Jeopardy!

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Filed by Max Sterling · Streaming Confidential

Jeopardy! flipped the quiz: answers on the board, questions from the contestant, Art Fleming at the lectern before Trebek made it eternal. Merv Griffin's NBC original is leaner than the later syndication empire, which is why it startles. Here is the grammar of smart game TV being invented — categories, Daily Doubles, and that endgame squeeze.

TV Flash files Jeopardy! (1964–1975) on NBC as the episode guide: 2 listed hours across 2 seasons, 1964-03-30–1975-01-03 from “Episode 1” (S01E01) to “Episode 1” (S12E01).