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Post by aaaa on Aug 1, 2019 15:29:55 GMT -5
The always reliable Buzzerblog reports he is retiring from producing WOF and J! on 5/1/2020, by which time the upcoming season of WOF and J! will have finished taping. Whether it means Mike Richards gets a producing gig on either or both shows is another story. Jeopardy! doesn't really need any fixing, and shouldn't get messed with at least while Alex is still there, many have argued on Buy a Vowel board and Buzzerblog that Wheel could use some.
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Post by Mandoli on Aug 1, 2019 22:19:25 GMT -5
Jeopardy! doesn't really need any fixing, and shouldn't get messed with at least while Alex is still there... If Jeopardy gets messed around with on someone else's hand, there's a problem.
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Post by aaaa on Aug 2, 2019 4:12:11 GMT -5
I don't think Alex would want J! to change whether he's still there or not. Though if more commercial time gets added to the show, they might have to go to five categories per round at some point(which should probably already be done on celeb weeks because the boards historically don't get completed on those weeks)
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Post by addemup on Aug 2, 2019 12:57:32 GMT -5
The always reliable Buzzerblog reports he is retiring from producing WOF and J! on 5/1/2020, by which time the upcoming season of WOF and J! will have finished taping. Whether it means Mike Richards gets a producing gig on either or both shows is another story. Jeopardy! doesn't really need any fixing, and shouldn't get messed with at least while Alex is still there, many have argued on Buy a Vowel board and Buzzerblog that Wheel could use some. My biggest gripe with WoF for many years is that vowels are still only $250, same as they were in 1975. As much money as they give away on the show now, there’s really no reason NOT to buy vowels as there’s really no penalty to it like there was years ago. If any change is made to WoF, hopefully that’s it. It should be $1,000 to buy a vowel IMO.
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Post by aaaa on Aug 2, 2019 16:25:47 GMT -5
The last time it ever took more than one successful consonant call to buy a vowel was the second week of the 1996-97 season.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Aug 11, 2019 15:26:37 GMT -5
I'm not upset to see him leave WoF at all, and the less said about some of the decisions under his watch on Donnymid, the better. But Jeopardy is the one show where I've found him to be consistent on. I haven't had any major issues with that show at all. I hope that show continues in the direction it's going in now with someone else in place.
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Post by aaaa on Aug 11, 2019 16:40:56 GMT -5
Certainly no changes should be to Jeopardy while Alex is still hosting it at the very least, and doing so after he leaves wouldn't be any better
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