Amy Schneider: Last News

George Stephanopoulos enjoys occasionally ribbing at his co-stars just as much as any of the others do, with TJ Holmes recently bearing the brunt of it.MORE: George Stephanopoulos receives outpour of support following incredible career newsThe Good Morning America anchor left the studio in hysterics with his latest dig at TJ in what has become a recurring bit on the show.George introduced a story the team has been covering over the past week regarding Amy Schneider's history-making streak on Jeopardy.WATCH: GMA's George Stephanopoulos surprises Michael Strahan live on airHe then cut to TJ, who was helming the story in the studio while describing her run, and introduced him by cheekily saying: "TJ is on our Jeopardy beat.

Amy Schneider is making  history!Schneider claimed her 39th win Monday, surpassing Matt Amodio as the second-most winning contestant on the long-running game show. Ken Jennings, who partnered with Mayim Bialik to take over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, still holds the top spot, after he won 74 back-to-back games in 2004.Schneider's winnings are piling up too, with the 42-year-old software engineering manager collecting $1,319,800 in prize money thus far.«It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement after her 39th win.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterReigning “Jeopardy” champion Amy Schneider is coming for Ken Jennings’ hall-of-fame spot.She may have a long way to go, but on Monday, Schneider claimed her 39th victory, making her the contestant with the second-most consecutive wins in the game show’s history. Only Jennings, who newly took over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, has a longer winning streak. Jennings became a household name in 2004 after notching an unprecedented 74 back-to-back triumphs.In the 39 games she has conquered so far, Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., has collected a casual $1,319,800.“It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement.

has been hosting the show during Schneider’s winning streak. Schneider makes history as the most successful woman in the show’s history, the show’s first transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions and the highest-performing transgender person in the show’s history. “I think that the best part for me has been being on TV, you know, as my true self, expressing myself and representing the entire community of trans people,” she told “Good Morning America.” “Just being, you know, a smart, confident woman and doing something super normal like being on ‘Jeopardy!’”Schneider, who has also said that said her classmates voted her most likely to be a “Jeopardy!” contestant when she was in eighth grade, will now face off against Matt Amodio, who is No.

Watch out Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider is coming for your record.

Amy Schneider continued her Jeopardy! winning streak tonight with her 39th game, becoming the second winningest contestant in the show’s history behind Ken Jennings.

Amy Schneider is opening up about her historic run on Jeopardy!

“Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider is beating even her greatest expectations.

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“What is Prince Edward Island?”

Katharine McPhee took to Instagram Thursday with a clip from Jeopardy! in which she was referenced in a $2,000 question, but admittedly didn't know what the answer was.The question was part of the category Before & After TV, in which the titles of a pair of TV shows are mashed up to make another TV title.The clue to the question was 'Spooky HBO show with references to H.P.'s works, with Katharine McPhee along as the singing nanny.' The latest:Katharine McPhee, 37, took to Instagram Thursday with a clip from Jeopardy! in which she was referenced in a $2,000 question, but admittedly didn't know what the answer was. She was snapped last summer in MalibuThe answer was Lovecraft Country Comfort, which combined HBO's Lovecraft Country and Netflix's Country Comfort, the latter of which McPhee played the role of Bailey on.None of the three contestants on Thursday's episode, including champion Amy Schneider, were able to come up with the correct answer, and McPhee, 37, said she wasn't either.

Katharine McPhee was part of a $2,000 clue on the latest episode of Jeopardy! and even she didn’t know the correct response!

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Jeopardy! contestants since the show lifted the cap on consecutive wins in 2003. Schneider is the most successful openly trans competitor in the show's history. Cinching her icon status in a pop music category last week, she got an question right and a Nickelback question wrong.

She looks like a million bucks — and her jackpot is only growing. Jeopardy! contestant Amy Schneider passed the $1 million mark on Friday, January 7, episode of the game show.

Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider has become the first woman to bag $1 million on the popular competition program.Already the highest-earning female contestant in the quiz show's history and the woman with the longest winning streak, on Friday she became one of only four Jeopardy! players to reach seven figures in regular-season winnings.During an interview with the Associated Press about her various accomplishments she revealed her approach to being a trans celebrity. Winner:Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider has become the first woman to bag $1 million on the popular competition programAlthough she has in the past publicly urged voters in her home state of Ohio not to vote Republican, she insisted 'I don't want my social media to be a place where people are arguing about politics all the time.'She added: 'But at the same time, I can't ignore the fact that there´s people out there threatening my brothers and sisters in the trans community.

Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., has became the fourth person in the 38-year history of Jeopardy! to earn more than $1 million in non-tournament play. She moved past that milestone in today’s episode of the show.

Feeling “fine.” After former Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider was burglarized earlier this week, she has opened up about the ordeal.

It takes a certain mind to be able to compete on Jeopardy!, but only the best of the best land in this winner’s circle. These are the highest-earning winners from the game show — and they’ve won millions.