Jeopardy! Masters Tournament 2024

Since not everyone will be watching both the primetime Masters games and the daily syndicated games, it's best to have two different threads for discussion of the games.

Use the thread linked below to talk about the daily syndicated game.

This thread is for discussion of the Masters games.

Here is the full schedule for the nine games of this season of Jeopardy! Masters:

Wednesday, May 1, 8 pm ET/PT

Monday, May 6, 8 pm ET/PT

Wednesday, May 8, 8 pm ET/PT

Friday, May 10, 8 pm ET/PT

Monday, May 13, 8 pm ET/PT

Wednesday, May 15, 8 pm ET/PT

Friday, May 17, 8 pm ET/PT

Monday, May 20, 8 pm ET/PT

Wednesday, May 22, 8 pm ET/PT

Since this is airing on ABC rather than in syndication, episodes will also be available to stream the next day on Hulu.

I watch Jeopardy! on a CBS Boston channel at 7:30 PM so I'll switch over to ABC at 8:00 PM.

Amy keeps breaking down the cotton ceiling! I’m rooting for her to dominate this tournament.

While I'll certainly watch this year's Masters Tournament, I'm not all that excited by it.

Four of the six contestants were in last year's Masters. And the two people who are new to the Tournament are people I don't really know or especially care about.

But maybe the two news one -- Yogesh and Victoria -- will spice things up and make it more exciting. We'll see . . .

Yogesh may just run away with it the way he's playing.

It was halfway through the clues before I realized that was Sheryl Crow. Why doesn't she look like herself anymore.

I still love Matt. Almost as much as his Grampa does.

Surprised that Matt missed the sewing machine question. The answer seemed obvious, but maybe that was because my mother would frequently mention the zig-zag attachment for her sewing machine.

Loved that Yogesh beat James.

He's really grown on me and I kinda love him now.

I don’t like Yogesh’s frenzied attempts at buzzing first. It is totally distracting. How many other successful Jeopardy players have had to resort to such behavior?

Still hate Yogesh. Victoria is kicking ass as expected.

Matt as usual doesn't seem to have the killer instinct of his rivals. He must have other important things going on in his life.

Interesting that it was the two newcomers who won the opening games. Almost like they had to prove they were worthy of joining the elite Masters players.

Or maybe TPTB told the four returning Masters to let Victoria and Yogesh win the first game so that it would shake things up a bit.

But with Yogesh and Victoria dominating the games, it also seemed so very odd to see James and Mattea doing so poorly.

We'll see how things progress in the next eight episodes.

I'll be happy if Amy gets tossed off her pedestal, at least for a bit.

Watching today 5/03 - that contestant Henry is uber trans looking.

Wrong thread r16. There's no contestant named Henry in the Master's Tournament. And there's no Masters Tournament game today. Next episode is on Monday.

You're watching the regular, syndicated show.

The thread linked below is the one to discuss the syndicated game

Good to see James back in form tonight.

But Mattea was barely even there, letting Matt beat her on the buzzer so many times.

Victoria continues to be impressive, but Yogesh seems determined to win this thing. He's fierce on the buzzer.

Looks like Amy is definitely one who will be eliminated when we get to the semi-finals

When Amy went on about the responsibility of having to come up with fresh anecdotes for each game,she seemed truly weary. I wonder if she's just over the competition or perhaps is dealing with something in her personal life.

She could decline the invitation, none of them are there at gunpoint.

Even if Amy is eliminated by the semi-finals, she still gets money for participating in Masters.

The winner gets $500,000. Not sure what fifth and sixth place get. Likely its something like $25,000.

I like that these contestants all seem to enjoy a bit of fame and the perks that come with it. Unlike some stupid influencer, at least they have a pretty cool talent: Knowing shit.

Whatsherface’s “Hi, Nora!” every single fucking FJ is annoying.

True R23. But she's killing it. Bitch knows her shit.

That said, it wasn't the cleanest game tonight for her or James.

Finally, I wonder how Ken would do these days? Do you guys think he'd still dominate?

Somehow I'm just not into the Masters this year. I'm watching the games and enjoying them somewhat, but it doesn't feel as compelling as it did a year ago.

That said, it looks like the two newcomers are really shaking this thing up. Looks like its going to be James, Victoria and Yogesh in the finals.

James has now been beaten twice -- by the two newcomers no less. So, he's going to be trying twice as hard to get in wins in the next few games.

Oh, why didn’t Victoria make a bigger wager!

Victoria did not say "Riz Ahmed", she clearly said "Achmed" and thew judges did not penalize her. Why?

Both are accepted pronunciations of the name Ahmed

I cannot STAND Victoria, and was very happy to see Yogesh buzzer beating her at every turn!! I hope he wins the whole thing!

(And how great did Billie Jean King look?)

That last match was fantastic. All three were on fire.

My boy Yogesh is looking good!

Wow! Exciting game!

Victoria and Yogesh are giving James a run for his money!

Nice to see Amy get a win.

Nicer to see James go down in flames.

James is stunned. He didn't expect this. Yogesh has beaten him twice.

R33 and it hasn't really been close either time.

Go Mattea! Nice to see her log in a win.

Matt is a goner after Wednesday’s game. Even if he wins on Wednesday, he doesn’t have enough points to make it into the semifinals.

Victoria is phenomenal. I think she’s going to be the big winner.

Victoria really is amazing R35.

But I wouldn't be surprised if James pulls a rabbit out of his hat once the finals start.

Maybe Matt is stoned.

Victoria is amazing and doesn't have nasty/poor sportsmanship moments like Yogesh. I hope she wins.

I keep missing it because I don't know when it's on. They should air it on consecutive nights.

r39, the complete schedule is listed at r2, but it's basically on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through May 22.

Shows are also on ABC on Demand on cable and on Hulu on streaming.

Very easy to catch all the episodes.

Dvr it fer chrissakes

Congrats to Amy for making it into the semi-finals.

Interesting that Mattea and Matt, who finished in 2nd and 3rd place last year, ended up in 5th and 6th place this year and are now out of the competition.

For the first time in this Masters competition, I knew the correct answers to both Finals.

Both of Yogesh’s FJ responses tonight lacked a verb. He just wrote “what moccasins and tomahawk” and did the same in the second game with whatever that response was. Does he always do that and I just never noticed? Does it seem strange that they accept that? It’s not exactly phrased as a question.

Victoria seems perfectly nice and even seems to have a bit of a sense of humor but there is something inhuman and robotic about her that puts me off.

She's known as being extremely nice in the trivia community whereas Yogesh is a cunt.

Anyway, just saw the first half of tonight's masters. Victoria made a big mistake not wagering enough to go into the lead on the Before, Middle, and After category. It's a tough category, but it's almost always doable for TOC-level and above players and she should have trusted her trivia knowledge more and just gone for it.

On to the second half...

Glad Victoria won the next game. Brutal final jeopardy. And no one ever talks about FDR Jr. I wasn't aware that person even existed.

Victoria physically reminds me of Rosie O'Donnell, before she went gray and opted for the butch cut.

So Yogesh makes the superfluous but accurate comment that Tesla was handsome? II got a gay vibe from him before this but he clearly came out with that statement. Forgive me if this has already been noted upthread.

You can tell James did not like being bested by Victoria in the first half of the game.

Fuck James. Not that anyone would.

I wonder if Amy was backstage working on today's Spelling Bee during FJ.

Yes, I noticed that handsome comment about Tesla from Yogesh. I wish I hadn't. That would explain some of his anger issues. No gay is touching that.

Even if he wins half a million?