Jeopardy! fans can get even more of the game that they love and see how smart well known celebrities are all in one package with Celebrity Jeopardy!
Celebrity Jeopardy! may sound familiar to many. The first thing people may think of is the Saturday Night Live sketch that saw Will Ferrell play a beleaguered Alex Trebek against incredibly dumb parody versions of famous celebrities, most notably Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond). However, there have been many actual Celebrity Jeopardy! tournaments over the years, but those were usually at most once a year. This new version of Celebrity Jeopardy! is a weekly primetime event.
Here is everything that we know about Celebrity Jeopardy!
Celebrity Jeopardy! finals
The finals saw Ike Barinholtz, Wil Wheaton and Patton Oswalt compete for the $1 million grand prize for their choice of charity. Here are the charities that each contestant is playing for, as well as how they did in the rounds leading up to the finals.
Ike Barinholtz
Charity: Pacific Clinics
Quarterfinals score: $46,001
Semifinals score: $22,601
Wil Wheaton
Charity: National Women's Law Center
Quarterfinals score: $28,201
Semifinals score: $42,200
Patton Oswalt
Charity: Alice's Kids
Quarterfinals score: $54,400
Semifinals score: $24,600
In the end, it was Ike Barinholtz who won the tournament.
Who is the Celebrity Jeopardy! host?
Mayim Bialik hosts Celebrity Jeopardy!
Bialik serves as one of the permanent Jeopardy! hosts alongside Ken Jennings, but she also handles many of the primetime hosting duties for Jeopardy!, including the Jeopardy! National College Championship in spring 2022.
In addition to hosting Jeopardy!, Bialik is best known for her roles in The Big Bang Theory and on her currently running TV sitcom, Call Me Kat.
Who are the Celebrity Jeopardy! contestants?
Here is the full list of Celebrity Jeopardy! contestants that competed in this special version of the game show:
But in case you didn't catch all of those names, here are the announced Celebrity Jeopardy! contestants, as well as additional celebrities that have been announced as participants:
- Ike Barinholtz (The Afterparty)
- Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars)
- Michael Cera (Arrested Development)
- John Michael Higgins (Pitch Perfect)
- Eddie Huang (Fresh Off the Boat)
- Joel Kim Booster (Fire Island)
- Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
- Hasan Minhaj (Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj)
- BJ Novak (The Office)
- Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live)
- Patton Oswalt (The Sandman)
- Candace Parker (WNBA star)
- Melissa Rauch (The Big Bang Theory)
- Andy Richter (Conan)
- Matt Rogers (I Love That For You)
- Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond)
- Jalen Rose (ESPN analyst and former NBA star)
- Iliza Shlesinger (comedian)
- Aisha Tyler (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
- Reggie Watts (Tuca & Bertie)
- Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)
- Brianne Howey (Ginny & Georgia)
- Zoe Chao (The Afterparty)
- Torrey DeVito (Chicago Med)
- Brendan Hunt (Ted Lasso)
- Cari Champion (Pickled)
What is the Celebrity Jeopardy! format?
It’s Jeopardy! but with famous people. The game format is not going to change, as three contestants still compete against each other by answering trivia questions in the form of a question hoping to rack up the most money. However, rather than for themselves, the contestants are competing for a charity of their choice.
Each episode is going to feature a single trio of players. Since Celebrity Jeopardy! runs for an hour that means the contestants will play two official games of Jeopardy!, with the highest combined score winning.
How to watch Celebrity Jeopardy!
Celebrity Jeopardy! airs on ABC, meaning that just about anyone with a traditional cable subscription of a TV antenna can watch it live on their TV. Those who have made the switch to a live TV streaming service, like FuboTV, Hulu With Live TV or YouTube TV, can also watch Celebrity Jeopardy! live.
To watch on-demand, the latest episodes are slated to be available to stream on Hulu or, if you're a subscriber to another service with access to ABC, you can watch on ABC.com.
