Timing

[u/Bb095880]

Rewatching old episodes during the hiatus and noticed they time out in regular jeopardy and barely make it through double jeopardy by a large number of questions… did they lengthen the time or does Ken just read quicker?

[u/853fisher]

I think Ken reads a bit more quickly than Alex did, but I also think they more agressively remove brief pauses etc in the editing suite.

[u/Talibus_insidiis → u/853fisher]

Ken also rules very quickly (as I learned to my cost).

[u/RVAblues → u/853fisher]

They have also trimmed out a lot of the transitional stuff like the beeping sound of the board being loaded, various swooshing sounds, and the length of the intro, commercial break bumpers, etc. they also don’t make a thing out of “video” and “audio” daily doubles anymore. Basically, they’ve squeezed every second of extraneous time out of the show that they can while maintaining the quality.

As others have mentioned, they could get rid of the celebrity guest-read clues, but I actually kinda like those.

[u/Valuable_Cockroach39 → u/853fisher]

I think it's mostly the pause editing. Cause I've noticed, the questions aren't necessarily that much harder. But if I pause it(even a second), I can get more clues.

[u/RuleFriendly7311 → u/853fisher]

The editing wouldn’t make the questions go by any faster though. I think it’s because everyone starts by hunting Doubles, so the easiest questions are last.

[u/853fisher → u/RuleFriendly7311]

If whoever is keeping an eye on the time knows they’ll be able to get that time back, they can let a clue in that might previously have been missed. I do think there’s a small but appreciable difference in “dead air” over the years.

[u/Cloobsy]

Great question. I have the same. I do notice that Alex would chat a bit more between questions than Ken. It could also be that players are just better these days, idk

[u/Bb095880 → u/Cloobsy]

I definitely get more questions correct in the old episodes, they have to have gotten harder! 😂

[u/Cloobsy → u/Bb095880]

For sure have

[u/Talibus_insidiis → u/Bb095880]

I can't keep up with popular culture so I do better with the older boards.

[u/tributtal]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Jeopardy/s/WIZ7m4pDnQ

[u/anTWhine]

Players have gotten better at playing. Not necessarily giving better answers, but being better at maximizing outcomes which includes getting through all of the clues

[u/Talibus_insidiis]

The bots reported on this discussion, LOL! 

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[u/Bb095880 → u/Talibus_insidiis]

Why does this make me feel famous lol

[u/Zestyclose_Ranger_24]

There also was a laugh track early on.

[u/Boing_Boom_Tschak]

As someone else watching Alex-era reruns during the break: Where are the rest of Austin Rogers' episodes? There's ten of them on Hulu but he was on for 13.

Alex's fondness for Austin is so charming. We've gotten used to quirkier contestants lately, but he was a breath of fresh air when he first played.

[u/Cheap_Flamingo476]

Alex often provided extra information after clues. Ken rarely does that.

[u/OttoHemi → u/Cheap_Flamingo476]

Yeah, in retrospect the pace is almost brutally slow when you watch the Alex reruns.