2022-02-12
20 分钟This is in conversation from Apple News today.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
Every weekend, we're taking you deeper into the best journalism on Apple News.
The late host of Jeopardy.
Alex Trebek used to insist that he was not the show's star.
The contestants and the writers, they're the stars of the show.
The thing is that never really felt true.
You know, Alex Trebek was the show's compass, its conscience, which is why when he died in 2020, it brought up all these questions about the future.
Could the show continue to be successful without Alex Trebek?
These past few months have been some of the most thrilling in Jeopardy's recent history.
We've had celebrity guest hosts and some really impressive contest since have gone out on that stage and set new records.
There was Matt amodio who won 38 games in a row, the second longest winning streak in the history of the show.
You are our Jeopardy.
Champion, Matt, with a 38 day total of 1 million 500.
And then came Amy Schneider, who beat Amodio's newly set record and walked away with 40 consecutive wins.
You now have the second longest streak in Jeopardy.
History.
With all this excitement, ratings have soared.
At the start of Jeopardy.
Was, for the first time in at least three decades, the highest rated non sports program on broadcast and cable television, proving that fans are tuning in even without Alex Trebek reading the clues.