‘Jeopardy’ will continue despite writers strike with old questions

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 Jeopardy! showrunner Michael Davies revealed on Monday’s (August 7th) episode of the Inside Jeopardy! podcast that the game show’s fall season will feature former contestants and old material from previous seasons. “I believe, principally, that it would not be fair to have new contestants making their first appearance on the Alex Trebek Stage with non-original material,” Davies said. “We’re going to open the season with a second chance tournament for players from Season 37 who lost their initial game. Winners from that will advance to a Season 37 and Season 38 Champions Wildcard.” He added that questions will be derived from “a combination of material that our WGA writers wrote before the strike, which is still in the database, and material that has been re-deployed from multiple multiple seasons of the show.”