Alex Trebek speaks throughout a rehearsal earlier than a taping of Jeopardy! Energy Gamers Week at DAR Structure Corridor on April 21, 2012 in Wash
Alex Trebek speaks throughout a rehearsal earlier than a taping of Jeopardy! Energy Gamers Week at DAR Structure Corridor on April 21, 2012 in Washington, DC.
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Lengthy-running trivia sport present Jeopardy! will air a multi-night event occasion, “Jeopardy! The Biggest of All Time,” in prime time on ABC beginning January 7, the present introduced on Monday.
The sequence of matches, hosted by Alex Trebek, will pit towards each other the three gamers who took house essentially the most money within the sport present’s historical past: Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer.
After a sequence of matches, the primary to win three face-offs will financial institution $1 million. The three gamers gained a mixed $10.7 million throughout their runs on the present.
“We’re excited to carry Jeopardy! to prime time! It has been a very long time within the making – we needed to create a novel expertise certain to wow not simply our followers, however all audiences,” stated Mike Hopkins, chairman of Sony Photos Tv, in a press launch. “We’re thrilled to have James, Brad and Ken, three powerhouse gamers every worthy of the title ‘The Biggest of All Time.'”
Earlier this 12 months, in a 32-episode successful streak, Holzhauer came $58,484 short of surpassing Ken Jennings because the highest-earning contestant in non-tournament winnings. (Jennings took house a complete of $3,370,700 throughout two separate present runs.)
Rutter holds the…