Celebrity Jeopardy! (2022 game show)

Celebrity Jeopardy! is an American game show that consists of 13-episode tournaments - each played by 27 celebrities. Their winnings in the tournaments are donated to a charity of their choice.

Unlike previous iterations of "Celebrity Jeopardy!", which were special editions of Jeopardy!, Celebrity Jeopardy! is a separate entity, airing in a different time slot while regular episodes of Jeopardy! continue to air as normal. The series premiered on September 25, 2022 on ABC with Mayim Bialik as the host. In May 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 27, 2023, with Ken Jennings replacing Bialik as host. In November 2023, it was announced that the second part of the second season would resume on Tuesday nights starting January 2, 2024. In May 2024, the series was renewed for a third season.

Format
The series consists of a bracket tournament with 3 rounds. 27 contestants compete in 9 quarterfinal games, the winners of which advance to 3 semifinal games. The winners of each semifinal game advance to the finals, whose winner receives a $1,000,000 grand prize for their chosen charity, an entry into the Tournament of Champions and the title of "Celebrity Jeopardy! Champion". Contestants eliminated in the quarterfinals earned $30,000 for their charities, while those eliminated in the semifinals earned $50,000. Third place in the finals earned $100,000, while second place earned $250,000.

Gameplay
The structure of each episode is similar to the regular Jeopardy! show, with clues based on 1984–2001 clue values. The "Jeopardy!" round is played with clues ranging from $100 to $500, with one Daily Double hidden among them, allowing whoever selects it to wager some or all of their score on the clue. It is followed by the "Double Jeopardy!" round, where clue values are doubled and there are two hidden Daily Double clues.

Celebrity Jeopardy! games include a third "Triple Jeopardy!" round, similar to international one-hour versions of the game. Clue values are tripled, resulting in $300 to $1,500 with three Daily Doubles. Typically, one category in the third round (usually the sixth) in season 1 is played with a champion presenting clues. Buzzy Cohen (episode 1), Austin Rogers (episode 2), current host Ken Jennings (episode 3), Ryan Long (episode 5), Brad Rutter (episode 6), Matt Amodio (episode 8), Colby Burnett (episode 9), Mattea Roach (episode 10), Amy Schneider (episode 12), and James Holzhauer (episode 13) have presented categories.

"Final Jeopardy!" is played after the third round, where traditional rules for celebrity tournaments apply (players with $0 or negative money are given an amount to participate; $1,000 in season one, $500 in season two). Contestants will first receive the category, then wager any amount from $0 to their current score. They then receive the clue and must write their response in 30 seconds. Players' wagers are added to their score if they were correct, and subtracted if they were incorrect. The player with the highest score at the end of "Final Jeopardy!" wins the game.

In season 2, viewers can be able to view the scores for each player (except for the first and final clue of each round), as well as highlighting the player's chosen category.

Season 1 (2022–23)
A total of 27 contestants competed in the season. Known contestants are listed here in the order of their initial episode and with the charities they are playing for. • Simu Liu (Stop AAPI Hate)

• Ego Nwodim (God's Love We Deliver)

• Andy Richter (Los Angeles Regional Food Bank)

• Eddie Huang (Innocence Project)

• Reggie Watts (MusiCares)

• Iliza Shlesinger (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation)

• Constance Wu (Asian Mental Health Collective)

• Ike Barinholtz (Pacific Clinics)

• Jalen Rose (Operation Graduation, Jalen Rose Leadership Academy)

• Aisha Tyler (Planned Parenthood)

• John Michael Higgins (Actors' Equity Foundation)

• Matt Rogers (Story Pirates Changemaker)

• Troian Bellisario (War Child)

• Wil Wheaton (National Women's Law Center)

• Hasan Minhaj (International Rescue Committee)

• Ray Romano (Harvest Home)

• Joel Kim Booster (SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Collation)

• Melissa Rauch (Oscar's Kids)

• Michael Cera (Saving Mothers)

• Brianne Howey (Save the Children)

• Zoë Chao (Hour Children)

• Patton Oswalt (Alice's Kids)

• Candace Parker (Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation)

• Torrey DeVitto (Planned Parenthood)

• B. J. Novak (Stand Up 2 Cancer)

• Brendan Hunt (Soccer Without Borders)

• Cari Champion (NAACP Empowerment Programs)

Season 2 (2023–24)
A total of 27 contestants competed in the season. Known contestants are listed here in the order of their initial episode and with the charities they are playing for. • Mark Duplass (BlinkNow)

• Emily Hampshire (GLAAD)

• Utkarsh Ambudkar (SAG-AFTRA Foundation supporting the Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund)

• Brian Baumgartner (Motion Picture & Television Fund)

• Lisa Ann Walter (Entertainment Community Fund)

• Timothy Simons (Friends of LAHSA)

• Christopher Meloni (The Global Lyme Alliance)

• Sherri Shepherd (Move-In Day Mafia Initiative at Project Dreamlight)

• Katie Nolan (Association for Women in Sports Media)

• Steven Weber (SAG-AFTRA Foundation)

• Shane Battier (The Battier Take Charge Foundation)

• Melissa Fumero (International Community Foundation supporting This is About Humanity)

• Mira Sorvino (UN Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking)

• Adam Rodriguez (Lift LA)

• Peter Schrager (Baby Quest Foundation)

• Dulé Hill (All Rise)

• Sheryl Underwood (Pack Rat Foundation for Education)

• Peter Facinelli (American Red Cross supporting the Hawaii Wildfire Fund)

• Macaulay Culkin (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance)

• Rachel Dratch (City Harvest)

• Becky Lynch (The V Foundation supporting Connor's Cure)

• Cynthia Nixon (SAG-AFTRA Foundation)

• Cedric the Entertainer (SSM Health Foundation)

• Heather McMahan (City of Refuge)

• Kyra Sedgwick (Food Bank For New York City)

• Mo Rocca (Inner-City Scholarship Fund)

• Amanda Seales (Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors supporting Grantmakers for Girls of Color)

Episodes

 * Dates listed are the original air dates of the respective episodes. Contestants are listed top-to-bottom based on their left-to-right podium positions on that episode.

Season 1 (2022–23)
During the first season, each batch of three quarterfinal matches was followed immediately by a semifinal with the three winners. The winner was invited to the Season 40 Tournament of Champions in March 2024.

Season 2 (2023–24)
For the second season, all quarterfinal matches aired consecutively, followed by the semifinals and finals. Matches did not necessarily air in production order.

Ratings
The premiere episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! averaged 4.03 million viewers, placing 33rd for the week, 22nd among non-sports programs and second among ABC's non-sports programs.