Day #11 of the 30 Day Television Challenge

[shadowkat]

This is Day 11 of the 30 Days of Television Challenge

Oh, I'm giving you fore-warning, I'm lifting/waiving the rules for one category on this meme/challenge - Day 27 - the rules don't apply to that day. (Rules are don't pick the same one as someone else, don't pick the same one that you previously picked - those two rules won't apply to Day 27. Mainly because that category is kind of impossible if I apply those rules.)

The prompt for Day 11 is A game show, competitive reality series, or home improvement series

(You can blame ATP_OMN for that one - he suggested it. You can also blame him for Day 27.)

Mine...

My niece and my brother got me hooked on this show last fall - we binge watched it one night. A hip-hop music performance/song-writing competition where the prize is getting your song and act produced - is a great inside look into the music business, and unlike most music reality series - focuses on the process. And I'm not a huge fan of hip-hop like they are - but they got me hooked.

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Comments

[cjlasky7]

I've been watching Jeopardy! my whole life. I started out with the original version (1964-1975), starring Art Fleming and picked right up with the revival in 1984 with Alex Trebek. The greatness of Jeopardy! is that it never plays down to the audience; it challenges both the contestant and the viewer to maximize their brain power.

Here's a clip of James Holzhauer setting the single game record:

https://youtu.be/hfe5xQ1M7Jw

[shadowkat]

Years ago, in the 1980s, when Jeopardy was at its height of popularity - a friend of mine in college was a champ at playing it in our lounge. We'd watch Jeopardy every night prior to dinner in the student lounge. Her name was Kate, can't remember her last name, glasses, blond hair, and she got on Jeopardy, or got to audition at any rate. In the lounge of our dorm - she could answer every question, and before the contestants. But I think she got stage fright in front of the cameras - unfortunately.

I loved watching that show. I sucked at it - I can only do trivia in some categories, but not others.

It was the successor to the early Quiz Shows, which got killed by scandals. Then they did Who Wants to be a Millionaire - which Alex Treback made fun of - because honestly it was easy in comparison to Jeopardy.