Must See TV Thread

[skippy1999]

Can anyone explain to me why on my local news I was just treated to a story telling me that "Shakira" won a tax case but that another one looms?  Who gives an actual freak?

Seriously, slow news day in the fashionable west end of Henrico County I guess Did they cover when she was chased by wild boars last week too? 
I feel this way about the Britney Spears drama. I couldn't care less about it and I certainly don't want it clogging up my local newscast.

[HalfSmokes]

Reporters covering city hall get expensive. This is much easier and can be reused by other affiliates

[Natsinpwc]

Can anyone explain to me why on my local news I was just treated to a story telling me that "Shakira" won a tax case but that another one looms?  Who gives an actual freak?

Debt ceiling is too complicated for most.

[Natsinpwc]

Seriously, slow news day in the fashionable west end of Henrico County I guess Did they cover when she was chased by wild boars last week too? 
I feel this way about the Britney Spears drama. I couldn't care less about it and I certainly don't want it clogging up my local newscast.

Did the wild boars catch her? 

[varoadking]

Seriously, slow news day in the fashionable west end of Henrico County I guess Did they cover when she was chased by wild boars last week too? 
I feel this way about the Britney Spears drama. I couldn't care less about it and I certainly don't want it clogging up my local newscast.

Yeah...don't get me started on Brit'ny... 

[bluestreak]

Can anyone explain to me why on my local news I was just treated to a story telling me that "Shakira" won a tax case but that another one looms?  Who gives an actual freak?

Substitute “Mary Pickford” for “Shakira”. 

[imref]

So Matt Amodio has to lose at some point, right?

Jeopardy needs to have him face Holzhauer and Jennings in a best of five like they did for the previous 'greatest ever' tournament.

[bluestreak]

He’s made the show unwatchable. Part of it is the crappy contestants they have put up against him. I’m amazed at not only the questions they miss, but the sometimes nonsensical answers they give. They are slowing picking up on his strategy, but even months into this, so get a question right and still go to the top of the board.  They need to find a ringer to beat him.

[HalfSmokes]

He’s made the show unwatchable. Part of it is the crappy contestants they have put up against him. I’m amazed at not only the questions they miss, but the sometimes nonsensical answers they give. They are slowing picking up on his strategy, but even months into this, so get a question right and still go to the top of the board.  They need to find a ringer to beat him.

if someone can buzz in as fast and get a similar volume correct, I don't think going to the top matters. I think there just aren't good opponents. Anyone else wonders if he's the next host after this? I think he's more likable than Jennings personally

[bluestreak]

if someone can buzz in as fast and get a similar volume correct, I don't think going to the top matters. I think there just aren't good opponents. Anyone else wonders if he's the next host after this? I think he's more likable than Jennings personally

Going to the bottom matters because that’s where the daily doubles are. The reason he wins is because he gets high dollar clues and eventually gets the daily double, doubles his score and then it’s a runaway. If you get control, it’s essential you go looking for the daily doubles as well, if only to keep him from doubling up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/93e6zf/jeopardys_daily_double_heatmap_oc/

I agree that the quality of contestants has been poor.

Anyone else wonders if he's the next host after this? I think he's more likable than Jennings personally

No one is wondering this. Jennings is infinitely more popular than this guy. At least among people who watch the show and comment online.

[imref]

i've seen a few folks in the last couple of weeks try to replicate his strategy, but nobody is as quick or accurate as he is with answers. I did know the final jeopardy question the other night that all three contestants, including Matt, got wrong (thermador), so i'll put a stake in the ground and say that I could beat him.

I haven't looked at the stats, but he does seem to miss more answers than Holzhauer.

[bluestreak]

He has missed more than Holzhauer and Jennings. And he has definite weaknesses. Like sports and pop culture. If the other contestant knew “who framed Roger Rabbit” we’d be rid of him.

I’m confident I could beat him. And I’m not joking.
 
If they ever switch to Jennings that will be a prime opportunity to take him down because he won’t be used to his cadence.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Not a jeopardy guy, but I see coverage of this guy in my alumni magazine and in the daily emails.  The September / October issue went to press sometime in August, I think, and had the following:

"A Yale doctoral student was on a remarkable winning streak on the game show jeopardy! when we went to press. Matt Amodio '23 PhD, who studies machine learning and artificial intelligence in the computer science department, had won $430,200 over 13 days by August 6, enough to put him in fifth place om the show's regular-season winners list." [YAM, Sep/Oct 2021, at 19]

What is he at now in terms of days and dollars?

[HalfSmokes]

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/93e6zf/jeopardys_daily_double_heatmap_oc/

I never realized it was there was that degree of difference. It seems like Jeopardy could easily either equalize it or weight the top row heavily to kill his strategy

[bluestreak]

Not a jeopardy guy, but I see coverage of this guy in my alumni magazine and in the daily emails.  The September / October issue went to press sometime in August, I think, and had the following:

"A Yale doctoral student was on a remarkable winning streak on the game show jeopardy! when we went to press. Matt Amodio '23 PhD, who studies machine learning and artificial intelligence in the computer science department, had won $430,200 over 13 days by August 6, enough to put him in fifth place om the show's regular-season winners list." [YAM, Sep/Oct 2021, at 19]

What is he at now in terms of days and dollars?

36 Days and about $1.5 million

[imref]

He faced another phd candidate last night

[The Chief]

BlueStreak:



Your hate-boner for this guy is YUGE

I'll agree with the opponents being largely crap, but isn't that pretty much true on any given night?  If winning 30+ Jeopardy games in a row is so easy why doesn't it happen all the time?  It's fine you don't like him but all this big talk just looks silly

On the subject of watching...  I don't really care that he'll lose at some point (obviously), but I am afraid of missing the one where he loses because I'd want to see how it happens and finding full Jeopardy episodes after the fact can be tough. 

[bluestreak]

BlueStreak:

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Your hate-boner for this guy is YUGE

I'll agree with the opponents being largely crap, but isn't that pretty much true on any given night?  If winning 30+ Jeopardy games in a row is so easy why doesn't it happen all the time?  It's fine you don't like him but all this big talk just looks silly

On the subject of watching...  I don't really care that he'll lose at some point (obviously), but I am afraid of missing the one where he loses because I'd want to see how it happens and finding full Jeopardy episodes after the fact can be tough.

I do not deny this. I can’t stand the guy for some visceral, irrational reason. It’s a BEC situation. Literally everything the dude does annoys me. I don’t think of it outside of discussions or watching the show, but I do really dislike him. It makes no sense, but it also doesn’t really matter or hurt anything.

I still stand by the assertion I could beat him. 

[The Chief]

Nah it's cool, I've felt that way about plenty of people in my life

Whatever happens his performance in the next tournament of champions should be illuminating.

[dracnal]

I do not deny this. I can’t stand the guy for some visceral, irrational reason. It’s a BEC situation. Literally everything the dude does annoys me. I don’t think of it outside of discussions or watching the show, but I do really dislike him. It makes no sense, but it also doesn’t really matter or hurt anything.

I still stand by the assertion I could beat him.

I feel like there's enough variety on this board to make one incredibly damn good bar league trivia team.

[imref]

End of an era - https://nypost.com/2021/10/07/bobby-flay-is-leaving-the-food-network-after-27-years/

[The Chief]

I feel like there's enough variety on this board to make one incredibly damn good bar league trivia team.

Sounds like a great idea for an off-season meet & greet to me.

[imref]

Sounds like a great idea for an off-season meet & greet to me.

just about every brewery it seems near me has a trivia night.

[imref]

minor Ted Lasso spoiler from the final episode of season two:

Edwin Akufo provided one of the greatest pieces of dialogue in television history

[imref]

Heck of a jeopardy game tonight.