And here's why they added the tiebreaker: https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/1/23/22245900/jeopardy-tiebreaker-scenario-rules-changes
On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 9:10:59 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: > Merv never seemed to worry if there was a tie, since "Jeopardy!" and > "Wheel" had co-champions for significant portions of their run. When > "Wheel" started the bonus round, they went to a tiebreaker of the people > tied playing another puzzle similar to the speedup round, with the first to > solve declared the winner. It's been a while since the last tie, but I > suspect today they would do a tossup as the tiebreaker. > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 3:31 AM JW <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Instead of a single tiebreaker clue, there should be a tiebreaker >> round. >> >> As you know, time is an issue here, and they want to declare a winner as >> quickly as possible. >> >> I've always been OK with the idea of ties. Since the producers aren't, >> they're looking for something just slightly less arbitrary than a coin flip. >> >> -- >> 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/CAKSNnOFEUpK3gS2Pd0Zc%3Di-%2Br2zUgWQhqhxvX7TNcm%2BLe6N4Sw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOFEUpK3gS2Pd0Zc%3Di-%2Br2zUgWQhqhxvX7TNcm%2BLe6N4Sw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/794f45bf-303f-478a-a4c0-ef555e984a95n%40googlegroups.com.
