Jeopardy! is an American media franchise that began with a television quiz show created by Merv Griffin, in which contestants are presented with clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of a question. Over the years, the show has expanded its brand beyond television and been licensed into products of various formats.
Jeopardy! originated as an American television series on March 30, 1964. In its original daytime format, it ran until 1975 on NBC, then was revived by the same network for a 21-week run (with a slightly different format) from 1978 to 1979. Art Fleming hosted the program during its entire run on NBC. The current version of Jeopardy! debuted in first-run syndication in September 1984 with Alex Trebek as the second host. It followed the same basic format as the NBC version, with larger prize money and a futuristic set.
With the exception of a 39-episode block of weekly shows placed into syndication near the end of the first NBC run in 1974 and 1975, Jeopardy! has aired its first-run episodes five days a week throughout its existence.
Various international versions of Jeopardy! have been produced for countries other than the United States. With the exception of the Australian, British, Italian and Japanese versions, all of these began during the current syndicated run in the U.S.
International versions[]
| Country/Region | Name | Network(s) | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab World | المحك El Mahaq |
MBC 1 | Ibrahim Abou Jawdeh |
| Argentina | Jeopardy! | Canal 13 | Fernando Bravo |
| Australia | Jeopardy! | Seven Network, Network Ten | Bob Sanders, Mal Walden, Graham Webb, Andrew Harewood |
| Network Ten | Tony Barber | ||
| Jeopardy! Australia | Nine Network | Stephen Fry | |
| Azerbaijan | 61! | Current: İctimai TV Former: AzTV |
Leyla Quliyeva, DJ Fateh, Narmin Knyaz |
| Belgium | Waagstuk! | VTM | Luc Appermont |
| Canada | Jeopardy! | TVA | Réal Giguère |
| China | 这是什么 Zhe Shì shénme? |
Webcast | Hao Tao |
| Colombia | Los Mejores | Cadena Uno (Producciones JES) | Marco Aurelio Álvarez |
| Croatia | Izazov! | HRT 1 | Dražen Sirišćević, Joško Lokas |
| Czech Republic | Risk Riskuj! |
Nova | Pavel Svoboda, Ivan Vyskočil, Jan Krasl, Petr Svoboda, Jan Rosák |
| Denmark | Jeopardy! | TV 2 | Søren Kaster, Lasse Rimmer, Lars Daneskov |
| TV3 | Adam Duvå Hall | ||
| Estonia | Kuldvillak | Current: Kanal 2 Former: TV3 |
Mart Mardisalu, Teet Margna, Eeva Esse |
| Finland | Jeopardy! | Nelonen | Ismo Apell |
| Jeopardy! Suomi | TV5 | Kalle Lamberg | |
| France | Jeopardy! | TF1 | Philippe Risoli |
| Germany | Riskant! | RTL | Hans-Jürgen Bäumler |
| Jeopardy! | Frank Elstner | ||
| tm3 | Gerriet Danz | ||
| RTLplus | Joachim Llambi | ||
| Sat.1 | Ruth Moschner | ||
| Greece | Κορώνα γράμματα Korona grammata |
ERT | Dimitris Papamichael, Elena Akrita |
| Hungary | Mindent vagy Semmit! | MTV, TV2 | István Vágó |
| Israel | מלך הטריוויה Melekh Ha Trivia |
Channel 3 | Eli Israeli |
| Italy | Rischiatutto | Secondo Programma, Programma Nazionale | Mike Bongiorno |
| Rai 1, Rai 3 | Fabio Fazio | ||
| Japan | クイズグランプリ Quiz Grand Prix |
Fuji Television | Hiroshi Koizumi |
| Latvia | Risks! | TV3 | Jānis Romanovskis |
| Mexico | Jeopardy! | TV Azteca | Omar Fierro |
| Netherlands | Waagstuk! | SBS6 | Albert Verlinde |
| Dayzers Donderdag | RTL 4 | Manuela Kemp | |
| New Zealand | Jeopardy! | TVNZ | Mark Leishman |
| Norway | Jeopardy! | TV 2, TVNorge | Jens Brun-Pedersen, Nils Gunnar Lie, Trygve Rønningen, H. C. Andersen |
| Poland | Va banque | TVP2 | Kazimierz Kaczor, Przemysław Babiarz |
| Va Banque! | Radosław Kotarski | ||
| Romania | Riști și câștigi! | PRO TV | Constantin Cotimanis, Cristi Iacob |
| Russia | Своя игра Svoya igra |
Current: NTV Former: RTR, TV-6 |
Pyotr Kuleshov |
| Slovakia | Pokušenie! | Markíza | Michal Duriš, Jozef Dúbravský |
| Riskuj! | TV JOJ | Štefan Bučko | |
| South Korea | 장학퀴즈 Scholarship Quiz |
MBC | Cha In-tae |
| Spain | Jeopardy! | Antena 3 | Carlos Sobera |
| Jeopardy | La 1 | Paco de Bneito | |
| Sweden | Jeopardy! | TV4 | Magnus Härenstam, Adam Alsing |
| TV8 | Pontus Gårdinger | ||
| Kanal 5 | Mikael Tornving | ||
| Turkey | Riziko! | TRT 1, Kanal 7 | Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu |
| Büyük Risk | Star TV | Selçuk Yöntem | |
| United Kingdom | Jeopardy! | Channel 4 | Derek Hobson |
| ITV | Current: Stephen Fry Former: Chris Donat, Steve Jones | ||
| Sky One | Paul Ross | ||
| United States | Jeopardy! | NBC | Art Fleming |
| Syndication | Art Fleming, Alex Trebek, Mike Richards, Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings | ||
| Uzbekistan | Antiqa Mantiq | Toshkent | Ganisher Rakhmatullaev |