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Many Jeopardy! viewers were deflated when Ashley Chan’s winning streak ended in a blowout on Wednesday, December 18. The first female four-day champ of Season 42, she had sparked high hopes for a longer run. However, a controversial ruling against her on an early $1,000 clue left some fans blaming the judges for her loss,

Could Drew Carey better explain the rules of tricky games on The Price Is Right? That’s what some fans were left thinking after a clearly out-of-her-depth contestant won the segment “Do The Math.” And the player who won also shared that she “didn’t” understand what was going on. The segment involved Sophie, who, on December

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Thursday, December 12 episode of Jeopardy!] Jeopardy!’s reigning champ, Bill McKinney, had won two of his three games in dominant runaways, so it was poetic, if a bit unexpected, that he lost in one. On Thursday night, the bungee-jumping, ambidextrous dad-of-two was handily defeated by Ashley Chan-

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wednesday, December 11 episode of Jeopardy!] Jeopardy!’s restauranteur returning champ Bill McKinney left no crumbs on Wednesday night, pulling off an all-out runaway third victory. However, he was left with one regret from the impressive win, and it wasn’t with what fans dubbed one of the more

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Thursday, December 5 episode of Jeopardy!] Jeopardy!’s bolo-tie-boasting Stevie Ruiz seemed dressed for success to win a third game on Thursday. So it came as a shock when he was handily defeated by newcomer Dave Bond. Many fans were left questioning the quality of the Final Jeopardy clue

Jeopardy!’s resident Episcopal priest, Kevin Laskowski, completed a holy trinity of wins on Wednesday, November 27. His third victory was anything but smooth, with a crucial Daily Double setback (and questionable Bible misses and a Biology fail from all three players) culminating in a nail-biting finish. Laskowski, who hails from Falls Church, Virginia, once more

Let’s Make A Deal host Wayne Brady is used to dealing with strange and often awkward encounters on the long-running game show, but one recent contestant’s request put the host in a serious pickle. On Friday’s (November 22) episode, Brady brought a contestant named Kevin to the stage for a chance to play for a

Wheel of Fortune is, at its essence, a game show about words and how they fit together. So, it would spell trouble and be ironic if a puzzle contained a mistake, even if it were minor. Two months into Ryan Seacrest’s host era, attentive fans spotted a puzzle with a not strictly correct spelling of

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Tuesday, November 19 episode of Jeopardy!] Jeopardy! fans were in for a memorable matchup on Tuesday, November 19, as a contestant battling Stage IV cancer bravely shared his diagnosis. However, he and the reigning champ fell short, and a new winner emerged despite what many fans called