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The following Jeopardy! Event of Championships is being delayed, per Deadline. The delay is as a result of present WGA strike with former winners threatening to boycott if the collection used recycled questions for the match.
A spokesperson for the sport present collection mentioned the next in regards to the delay:
“Jeopardy! by no means had any intention of manufacturing a Event of Champions for Season 39 till the strike is resolved.
Our present plan is to enter a holding sample of kinds, pushing again the Season 39 postseason to first produce authentic episodes that includes one of the best of our WGA written materials. Subsequent month, we are going to share extra information about thrilling plans and enhancements to the contestant expertise for this upcoming season and past.
Jeopardy! has an extended historical past with and great respect for the WGA and our writers. Now we have all the time been cautious to honor our WGA agreements and we might by no means air sport materials not created by WGA writers. Nonetheless, simply as we did, led by Alex Trebek, in the course of the 2007-2008 strike, we are going to ship first-run episodes once more this fall to greater than 200 affiliate stations nationwide,” the spokesperson added. “Everybody at Jeopardy! hopes that the guilds and the AMPTP can attain a good decision rapidly.”
Viewers will see Celebrity! Jeopardy return to ABC this fall with materials written earlier than the strike started.
What do you think? Are you excited to see a brand new season of Jeopardy as soon as the strike ends?
