the long-running television mainstay and stepping into the role long held by the great tv legend, alex trebekl feels like "jeopardy!" the people here are so good at their jobs, they kept the continuity. >> we're really ushering in what alex facilitated so beautifully which is highlighting contestants and the show that people know and love. >> ken, for you, you remember that feeling you had when you would walk on to the stage as a contestant and the feeling you have walking on as a host. >> i've talked to other contestants and they really treat this as, like, a holy space. the other day i came out and i was standing by the game board and i was like, i'm standing next to, you know, the freaking "jeopardy!" game board. i see this at home every night, and now i get to work here. i just feel so lucky. like the kid that just won willy wonka's factory. >> you say freaking about it, gets excited. >> it was going to be something else, but this is a daytime audience. >> we won't edit that out. >> reporter: they gave us a little behind the scenes. >> this is where the magic happened. >> reporter: showed

or is it rhianan or marianne's chance to shine here on the alex trebek stage?d out. here are the categories in the jeopardy! round. we start with... then... each response will have exactly two letter "i"s as its only vowels. then... and... - champ, start us off. - poker, $1,000. if you need the middle card to make a straight, it's this draw that sounds like a bullet in the stomach. - cris. - what is a gut shot? - yes. - poker, $800.

he is certainly making a mark here on the alex trebek stage.ome marsha and mike to the stage. good luck to all three of you. let's take a look at your categories in the jeopardy! round. first... we have... and finally... cris. nonfiction, $800. - cris. - who is pierce? - franklin pierce. you got it. - nonfiction, $1,000.

♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"e welcome today's contestants-- an engineer from pittsburgh, pennsylvania... a software engineer originally from kansas city, kansas... and our returning champion-- a customer success operations manager from ocean city, new jersey... whose 2-day cash winnings total... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny. and thank you all for joining us today on "jeopardy!" now, if you were watching yesterday, you saw our champion, cris pannullo, find and respond correctly to all three daily doubles in the game, adding $8,200 to his score. that, along with his 23 other correct responses, helped pave the way for his second straight runaway game. sean, jacqueline, welcome to the alex trebek stage. good luck to all three of you. let me walk you through the categories we have for you in the "jeopardy!" round. we begin right here in... next... "c" in quotation marks. we have some... then we'll be... and finally, ooh... cris, start. 50 st

you gotta dip somebody ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"estants-- a musician and teacher from englewood, colorado... a head of new product development from henderson, nevada... and our returning champion-- an attorney from berkeley, california... ...whose 4-day cash winnings total... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- mayim bialik. [applause] thank you, johnny gilbert, and welcome, everyone, to "jeopardy!" i can't even believe i'm saying this.

bialik sat down for their first interview since being named co host, replacing alex trebek. read the clues off the monitor. alex always read them off paper . we miss alex every day, but luckily it still feels like jeopardy. these people here are so good at their jobs. they kept the continuity both of us. we feel like we're really ushering in. what what? alex facilitated so beautiful. really which is again highlighting contestants and the show that people know and love later on good morning america how the co host feel about sharing a dressing room. next get another win in philadelphia predict financial doom. the phillies are red hot. they advance to the playoffs after beating the cardinals and wall street may want to pay attention. and here's why philly won the world series in 1929 19 82,008. those were all terrible years for the stock market. look out next, a record run at the chicago marathon. john isow the first american i uerwoours and 19 minutes herof tutes 29 s, beat the previous record by 43 seconds. next a red hot lawsuit i mean, is suing the makers of texas pete hot

are you kidding ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"are today's contestants-- a member acquisition coordinator from portland, oregon... an attorney from lawrenceville, new jersey... and our returning champion-- a student from vista, california... ...whose 2-day cash winnings total... [ applause ] and now hosting "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [ applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone. spring has sprung, and our young seedling of a champion,

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"are today's contestants-- an academic copy editor from durham, new hampshire... an employment attorney from san diego, california... and our returning champion-- a bar owner from los angeles, california... ...whose 1-day cash winnings total... [ applause ] and now hosting "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [ applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone, to "jeopardy!" as we begin a new week here with a new champion,

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"chart caller, writer, and editor from chicago, illinois... a sports writer from minneapolis, minnesota... and an educational consultant and business owner from silver spring, maryland... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome to "jeopardy!" second chance. today our remaining three contestants battle for a spot in the two-game, total-point finals match that kicks off tomorrow. we already know that whoever winds up our winner today will be pitted against sadie goldberger and jack weller in that match, with the winner advancing to our tournament of champions right away on monday. they won't get a lot of time off. so much at stake in the next half hour. good luck to nikkee, do, and rowan. let's get into the game. here are the categories you'll be dealing with in the jeopardy! round. we start with, ooh, some... then... we have... then... the correct responses within the text of each clue. and finally... i'm

we ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"re this week's second chance finalists-- an interpreter from columbia, maryland... who finished yesterday's game with... a law student originally from san diego, california... whose total yesterday was... and a chart caller, writer, and editor from chicago, illinois... who ended yesterday's game with... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny. welcome, everyone, to the last game of our first-ever "jeopardy!" second chance competition. by the end of this show, we will know who will be joining our incredible field of contestants in the upcoming tournament of champions-- rowan, jack, or sadie. now at the moment, rowan's impressive score could seem hard to beat, but you know, there have been many cases in the history of our "jeopardy!" 2-game total point matches when a player who is in a distant third after the first game came roaring back to win it all in game two. we shall see. right now we're gonna remove the scores you a

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is...nd chance contestants-- a dentist and entrepreneur from south salem, new york... a branch office administrator from baltimore, maryland... and a naval aviator from newport beach, california... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone, to second chance. today's contestants all thought they had played their last game of "jeopardy!", and yet, here they are, plucked from quiz-show limbo to do battle once again in our "jeopardy!" valhalla, the second chance competition. we already know that today's winner will be playing jessica stevens and molly karol in the finals

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"y's contestants-- a graduate student from pasadena, california... a student from lima, new york... and our returning champion, a customer success operations manager from ocean city, new jersey... whose 8-day cash winnings total... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings! thank you, johnny. welcome to "jeopardy!", folks. what a thrilling game we had here yesterday, with two huge daily double wagers in the double jeopardy! round, one by our champion and one by the challenger. in the end, it was cris pannullo who pulled off the big final jeopardy! win and lives to play his ninth game today. welcome to his new challengers, elizabeth and fernando. let's get to work in the jeopardy! round. ♪♪♪ take a look at these categories. first... then... ...but they don't, and finally... hi, i'm edina menzel. a song can bring a character to life, and i'll have clues about some of the roles i've acted and sung. - cris, where do we begin? - 17th century, $800. the answer there is the... [a

. ♪ ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"y's contestants-- a musician and crossword editor from san francisco, california... a research project manager from durham, north carolina... and our returning champion-- a customer success operations manager from ocean city, new jersey... whose 5-day cash winnings total... [cheers and applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-ken jennings! thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone, to the show. we are now just weeks away from this year's tournament of champions, and yet the field for next year's tournament is already beginning to take shape. we have two official qualifiers so far from the beginning of this season-- 5-time champ luigi de guzman, and now joining him-- cris pannullo, who locked up a spot with his fifth win yesterday. will cris finish the week with us as a 6-time "jeopardy!" champion? or is it kate or dan's turn today to start a streak of their own? let's start to find out. here are your categories in the jeopardy! round, players. we begin with... then some...

streaming and upgrade to the disney bundle for even more. and upgrade to the disney ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek is "jeopardy!" [cheering] let's meet today's contestants-- a quality assurance technologist from tottenham, ontario, canada... aa communications fundraising director from grand rapids, michigan... and our returning champion-- a customer success operations manager from ocean city, new jersey... whose 3-day cash winnings total... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [cheers and applause] thank you, all. thank you, johnny. welcome to "jeopardy!" three wins, three runaway games, and three correct daily doubles in yesterday's show have certified a solid early start for our champion, cris pannullo. and with 34 correct responses in yesterday's showing, he's starting to rack up some super champion-level stats. let's see if tory and francis can put him to the test today. here are the categories you three will be dealing with in the jeopardy! round. we begin with some... then... we give you the dam, you give us the nation. and finally, good news... cris, start us o

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"s trader from brooklyn, new york... a contracting officer from dayton, ohio... and our returning champion, a customer success operations manager from ocean city, new jersey... whose 9-day cash winnings total... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome to "jeopardy!" yesterday brought another impressive win from our champion, cris pannullo,

they say they want to honor the late legendary host alex trebek by continuing his legacy. ews got a behind the scenes tour of the set including some of the modern changes. alex used to use a big piece of paper to read the clues off and he would have like a little black crayon he would use to x off clues but now that part's all electronic and it's the host can read clues often monitor that's tied to the game board. so we never have any technical glitch or mismatch between board and the host. the two agree that no one can imitate trevex charm or replace him and they added that having two hosts supporting one another brings the attention back to the show and not on each individual's personality. you can catch jeopardy weeknights at 7 right here on abc 7. the month of october means a very early start to the holiday shopping season and this week many big box retailers are out there looking to clear inventory and entice more people to come inside and shop with deals and savings to match abc news reporter deirdre bolton has more on this. amazon target walmart just a few of the ret

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"e finalists-- an interpreter from columbia, maryland... a law student originally from san diego, california... and a chart caller, writer, and editor from chicago, illinois... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [applause] thank you, everyone. thank you, johnny. and welcome to the second of our "jeopardy!" second chance finals. our finalists-- rowan, jack, and sadie-- are competing for a $35,000 prize as winner of the week. but more importantly, they're also vying for that last coveted spot in the tournament of champions that begins monday. we know who 20 of the players in that tournament will be, but the 21st spot is still up for grabs. it's gonna be somebody on stage with me right now. let me remind you this is a two-game final, which means the scores our players accumulate today will be added to their scores from tomorrow to determine a champion. good luck to all three of you. this is exciting. and we're off into the jeopardy! round. here are your categories. fir

(light music) ♪♪ (light music) ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy today's contestants-- a healthcare policy professional from brooklyn, new york... an attorney from oakland, california... and our returning champion-- a customer success operations manager from ocean city, new jersey... whose 6-day cash winnings total... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [cheers and applause] thank you, everyone. welcome to a new week on "jeopardy!" with his fifth and sixth wins, cris pannullo has now guaranteed himself a spot in the tournament of champions. now, we won't be seeing him back until next season. but starting next monday, we're gonna be featuring our all-new second chance competition, where we're bringing back 18 past players for a shot at "jeopardy!" redemption and the two final spots in this year's tournament of champions which will kick off immediately after second chance. it's gonna be an exciting season here on "jeopardy!" today we welcome two new challengers-- eugene and allie. good luck to all three of you. let's ge

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, a studt, originally from san diego, californiaeach, new york... and a writing professor from forest hills, new york... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone, to the "jeopardy!" second chance competition. now, for decades, the rule on "jeopardy!" has always been "one to a customer." contestants play until they lose, whether that's in their first game or their 41st game, and then we have to say goodbye. but this is the competition where that all changes. so far we've met 12 of our 18 second chance competitors. today we welcome tom, alicia, and jack. let's get into the jeopardy! round. here are your categories you'll be working with. ♪♪♪ we begin with some... then... and finally... tom, where would you like to begin? cartoons, $800, please. - [chuckling] jack. - who is arthur? that's right. women on the map, $800, please. tom. - what is martha's vineyard? - correct. mcdonald's, $600.

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is...second group of second chance contestants-- a cpa from austin, texas... an accountant from ellensburg, washington... and an elementary teacher from philadelphia, pennsylvania... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone to "jeopardy!" second chance brought to you by moderna. f. scott fitzgerald once observed that there are no second acts in american lives. well, the players you'll be seeing today and over the next two weeks have come here to prove fitzgerald wrong. yesterday, jessica stephens convincingly advanced to the first of our two finals, but who will join her today? will it be erica, tracy, or molly? good luck to all three of you. let's go to work in the "jeopardy!" round. we begin by revealing the categories you'll be dealing with. first, we have some... then... blank & blank... and finally... each correct response will contain one of those political positions. -erica, where do we begin? -celebriti

♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"nts are a professor of theater from arvada, colorado... a retired it project manager from manlius, new york... and our returning champion-- a customer success operations manager from ocean city, new jersey... whose 4-day cash winnings total... [cheers and applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, everyone. welcome to the show. we're just three weeks and four days into season 39, and we've already had a succession of mini streaks here on "jeopardy!" we've had a 3-day winner, we've had a 5-day champion, and now we've had two 4-day champs back to back following a huge win yesterday for cris pannullo, his fourth straight runaway game. it's looking likely we're gonna be seeing cris back at next year's tournament of champions, but i'm guessing he would like to lock up that spot with a fifth win today. jo and jeff, welcome to the show. let's play "jeopardy!" here are the categories we have for you in the first round. we begin with s

♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is...e contestants-- a statistical research specialist from nashville, tennessee... a community college history instructor from grand blanc, michigan... and a user experience designer from new york, new york... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you all. welcome to our first-ever "jeopardy!" second chance competition. as we've learned over the years, not all "jeopardy!" runners-up are created equal. many spend years training for the show, then months preparing for that first appearance, but you know what? that first game can hit a little different when you run into a matt amodio or an amy schneider or a mattea roach. that's why we've decided to give 18 contestants a second chance. here's how the competition will unfold. this week, we're gonna play three initial games, the winners of each of which will advance to a 2-game total point affair to be played thursday and friday, and the winner of that match will advance to our upcoming tourname

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy! moderna. [applause] here are this week's second chance finalists-- a cpa from austin, texas... who finished yesterday's game with... a statistical research specialist from nashville, tennessee... whose total yesterday was... and a naval aviator from newport beach, california... who ended yesterday's game with... and now, here is the host of jeopardy!-- ken jennings! thank you, johnny gilbert. and welcome to the final game in the first week of two, in our second chance competition. now, over the past year and a half, our finalists, james, jessica and molly, thought their jeopardy! dreams were over, but in less than 30 minutes, one of them is going to be crowned a jeopardy! champion, our second chance champion. not just any winner, but one with a guaranteed birth in the highly anticipated tournament of champions that begins october 31st. now, we're going to remove the scores that are in front of you, that you earned in yesterday's show. those will be added back to whatever you accumulat

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is...ance finalists-- a cpa from austin, texas... a statistical research specialist from nashville, tennessee... and a naval aviator from newport beach, california... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, everyone. welcome to the first of two finals in our second chance competition. our champions james, jessica, and molly today and tomorrow will be competing in a two-game match, at the end of which the player with the highest combined total will be named our winner. now, we haven't talked about prizing for second chance yet. let's walk through that. our third-place finalist is going to receive $10,000. we have $20,000 for second place. and our champion will receive $35,000 and, much more importantly, a guaranteed spot in the upcoming tournament of champions. let's get this finals underway, shall we? good luck to all three of you. here are the categories you'll be dealing with in the jeopardy! round. we start with

this is the moment to build a ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy chance contestants-- an interpreter from columbia, maryland... a music educator from san diego, california... and a middle school humanities teacher from fishers, indiana... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone, to the second week of our first-ever "jeopardy!" second chance competition. last week, we saw jessica stephens secure her spot in the tournament of champions, but you know what? there's one empty spot remaining, and this week we're going to find out who that will be. it will be the player who wins their initial second chance game, then advances to the finals and emerges as the victor in that two-game total point affair thursday and friday. it's going to be an exciting week of games. good luck today to sarah, jeff, and sadie. which of you will take advantage of your second chance? let's find out. here is the jeopardy! round, where we have these categories. we begin with... then... we have...

. ♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!"g today's contestants-- gh school science teacherse from petersburg, illinois... and our returning champion-- an episcopal priest from walla walla, washington... whose 4-day cash winnings total... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone. our champion, david sibley, shared yesterday that he wants the world for his young daughter and, in fact, plans to start a college fund for her with his "jeopardy!" earnings. well, after four wins and over $78,000, that fund is off to a great start. can he add to it today with another win and secure a spot in the 2323 tournament of champions, or will it be pam or cris who ends the week with us as "jeopardy!" champion? it is time to start finding out, my friends. good luck. we go now into the "jeopardy!" round and these categories. first we have some... then... then... and finally... notice the quotation marks. david, start us off. pro team in that sport, $600.