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long series of controversial on air moments, Tuesday night’s “Wheel of Fortune” episode has social media watchdogs barking about the show’s “dumbest moment ever.”The frustrating episode featured three contestants taking a whopping eight turns and 10 attempts to solve the puzzle: “Another feather _n yo_r _a_” While the correct answer was simply “Another feather in your cap,” the players took several tries to get there — and it left viewers very frustrated.Possibly bad game player Laura Machado had three guesses to win as host Pat Sajak and legendary letter-tuner Vanna White looked on. However, Machado’s maddening wrong answers included: “Another feather in your hat,” “Another feather in your lap” and “Another feather in your map.”Meanwhile, fellow contestant Christopher Coleman didn’t guess any of the correct letters and landed on Bankrupt when he twirled TV’s most infamous wheel.Thomas Lipscomb also scored a Bankrupt and Lose a Turn for his first two times in the hot seat.

dropped in 2002 and 2011 on the channel.The new adaption of “Lingo” will have two-person teams attempting to guess words on a grid after being given the first letter. Wordle, which uses a similar format, was recently purchased by the New York Times for a reported seven figures.

Monday and Tuesday’s shows featured players who each won $100,000 in bonus prizes.Bree Yokouchi was the lucky contestant and scored $121,638 in cash and prizes, including a trip to St. Lucia on Wednesday.“I was just excited to be here this morning,” said Yokouchi after her win.

winningest woman Amy Schneider, who took home nearly $1.4 million during her 40-game streak on the show in January, is making big moves, the 42-year-old former software engineer said on Tuesday.In an update to her 127,000 followers on Twitter, the Oakland, Calif. resident said, “Some of you may have heard, but I quit my day job yesterday!”“It’s a bit nerve-wracking to pivot from software engineer to… public figure, I guess?” Schneider continued.

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.

Tuesday interview of her fifth consecutive game win, which qualified her for the “Tournament.” “Once I got it, it was a great feeling, mostly because I was having fun and I didn’t want to stop. By qualifying for the fifth one, I knew I would come back.”She’s since won even more shows, bringing her streak up to nine.

third spot for another hall of fame record, the most money won, with his tally now an incredible $775,401.This week he also took the third spot for consecutive wins, having surpassed Julia Collins, who won 20 games in 2014, which at the time had been the second best run.“Jeopardy!” called him a “superchamp” as it noted that only James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings have won more since 1984, when the syndicated show debuted.Despite his incredible winning streak, Amodio still has a way to go to catch them — with Holzhauer having won 32 games in 2019, and GOAT Jennings an incredible 74 games in 2004.The two champs are also the only ones to have won more money than Amodio — with Holzhauer’s $2,462,216 just behind Jennings’ $2,520,700.Amodio had

according to the Wrap, just before Alex Trebek’s final episodes — taped before his death in November 2020. Ratings during those last few weeks reflected some of the highest the show sees in a season at 6.6.

guest “Jeopardy!” host, former winners and contestants are voicing their concerns over the future of the ABC series.Kathy Krebs, who failed to make it to Final Jeopardy during her episode in 2016, joked that she’s “no longer the most embarrassing thing to happen on the show” as a result of the Dr. Oz debacle. “Dr.

early on Twitter and YouTube for fans to savor the moment.Friday marked the day fans have been dreading: the culmination of the last week of episodes Trebek filmed before he died on Nov. 8 at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

one of the last episodes the beloved host recorded before he died at age 80 on November 8 following a battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.“You’ll recall that about a month ago, I asked all of you to take a moment to give thanks for all of the blessings that you enjoy in your lives,” he said. “Now, today, a different kind of message.

wrote in a tweet about the tribute Tuesday afternoon. “He was truly in a category of his own.”The marathon will kick off at 9 a.m.

died Sunday at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.“Over the weekend, we lost our beloved host, Alex Trebek,” he said. “This is an enormous loss for our staff and crew, for his family and for his millions of fans.

Alex Trebek was the beloved host of the iconic game show “Jeopardy!” for more than 35 years.Trebek became the host of “Jeopardy!” in 1984, reviving the show after it had been off the air since 1979. The question-and-answer game show is an entertainment institution, watched daily by millions of fans around the world.

Here’s a clue, “Jeopardy!” fans: For decades, Alex Trebek resisted writing this type of book before finally delivering one on the eve of his 80th birthday.

Ahead of celebrating his 80th birthday next week, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is giving fans of the long-running game show an update on his health, saying he’s “doing well.”

Jeopardy! fans were left saying, “Thank u, next,” this week to Alwin Hui, of Washington D.C., after the hopeful confused Ariana Grande for Janet Jackson in a category that quizzed contestants on the Billboard Music Awards.

Alex Trebek is releasing a memoir this summer — just in time for his 80th birthday.

diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in March of 2019, is looking forward to taping new episodes once filming resumes after the COVID-19 pandemic.“Alex is looking forward to resuming production as soon as we are able to do so. He’s told us he wants to be one of the first shows back in production,” a rep for the longtime game show told TV Line.This Friday the last pre-taped episode of the show will air, leading many fans to worry they’ll be viewing Trebek’s final hosting gig.

Herbert Stempel, the contestant on NBC’s “Twenty-One” who helped uncover the quiz show rigging scandals of the 1950s, died on April 7 at the age of 93.

1. Killing EveSeason 3 finale With just one episode to go, will Villanelle (Jodie Comer) and Eve (Sandra Oh) have another face-to-face meeting? “We have to stop running into each other like that,” Villanelle teased last week. “It’s not good for both of us.” Ah, but it is good for the viewers at home.When: Sunday on CTV Drama