Dan Patrick's Sports Jeopardy Debuts Today
Hollywood Reporter- Sportscaster Dan Patrick will make his game show host debut Sept. 24 with the premiere of Sports Jeopardy! on Crackle. The Sony-owned digital network has ordered 52 episodes of the half-hour sports-centric show — a spinoff of the Sony-producedJeopardy! — and new episodes will become available every Wednesday throughout the year. Patrick, host of The Dan Patrick Show, said that Sports Jeopardy!has a “great starting lineup” and added that the show is “the only game show that rewards you for the hours you spend on your couch watching sports and being anti-social, so reward yourself, tune in, and play along.” Sports Jeopardy! will include interactive components, including a 99-cent mobile app that will allow viewers to follow along with the show. Crackle says more than 30,000 people registered online to audition for the show over the summer. The game show is one of Crackle’s newest series and joins the digital network’s growing slate of originals, which include Jerry Seinfeld hit Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and the upcomingBryan Cranston-produced Tightrope. The original series complement Crackle’s library of television shows and films, including more than 100 titles from NBCUniversal.
Its a great idea that should have been done a long time ago. Just take the tried and true format of Jeopardy, make it solely focused on sports, add an awesome host like Dan Patrick, and bingo bango you’ve got yourself a recipe for success. I mean you know that feeling when you’re watching Jeopardy and you see that one of the categories is sports related and you get all excited? You know that after like 35 straight incorrect answers you’re gonna finally get the run the table and look smarter than the three smug dicks competing that day? Thats Sports Jeopardy, but all the time. Instead of just getting 5 manageable questions, you get a whole show’s worth. Although I gotta be honest that buffalo wings questions was flat out insulting. Taffer basically just showed a picture of buffalo wings and said “what are these?” I’m not saying I’m some sports trivia genius but we’re gonna need to up the ante for the $500 questions.
Equally as insulting was this dude showing up rocking a powdered wig like he was a member of the British Parliament.
PS – Going back to regular Jeopardy for a moment with sports categories – there’s nothing worse than when the category is like MLB World Series Champs and then you get hit with a clue like “This law was abolished in Madagascar in 1908, the same year the Cubs last won the World Series.” Fuck you Trebek! Thats not a question about baseball at all!