Jeopardy! fans are sharing their concerns over missing the show on their local channel.
The game show is currently on season 41 and is going into its second season of being hosted solely by Ken Jennings since he has been sharing hosting duties with actress Mayim Bialik since 2021 after late host Alex Trebek’s death. As fans are tuning into the current season, one fan on a Jeopardy! Subreddit expressed their dismay with presently missing episodes of the trivia game show.
The Reddit thread was titled “Missing episodes due to local FOX station” and they explained that they missed “10-15 episodes of Jeopardy! due to other programming.” They acknowledged that the show won’t air due to hurricane coverage, but how basketball season is coming up. While they are excited about about basketball season, they don’t want to miss any more episodes as a result.
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The Redditor further explained that they recorded the episode to watch the following day, but when they did that last night, it was just filled with NBA pregame. They added that Youtube TV doesn’t have a VOD option for Jeopardy! and ended their post with a question: “How do the rest of you deal with similar situations in your local market? Is there another option for watching when the local FOX station doesn’t air Jeopardy! that evening?”
Other fans responded to the thread and tried to offer solutions. One viewer told the person to go to the sidebar for “Alternative Viewing Methods” on Paramount+ or on a Peacock account, and then they gave them a heads up about a few upcoming Jeopardy! episodes being stalled.
The one fan said: “After tonight, five of the next six episodes (tomorrow, at least Monday and Tuesday of next week, and possibly Thursday and Friday) are preempted on nine Fox affiliates for the World Series and its pregame coverage. For you specifically, WVUE is showing Friday’s episode airing at 3 AM (there’s a college football game, Rutgers at USC, immediately following the baseball), but no re-schedule yet for any of the others”
A second watcher informed the original poster of what happens during a scheduled preemption: “When it’s a scheduled preemption, the channel will either show Jeopardy (and WoF) either before the game or later that night. Thus is always reflected in the cable guide and my DVR adjusts accordingly. I’m in Arizona.”
Another fans suggested calling their station but admitted it didn’t work for them this time around: “I’ve tried calling the station to ask them on that day. Way, way back they used to send you copies of the episodes you missed. But this year I called up after missing one because of MLB playoffs and the gal on the line said, ‘We don’t know when it aired.’ Which was of no help. But maybe you will be better!”
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