Jeopardy! Masters Season 3 took an enormous dive in rankings and followers are nervous which means a Season 4 received’t occur. Yogesh Raut turned the newest Masters champion after defeating Victoria Groce and Juveria Zaheer in a detailed remaining.
The ultimate scores got here right down to a nail-biting end as Raut scored most of his in Double Jeopardy. After including all of the scores collectively from each remaining video games, he nonetheless received by just a few thousand extra factors. Groce, who was the 2024 champion, was the one contestant to attain factors within the first finals sport, however she nonetheless couldn’t come out on prime.
As of June 5, 2025, Jeopardy! Masters had 3.394 million viewers tune in to the ultimate episode, which was a 3.58 % lower from the semi-final sport on the identical evening, in accordance with Neilsen. The semi-finals had a 74.17 % enhance in viewers with 3.52 million folks watching in comparison with the week earlier than, which had 2.021 million viewers.
Nonetheless, these rankings are startling when 2024’s viewership. With one much less episode, Season 2 introduced in 4.564 million viewers throughout its finale, which was the highest-watched episode that season. And the viewership step by step elevated after the fifth episode.
“For these on the lookout for a comparability of how the primary competitors for Masters has dropped year-to-year, for this season Survivor did .7 within the demo vs. .75 in Spring 2024, a decline of round 7%. Whole viewer common this yr was 4.63 million vs. 4.74 in 2024, holding almost regular with a lack of underneath 2%,” a Reddit person identified.
“Be aware that Masters rankings did edge up on the finish of the season when it was not going through new episodes of Survivor on CBS, the Chicago dramas on NBC, and The Flooring on Fox.”
Some followers assume they know why the rankings for Masters dropped. It used to air at 8/7c on ABC, shortly after the syndicated model of the sport present. Nonetheless, for Season 3, the timeslot was at 9/8c, an entire hour later, when most Jeopardy! watchers are in all probability gearing up for mattress. Nonetheless, if missed, followers might watch it the subsequent day on Hulu.
“I feel an enormous portion of the rankings drop might be attributed to being moved again an hour,” a Reddit person mentioned.
“Sure, the 9pm time slot is an absolute killer. Most nights I’m not going to observe the common present from 7:00-7:30, bide my time for 90 minutes, then tune in once more from 9:00-10:00. That disrupts the circulate of my entire night. The 8:00pm slot was a lot better,” replied one other.
One fan mentioned that the “entire factor simply must be shorter.”
Others additionally don’t like the truth that Masters and the tournaments are the “identical folks.” “I watch common Jeopardy! every single day it’s new. I’m not watching Masters as a result of it’s the identical folks again and again,” one wrote.
“Similar. It was neat when having gamers from years previous was a novelty, one thing completed each few years. However now it’s an annual incidence with largely the identical folks,” replied one fan.
“Returnee tournaments yearly are just too frequent. No different actuality competitors has so many seasons with the identical contestants. Issue within the JIT which additionally has returnees and it will get tough to drum up enthusiasm,” one final fan mentioned.
Season 4 has not but been formally renewed by ABC, however it appears as if followers aren’t too eager on it.
Jeopardy! Masters, Season 3, now streaming on Hulu