Jeopardy! contestants have complained about the identical factor after a fan requested what one side of the sport present was like. A Reddit person questioned if the clues have been onerous to see within the studio or if have been they displayed on a giant display.
“Is it onerous to learn the clues?” the Reddit person posted. “For many who have been on Jeopardy!, is it onerous to learn the clues on the little TV display throughout the studio? Or is it displayed giant throughout the entire board?”
Alison Betts, Season 40 five-time champion and 2025 Event of Champions participant, answered the platform person’s query. “After I taped in March of 2024 it was nonetheless within the small monitor, and sure, it might be onerous to learn the clue,” she mentioned. Nevertheless, Betts shared that for ToC, it was a brand new board. The clues didn’t take up the entire board, however they have been enlarged to take up the middle of it, on 3×4 clue squares. They have been simple sufficient to learn from the rostrum.
When the poster requested in the event that they needed to depend on host Ken Jennings studying them, Betts replied, “I might learn them, however I needed to focus to learn them.”
Jesse Chin, Champion Wildcard participant, mentioned that he needed to get glasses after his first taping to arrange for the following one.
Jean Westcott, a 2021 participant, mentioned that she was informed to disregard the host and browse the monitor as a result of it was in the course of the visitor host period. “It wasn’t onerous for me to see even with being in my mid-50s and sporting progressive lenses,” she mentioned.
Will Yancey, Champions Wildcard and Second Likelihood participant, mentioned that his eyesight sucks and he had a tough time studying the clues. “After I got here again for Second Likelihood that they had modified to the brand new system Alison already described and it was a lot simpler for me,” he wrote.
A fan who attended a latest taping shared, “Solely been to a taping within the latest single display board period, however the clue takes up a number of ‘monitor’ spots within the middle now. Watch a Pop Tradition Jeopardy‘s FJ spherical to get an thought of how a lot area it makes use of when it reveals the class. Earlier than that, sure, it could be proven in its sq. (however there are different screens on set).”
Greg Munda, who appeared on the present in 2013, mentioned, “I keep in mind caring about this, too, again in 2013. However again then, the clue solely remained displayed in that one particular monitor on the sport board, but I had no downside studying it (all the things on TV is ‘smaller’ in actual life than it’s on the display, and the identical IMO could be mentioned concerning the Jeopardy! set—issues are literally nearer up than they appear). As of late, with the sport board being one enormous monitor (prefer it was with Wheel [of Fortune] beginning a few seasons in the past), it doesn’t shock me that they really “amplify” the clues up a bit, since they don’t should hassle with bezels and the like.”
Jeopardy! bosses introduced the change in October 2024. As a substitute of particular person screens, one digital display was put in. The announcement was made on the Inside Jeopardy! podcast co-hosted by longtime producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss and (now-retired) contestant Sam Buttrey. Buttrey defined that for the reason that board was being revamped for PCJ, which premiered in December, they determined to maintain it for the syndicated sport present.
“I don’t know if of us know, one of many thrilling issues concerning the Pop Tradition set is the debut of the digital board,” Sam shared.
“Sure, this was the place you first bought to get a take a look at that sport board,” Foss confirmed. “Now not 36 screens; a single, big sport board.”
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