On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 1:26 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jennings' less tweetable problem with replacing Trebek is that he knows > too many people in the trivia community who would become automatically > ineligible to appear on "Jeopardy!" (if they haven't yet appeared) if he > became permanent host. (Those people would have no problem getting booked > on "The Chase"--it would just be for an episode where Brad or James is the > Chaser.) > The likelihood that the contestant coordinators on The Chase would try to match up contestants who know one of the Chasers to play against one of the other two is nearly zero. That would involve tampering with the random draws that are required by (game show, at least) law for match-ups. Much easier to reject and replace. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4cq79Z5h%3Dry0mtHKsTFON99Aav5zBW2Cw040qUNQ-2%3DAg%40mail.gmail.com.
