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Matt Amodio took the JIT win in only two games, so the tournament ended early.
Now, fans are complaining about the reruns being aired so soon after tournaments took place, and many say they would even prefer to see old Alex Trebek or Art Fleming episodes. Some are saying they will give the show a miss completely until it returns with new episodes.
“No thanks, I’ll come back in September for the new season. I don’t watch reruns. Have a nice summer,” said an Instagram user.
“I wish James [Holzhauer] could play every day. I miss him #jeopardyjames,” wrote another.
“How about some old Art Fleming reruns from 1964- 1975. Interesting, would be if available,” a Facebook user said.
“What I would like to see is some reruns from years past with Alex!” said another.
“So we will see the same ole people who have been on a million times,” a third added.
“Since they tape five episodes a week, why is there a need for a big break like this for the fans? Makes no sense,” another wondered.
“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,” one fan commented.
“I think I’ll jsut wait until the new seaosn starts,” another said.
“I miss Scott [Riccardi],” a fan admitted.
“Personally I think during the season breaks they should run episodes from the show’s vast history. Play us some 80s episodes with Alex asking questions about the Soviet-Afghan War in a ‘Current Events’ category,” a X user tweeted.
“You should do reruns of episodes when Alex was host,” another wrote.
“See ya in September. I ain’t watching any of the summer reruns,” one last fan tweeted.
What do you think of the Summer reruns? Should Jeopardy! continue to air tournaments? Let us know in the comments.
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Are the fans ever happy? Geez!!!
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We love the show and have a right to comment. We have the most invested in the show.
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What I do get tired of is seeing more invitational tournaments of big money winners winning even more money. What is fun is yes, seeing a good run and watching a someone moving on, but it gets a bit gluttonous when there is repetitive invitations for those same familiar winners to keep piling on.
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I’ve never been a conspiracy theorist but you can’t convince me that Scott Riccardi’s loss wasn’t intentional. I can’t imagine why he’d take a dive but I also can’t imagine him getting that clue wrong. He didn’t look the least bit upset about it. It was a very bad look for the show. Could be just a bad moment, absolutely, but it didn't pass the sniff test.
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He's way way way overrated. Had real competition maybe twice in his run, second time he got beat. Similar to Arrianna ...combination of very little competition and beneficial competition led to a misconception of her ability. Scott didn't even attempt many questions, same for Arriana. Lots of awkward space ....he didn't know the Answer often and the Final on his last day was just the worst example. He was about a 65 percent great. Adrianna maybe 60. But Matt, Mateo, James, Amy these are al 85, 90 per cent. Watch Scott's whole 16 games. It happens....good player with ZERO competition...nxt thing he's " great". Nope, he's rich, not Great
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Completely disagree. One of the top players I’ve seen play the game and could have gone on for months when the show resumed the next season. Much of the competition being beneath his skill level doesn’t detract from his vast knowledge level. He won in a landslide more often than not. No one chooses who they play against. Most of the great players had mostly easy wins. Not many people can play at that level. It will be a long time before they run across someone at his level again.
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I don't know. He had one really bad game where he didn't know 2 of the Daily Doubles (I did😃) and barely eked out a win. Didn't know humerus was the upper arm bone and couldn't come up with erudite. Lucky for him, FJ was hard, so he could bet low while the leader had to make sure to bet high.
Since that game, he was on a tear, however.
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Every year when Jeopardy starts the reruns, why is it nothing but tournaments? I'd like to see regular episodes instead of straight tournaments. I can also better relate to the more average players instead of tournament players. These constant tournament reruns get very monotonous.
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Go back and rerun the oldies. 1970 -80
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The show is faster with Ken. Alex was slower. Like me.
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I already miss Jeopardy, but I won’t watch the reruns.
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I wish that they would go back to the 5 game win rule. I get tired of seeing the same champion after 10 games and can't wait for him/her to lose.
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I think you are in the minority on that one. I get tired of seeing the ‘ham ‘n eggers’ and love seeing a star come along and go on a long run!
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Maybe if we didn't have to hear every minute boring story of their life it wouldn't be so bad.
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Reruns are deserved vacation times for the crew. I do not watch them.
My irritants with the program may sound superficial to some, but:
~I wish Johnny would not de-emphasize the title: “THIS Is jeopardy.”
~I wish contestants would not say, “please.” They are in “command of the board” which means they are giving instructions, not making requests.
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Gosh, am I glad I'm not you. LOL
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I think the same of The View! They have reruns from July 28 till September. Not interested! I will not be watching any of their reruns!!!!!!!!
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No one likes reruns but you sound angry about it. Reruns are unavoidable and gives the show time to breathe.
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why are they unavoidable? and what does "time to breathe" mean?
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Shows need time to step back, write, plan evaluate etc. Just like you need vacation to recharge your batteries. A break in any show keeps it fresh. Know any sports that don’t have an offseason? Since TV began shows have had a break to recuperate and recharge.
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