Jeopardy! fans furious after 'wrong' new episode accidentally airs day early and spoils results on w
JEOPARDY! fans are furious after a future episode of the game show accidentally aired early.
Viewers have blasted their local channels for broadcasting the “wrong” new episode, thus spoiling the results of the unaired previous showing.
A selection of Jeopardy! fans quickly became confused when they started watching the game show on Wednesday.
Many took to Twitter to note that it seemed like their local channel had skipped ahead one episode.
One upset viewer wrote: “I think we got a different #Jeopardy tonight??
“[Contestant] Lloyd had a 2-day streak for us today, but yesterday is when he won his first game??? We missed his 2nd win?”
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During Tuesday’s episode, Lloyd Sy – a graduate student in literature originally from Rockford, Illinois – defeated super champion Ray Lalonde.
After besting the 13-time winner, the correct Wednesday episode featured new champ Lloyd going up against rivals Sarah Palmer, an executive assistant from California, and Francis Englert, a line cook from New Jersey.
This episode was not broadcast in all locations, though, as some fans realized their stations had completely skipped over it.
Seeing Lloyd as a “two-day champ” at the start of the incorrectly-aired episode quickly spoiled the results from the actual episode that was supposed to air that night.
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It also allowed spoilers to leak about the winner of Thursday’s new episode, as that’s what aired early for some people.
“It sounds like at least one station aired the wrong episode,” one fan blasted. “Did you have Lloyd, Patrick, and Lois? That should be Thursday's episode.”
Another replied: “Yes! I was really confused at the beginning when they said 2-day champion”
A third confused viewer tweeted: “So did time jump? @Jeopardy they said 2 day champ when he only won yesterday #Jeopardy #timewarp #wormhole.”
A fourth furious fan wrote: “So our local #Jeopardy station aired tonight’s game (Thursday 1/5/23) last night (Wednesday 1/4/23).
“I knew something was wrong as soon as they showed the returning champ.
“I wonder if they’ll make up for it by showing last night’s game tonight?”
Based on the locations the upset fans shared, the error seemed to only occur in Cleveland.
During the correct Wednesday broadcast, Lloyd proved he wasn't a one-game wonder.
He nabbed an impressive $4K "Daily Double" and by Final Jeopardy had $20.2K to Francis' $14.2K and Sarah's $8.2K.
Host Ken Jennings, 48, remarked that he nearly had a "runaway."
Final Jeopardy under "Continental Geography" read: "Until a 1903 secession, this country's contiguous territory spanned 2 continents."
It was a bit of a confusing one but only Lloyd pieced together the clue was looking for North and South America.
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He correctly wrote "What is: Columbia" with a unique wager of $8888.
Nonetheless, the long-haired newcomer was deemed a 2-day winner with $29K and a $53K total.
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