Within the overcrowded 2025 TV schedule world, recreation exhibits hardly ever break by way of the noise except a contestant does one thing hilarious. Nevertheless, Prime Video’s Pop Tradition Jeopardy! may be the exception. Hosted by Colin Jost, it looks like each episode of the sport present manages to do one thing to be a focus for the bigger public (like Jost’s Splash Mountain joke just a few weeks in the past). And this week’s episode was no totally different when the SNL Weekend Replace anchor namechecked “Buddie,” a preferred 9-1-1 ship between greatest buddy firefighters Evan Buckley (Oliver Stark) and Eddie Diaz (Ryan Guzman).
The class was “Down with the Ship” — ship, on this occasion, referring to the concept of followers wanting two or extra characters to enter a romantic relationship — and requested the three groups to determine what present the clue was referring to.
Sadly, not a single contestant appeared to be a “Buddie” shipper, nor did they appear to know who the characters Buck and Eddie even have been, so the query went unanswered. Nevertheless, followers of the ship appear to forgive the clueless contestants just because they’re in shock that the duo was even a query within the first place:
can’t say colin jost acknowledging buddie on jeopardy was on my bingo card this 12 months however… pic.twitter.com/pMHzaDnuSvFebruary 12, 2025
It’s not that 9-1-1 is a distinct segment present. It’s been on air for eight seasons and even switched networks, transferring from Fox to ABC for Season 7. Nevertheless, most individuals who tune into the present in all probability are informal viewers who don’t apply the “artwork of delivery” characters who aren’t already in a relationship on display. Thus, namechecking “Buddie,” who just isn’t a canon couple (but), was fairly a shock for followers of the pairing who are inclined to function outdoors of the bigger 9-1-1 fanbase.
As is frequent with most fandoms that have interaction in delivery, the “Buddie” neighborhood seemed to be underneath the impression that they knew everybody who believed Buck and Eddie must be romantically collectively, as a result of all of them work together with one another on numerous social media platforms. Nevertheless, listening to the ship identify uttered by Jost undoubtedly broke the bubble they’ve created and led to some fairly hilarious reactions.
The disbelief just isn’t a one-off and it wasn’t lengthy earlier than increasingly more followers of “Buddie” took to social media to share their response to the information their ship had made it mainstream sufficient to be a solution on the Prime Online game present.
- you imply to inform me Colin Jost stated buddie out loud – @ummrys
- COLIN JOST SAYING THE WORD BUDDIE IS JUST FUCKING RIDICULOUSKFJSJWJSJQJJXJAJS – @hrhnryfox
- absolutely the silence 😭😭 additionally the best way colin jost stated “buddie” gave me chills omg this was nationwide tv???!??? – @misspat_17
- colin jost speaking about buddie is actual and that i didn’t think about it – @ateotdiaz
Whereas most followers poked enjoyable at their ship turning into uncovered to the lots, some took it as an indication that ABC and the 9-1-1 writers do plan to make “Buddie” official finally. Like Twitter person @fourclaren, who wrote:
listening to colin jost say ‘buddie’ was all i wanted to know that they’re endgame
Eddie and Buck’s relationship has been a subject of dialog amongst 9-1-1 writers and followers for a number of seasons now. And with Buck realizing he was bisexual in Season 7, many have hoped that this implies “Buddie” might be canon in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later, even perhaps by the top of Season 8. Till then, “Buddie” followers can experience the truth that they love this fictional pairing a lot it caught the eye of the Pop Tradition Jeopardy! writing group.
You may catch new episodes of Pop Tradition Jeopardy! on Wednesdays with a Prime Video subscription. And, if you happen to’re eager about studying extra about “Buddie” and 9-1-1, you possibly can tune in to the second half of Season 8 on March sixth, when it returns to ABC, or catch it the following day with a Hulu subscription.