The daily syndicated version premiered in 1984 with Alex Trebek as host and Johnny Gilbert as announcer. Don Pardo served as announcer until 1975, and John Harlan announced for the 1978–1979 season. The syndicated show familiar with modern viewers and produced daily (currently by Sony Pictures Television) premiered on September 10, 1984.Īrt Fleming served as host for all versions of the show between 19.
A nighttime syndicated edition aired weekly from September 1974 to September 1975, and a revival, The All-New Jeopardy!, ran on NBC from October 1978 to March 1979 on weekdays.
The original daytime version debuted on NBC on March 30, 1964, and aired until January 3, 1975. The show features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions. President's Award on the strength of the Jeopardy! theme song.Įnjoy this electric piano cover of "Think.Jeopardy! is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. In 2003, Griffin won the Broadcast Music Inc. "Think" was named best game show theme song at the 2009 Game Show Awards. "Probably close to $70-80 million." Since then, that figure is estimated to have surpassed $100 million. (He died in 2007.) "That little 30 seconds has made me a fortune, millions," he told the New York Times in 2005. Each time that theme song is played, Griffin's estate gets royalties. More than 8,000 episodes of Jeopardy! have aired, with daily reruns on multiple networks and a worldwide following thanks to regional adaptations of the show in several countries. He called it "A Time for Tony" and he told the New York Times that he wrote it in less than a minute. The music was not originally written for Jeopardy! In fact, Griffin wrote the 30-second jingle in 1963 to help his five-year-old son Tony fall asleep. Merv Griffin was honoured for lifetime achievement at the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on in New York City.
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