'Jeopardy!' executive producer Mike Davies wants to offer cash bonuses to contestants who correctly answer an entire column of clues under one topic.
PHILADELPHIA --Mike Davies wants to offer cash bonuses to contestants who correctly answer an entire column of clues under one topic.Davies first brought up the idea during the "Inside Jeopardy!" podcast last week.
"One thing I noticed last season is there is a real moment in the studio when a contestant runs a category. We saw it a lot more with our super champions this last season. I know that Amy ran categories.was particularly good at running categories," Davies said. "When a contestant runs a category, there's an applause break in the studio, and yet there's no sound effect. There's no money that changes hands. There's nothing that happens. "And I don't know if I want to affect scoring in the game, but I do think it would be appropriate maybe to try out at some point - maybe in a high school tournament, which we're talking about doing, maybe in college - maybe an additional cash bonus for running a category." Davies brought up the idea again during this week's podcast with show producer Sarah Foss and former champion Buzzy Cohen. "I have been thinking about trying out, perhaps in one of our other tournament weeks this season, experimenting with the idea of giving out a cash bonus for contestants who run a category," Davies said. The trio discussed how contestant Luigi de Guzman ran through "The Law" category in Double Jeopardy during a recent show .Cohen brought up the Twitter response to Davies' comments last week - "Twitter exploded with pros and cons." Cohen said he thinks people like the idea of a bonus, but wanted to confirm if it would affect a contestant's game score total."Going home with a little extra prize from 'Jeopardy!' with or without a win," Foss added. Cohen, still on the fence, pointed out to Davies, "It's going to affect gameplay strategy, and I don't know if that's something you're interested in doing." Davies replied, "It might also give incentive to people who are trailing against a really big player to try to go into a category and get something out of the game beyond their second or third place prize." The trio joked maybe the contestant wouldn't get cash but an actual prize - like when "Jeopardy!" used to give out items such as canned tomato soup, or maybe they would get a signed picture of host Ken Jennings.As for now, however, the rule change is just under consideration.Related Topics
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