Jan 26, 2022 | Television
One of the first thoughts I had after it happened was, “I don’t have to come up with any more anecdotes.” — Amy Schneider, after her 40-game “Jeopardy!” win streak ended tonight Amy is one of the show’s greatest champions, deserving of...
Jan 25, 2022 | Television
“It’s like Schrödinger’s Jeopardy! It’s happened, but it also hasn’t happened yet” — from Claire McNear’s piece on how the show’s champions have to keep their success a secret for months until their episodes air. For players like [Amy] Schneider,...
Jan 24, 2022 | Blog, Television
Emily Jahr has a piece in the Washington Post about people who were champions on “Jeopardy!” in the era when you were only allowed to stay on the show for a maximum of five days. She asked them how jealous they are of players like Amy Schneider, the...
Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, Television
I’ve been a fan of Ricky Gervais for a long time. I laughed out loud at his HBO series “Extras,” his movies “Ghost Town” and “The Invention of Lying,” his stints hosting The Golden Globes (when they were still a thing), and...
Dec 28, 2021 | Blog, Television
I first noticed Wendy Rieger in the late 1980s when I was hosting a successful morning radio show and she was a reporter for WRC-TV, the NBC owned-and-operated station in Washington, DC. Some tropical storm or hurricane was threatening the area, and Wendy was...
