This week: Olivia Rodrigo’s retro game show video, a Jeopardy! winning streak, a jackpot week on Wheel, Halloween on CBS, and a Wheel contestant search in the Seattle area.
Olivia Rodrigo’s game show video
Olivia Rodrigo steps onto a retro game show. Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan face off in the “expectations” remix video on a made-up retro game show hosted by David Byrne. Its sets borrow from Match Game, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Family Feud and Hollywood Squares. See how many you recognize in our guide to the video.
This week’s game show news
Three wins for Anthony Cantor on Jeopardy! Spoilers through October 21: the Toronto contestant has won three games and $58,800. See the official box scores.
Jeopardy! YouTube Edition Volume 2. The show set the premiere of Volume 2, hosted by Ken Jennings, for Thursday, October 22, at 9 p.m. ET on the Jeopardy! YouTube channel. See the show’s announcement and our fall calendar.
A wagering lesson for the YouTube players. In a clip shared October 19, Brennan Lee Mulligan helps the incoming Jeopardy! YouTube Edition players work through Final Jeopardy! wagers. See the coaching clip.
Wheel’s NBA Week prize. Kerri Druckmiller teamed with Robert Horry on October 16 and won the NBA kickoff prize package. TV Insider’s recap has the result.
A viewer jackpot on Wheel. Wheel’s Hit It Rich giveaway offers five cash jackpots that grow as contestants spin, starting with the October 19 episodes. Adults in the U.S. and Canada (not Quebec) can enter through the Wheel Watchers Club until the giveaway ends on October 31. See the official entry page.
Coming up
Monday, October 26: Halloween on Wheel, baseball on FOX. Wheel’s Happy Halloween Week starts, with nightly entries in a giveaway where everyone who enters wins a prize. On FOX, World Series Game 3 takes prime time, so Name That Tune and Celebrity Weakest Link are not on the schedule that night. See Wheel’s site and FOX’s schedule.
Thursday, October 29: new episodes on The CW. The lineup has Scrabble’s “Mental Gymnastics,” followed by Trivial Pursuit’s “Write, Not Wrong.” See The CW’s schedule.
Friday, October 30: Halloween on CBS. The Price Is Right has a Dungeons & Dragons theme, while Let’s Make a Deal heads into a spooky forest. Our Halloween preview covers both specials.
Now casting
Application pages checked October 22.
ESPN Jeopardy! The official Anytime Test is open to U.S. and Canadian residents ages 18+. The FAQ recommends taking it as soon as possible without listing a dated cutoff; read our application guide for the steps.
Wheel of Fortune: online, or in person in the Seattle area. The official online form is accepting U.S. applications. Wheel’s contestant search also comes to Tulalip Resort Casino on October 24 and 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; it’s free, and applicants must be 18 or older (details from KOMO). Read our application guide for how the process works.
What fans are talking about
The donuts on The Price Is Right. Fans have been asking why the audience keeps getting free donuts. Our season guide explains Bendy Fridays: if the big wheel’s pointer bends but doesn’t flip over to the next space, everyone in the audience wins donuts.
New on GameShows.com
Family Feud application guide. Updated October 22: it is now our one Family Feud contestant guide, with where the show tapes and who must submit the form.
Family Feud hosts, all in one place. Updated October 18, with all six hosts in order on one page.
ESPN Jeopardy! application guide. Updated October 18.
Fall premiere calendar. Updated October 17.
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