Within the battle for recreation present supremacy one present has seen a surge in scores whereas the opposite has cooled down. New figures present that Jeopardy! is again on high as Wheel of Fortune noticed a drop in viewing figures.
And plainly a few of that might be right down to contestant Drew Goins, who appeared on Jeopardy!‘s Champions Wild Card Event throughout the week of January 20 to January 26, which noticed the sport present reclaim its high spot. Regardless of falling simply wanting victory towards Mehal Shah for a spot within the Event of Champions, Goins was picked to be an alternate after Superstar Jeopardy! winner Lisa Ann Walter wasn’t capable of take her spot. Sadly, he misplaced within the semi-final on February 6.
The U.S. Solar stories that 8,430,000 folks tuned in to observe Jeopardy! that week, in accordance with Nielsen. Wheel of Fortune wasn’t far behind with 8,111,000 viewers.
These scores come 5 months after Ryan Seacrest made his debut as host on WOF. He took over for Pat Sajak, who retired in 2024 after 41 seasons.
In October, simply weeks after Seacrest made his debut on Wheel of Fortune, the sport present totaled 7.99 million complete viewers, making its greatest premiere month viewers (9/9/24-10/6/24) in three years. On the time, Wheel was TV’s primary most-watched leisure program, surpassing Jeopardy!, which is hosted by Ken Jennings. Wheel has lengthy trailed Jeopardy! in scores, regardless of the sport exhibits airing back-to-back in syndication. Even with the superstar variations, Jeopardy! pulls forward.
The rationale for Wheel‘s score drop might be as a result of followers seen the sport present is persistently making a gift of $40,000 throughout the Bonus Spherical. After a contestant appropriately guesses the puzzle within the Bonus Spherical, Seacrest reveals how a lot they added to their jackpot by opening an envelope with a money quantity on it.
With out fail, plainly Seacrest repeatedly opens $40,000 envelopes and never any larger.
YouTube viewers weren’t enthused with the prize and puzzled if there have been any larger quantities on the wheel.
“After I noticed Ryan was hiding the prize from the envelope, I assumed he [was] gonna shock her and the viewers with $100,000!” a viewer commented.
“What number of $40,000 envelopes are there within the Bonus Spherical? I see one other $40,000 win once more,” one fan wrote.
“I assumed for positive [Seacrest] was going to disclose the $100,000, and it was solely the $40,000. Nonetheless, an incredible clear up and nice effort. Good work!” stated one other.
One other fan noticed Season 42 hasn’t had any $1 million, $70K, or $75K winners but.
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