Season 12

From the desk

How this season is filed

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 Season 12 of Jeopardy! (1964–1975) on NBC as the last listed season of 2 — 1 listed hour, 1975-01-03 opening on “Episode 1” (S12E01). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

1. S12E01 Episode 1

   A 1975 hour as the original run's later door — still Fleming, still the question-as-answer contract, before the Trebek eternity.