The Road To Jeopardy!
Media mogul In the 1960s, Merv Griffin founded Jeopardy! During the show, candidates are given answers to unseen questions, which they must then supply. The original series aired in numerous incarnations during the 1960s and 1970s. The show was then revived as a daily syndicated show on NBC in 1984, with Trebek at the helm.
The Road To Jeopardy!
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Smashing Success
Since then, Jeopardy! has been a smashing success. Its 8,000-plus programs, for example, have received 33 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. The show is also regarded as one of the best on American television. Trebek has also been present throughout. Indeed, millions of Americans have watched the presenter throughout the course of several decades of broadcasting.
Smashing Success
