'Jeopardy James' less than $300,000 from Ken Jennings' record

He's won 28 consecutive nights, surpassing $2 million, but the big question is will he beat the game show's all-time champion?

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[mackenziewachter]

And now Ken Jennings is the permanent co-host alongside Mayim Bialik.

[wags]

I like the, " hope to see you tomorrow". Very smooth and quite peaceful, I say.

[themog]

I would watch them go head to head on Pay per view.

[chrisfinch]

A Holzhauer/Jennings/Rutter Tournament should definitely be in the works.

[rrhev]

Jeopardy tier list

(God tier)
Watson
Ken Jennings
James Holzhauer

(S Tier)
Brad Rutter
Alex Jacob
Matt Jackson
Larissa Kelly

(A tier)
Roger Craig
Ben Ingram

(B tier)
Arthur Chu
Julia Collins
Buzzy Cohen
Austin Rogers
Pam Mueller
Colby Burnett
Chuck Forrest
David Madden
Alan Lin

(C tier)

Frank Spangenberg
Jerome Vered
Cindy Stowell
Margaret Miles
Seth Wilson

(D tier)
Everyone else

*** Once we see how James performs in tournament play, we can decide if he's god tier level.

[jeromesears]

Jeopardy is the only show that makes me feel like a genius *after* I watch it.

[BigtimeBigA]

James looks like he could be Phil DeFrancos brother.

[AndySaenz]

Ken has proven that he has retained his mental acuity throughout all these years! They put him, James, and Brad against each other on Jeopardy's Greatest Of All Time tournament. He won the 1st match against James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter last night. Now let's see what happens tonight.

[ralphturner]

I wonder how much of that money he will give away to charity.

[carolmaule]

This young man must have a photograph memory ! Unbelievable ! God bless his efforts to break the record !

[My.Lifes.Journey]

Smooth answer lol, he needs to brush up and just have a go for the fun of it.

[RedRaiderLobo]

Ken got to face him, and did hold his own lmao

[MrBones]

Put these two against one another. No 3rd contestant to see who’s better. If there needs to be a 3rd contestant then have it be Watson the computer. That way it can be human intelligence vs AI intelligence. See who comes out on top.

[SuperTylerMan]

Who else knew 7 months from now, they would be facing each other....

[brandoninglin]

1:04-1:25 is my favorite part of the video

[jayluck]

Now that’s a match I’d like to see. Boxing? Naaa, “I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.”

One night in Bangkok, for the reference.

[talos]

Make sure you put an asterisk beside his name, and Ken Jennings for that matter. Before these two started breaking records, Jeopardy had a 5 day cap on how long contestants could stay on the show after each win. That 5 day limit could have prevented a previous contestant from setting records on this show. unfair to the earlier folks. James and that alongside your accomplishments. Fair is fair.

[davido.]

Jennings and Rutter once faced off against Watson and lost. I for one welcome our new Robotic overlords but please before that happens to have a face-off between Ken and James

[Paperoy]

Which SUIT didn't sign Jeopardy for ABC? Fire 'em.

[lemmecatchmyson]

Welp It's all over and now I'm hella sad.