Unscrupulous TV producers trying to gin up ratings created Holzhauer-type characters by giving them all the answers. 'Jeopardy!' was born in the wake of the public outrage.
"Jeopardy!" creator Merv Griffin, left, and host Art Fleming. By Michael S. Rosenwald Michael S. Rosenwald Enterprise reporter focusing on history, the social sciences, and culture. Email Bio Follow May 20 at 1:37 PM Watching James Holzhauer on “Jeopardy!” — pinballing around the board, betting insane amounts on Daily Doubles, matching winnings to the birth dates of family members — makes it seem like he knows the question to every answer in the annals of all human knowledge.
That accusation, dismissed by previous “Jeopardy!” savant Ken Jennings, has an eerie historical echo to the show’s origins, when quiz shows were quite literally broken in the 1950s. The producer, Albert Freedman, would help Van Doren beat Stempel. “I swear to you,” Freedman promised, “no one will ever know.”Listen to this story on “Retropod”: For more forgotten stories from history, listen online or subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | More options But one man saw opportunity in the scandal’s wake: TV talk show host and media mogul Merv Griffin.
Back then, the show was — eerie historical echo alert! — sometimes criticized for being all answer, no soul. Contestants just needed the facts, not the why.
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