'Jeopardy!' returns with new setup and new role for Jennings

 

September 4, 2020



LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Jeopardy!" is returning for its 37th season, with greater social distance between Alex Trebek and the contestants, and a new role for all-time great contestant Ken Jennings.

A redesigned set for the coronavirus era will allow for the contestants to be further apart and at a greater distance from Trebek, who has continued as host after a diagnosis last year of pancreatic cancer.

Trebek said last month that he's responding exceptionally well to treatment for and expects to mark his two-year survival next February.

The casting of contestants was done entirely online for this s...



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