JEOPARDY! has suddenly been interrupted for many in a last-minute schedule shakeup that has left fans fuming.

Viewers hoping to watch the trivia game show to distract from the 2024 Presidential Election stress tuned in for disappointment on Super Tuesday as the show didn’t air for nearly half the country.

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Ken Jennings hosts tonight’s Election Day episode of Jeopardy!Credit: Jeopardy!

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Greg Jolin has scored his 4th Jeopardy! win

The show did not make a formal announcement about how it would change up its airtime on Election Day, – leaving many Jeopardy! fans furious they missed today’s match. 

Due to the long-running show being syndicated on local stations by Sony Pictures Television, it airs on different networks, during different times, depending on where you live.

For example, some regions will air Jeopardy! on ABC at 7pm where as other parts of the country may air the episode at 7:30pm, or even earlier, on another channel such as CBS.

Nearly half of America was impacted by the abrupt schedule shakeup – as 48.5% of the stations across the country will be strictly showing Election Day coverage.

However, other areas will have you pulling an all-nighter if you still wish to catch today’s game.

On Richmond, Virginia’s ABC8, Jeopardy! will not be airing until 2:30am.

KWQX in Iowa will not be airing Tuesday’s episode until 3AM.

At Orlando, Florida’s WFTV9, the episode is now scheduled to air at 11:30pm – though there is a note that’s schedule to change pending tonight’s poll results.

Many fans are furious and questioning the producers’ choice to air an episode at all, instead of taking one day off to allow everyone to be able to see it.

“Genuine question- why do they even have an episode today and not just skip a day?” one fan asked.

“Seems like a day they could’ve just taken off but that’s just me,” another quipped.

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While a third raged: “Guess I’ll be missing today’s episode. No f**king way I’m staying up until 3am to watch.”

Tuesday’s super-packed episode has returning champ Greg Jolin looking to become just the second person of season 41 to win four consecutive games after contestant Mark Fitzpatrick.

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From left to right: Greg Jolin, Priscilla Gruenewald and Chuck ReaCredit: Jeopardy!
The accountant from New Hampshire played against Chuck Rea, a director of software engineering originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Priscilla Gruenewald, a retired writer & editor from Nipomo, California.

Like his past games, Greg was off to a quick lead out of the gate and found the first Daily Double under the Science category.

“The 2 chemical elements bearing the names of U.S. states are tennessine & this one,” host Ken Jennings read.

Greg correctly responded: “What is Californium?” – adding $3,000 to his score.

By the first break, Greg had secured $4,000 while Chuck was in second with $1,400 and Priscilla just behind with $800.

The returning champ had increased his lead to $9,800 by the first break – with Chuck much behind in second with $2,800.

After already accumulating a runaway lead, Greg was becoming riskier with his wagers – betting $10,000 with his second Daily Double find.

Once again, the risk paid off – increasing his lead to a hefty $26,600.

Jeopardy! Contestant Rules

Passing Jeopardy!’s online Anytime Test is hard enough, but there are also many rules players must follow once they make it to the stage:

The returning champion is always at the leftmost podium and keeps playing until they lose.
Contestants don’t have to say “who is” or “what is” in the first round but must do so in Double Jeopardy! and Final Jeopardy.
Contestants can change their responses as long as Ken Jennings or the judges haven’t made a ruling.
The minimum wager for a Daily Double is $5. The minimum wager for Final Jeopardy! is $0.
Written responses in Final Jeopardy! do not have to be spelled correctly, but they must be phonetically correct (the judges decide this).
If there’s a tie after Final Jeopardy, the tied players enter a bonus clue shootout, and whoever buzzes in first correctly wins.
If all three contestants wager everything in Final Jeopardy! and are incorrect, leaving them with $0, there will be no returning champion (it’s happened before—six times).

Going into Final Jeopardy!, Greg had a runaway lead with $30,200 while Chuck had a distant second with $7,400 and Priscilla in third with $6,000.

“Phrase Origins” was the last category, as Ken read the clue: “In 1935 an article popularized this term for the part of the U.S. where residents were ‘depending on rain.’”

“What is Dust Bowl?” was the correct response – which everyone accurately wrote down.

Greg bet $5,000 – ending his fourth straight win with $35,400 and bringing his four-day total to an impressive $110,402.

Chuck remained in second, ending the game with $10,000 while Priscilla was just behind with $8,000.

With this win, Greg has all but secured his invitation for the highly-coveted Tournament of Champions.

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Despite looking tense during the game, Greg ran off with a huge winCredit: Jeopardy!

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Greg’s $10k Daily Double bet even left Ken Jennings nervousCredit: Jeopardy!