• Jersey City cop wins $2 million in all-star season 40 of ‘Survivor’

    Jersey City cop wins $2 million in all-star season 40 of ‘Survivor’

    A Jersey City cop won the 40th season of Survivor — and has reportedly taken home the largest prize in reality show history. Tony Vlachos, 46, bested five challengers —  including two others from New Jersey: Michele Fitzgerald, 29, of Freehold and Natalie Anderson, 34, of Edgewater — in Wednesday’s episode of Survivor: Winners at …
  • ‘Price Is Right’ announcer George Gray recovering from three heart attacks

    ‘Price Is Right’ announcer George Gray recovering from three heart attacks

    “The Price is Right” announcer George Gray, 53, is recovering in an Arizona hospital after suffering three consecutive heart attacks last week. Gray, who has been on the game show since 2011, was experienced chest pains on April 20 and suffered his first heart attack on his way to the hospital, his rep told Entertainment …
  • Alex Trebek calling ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant a ‘loser’ stuns fans — 4 years later

    Alex Trebek calling ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant a ‘loser’ stuns fans — 4 years later

    Alex Trebek, who built his game show empire on the backs of trivia-obsessed nerds, knows a “loser” when he sees one. The last day to watch a new episode of “Jeopardy!” is May 1, according to an announcement on Twitter, and that’s got fans reminiscing about the long-running game show. While the 79-year-old host is responsible …
  • ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant confuses Babe Ruth for Jackie Robinson in cringeworthy mixup

    ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant confuses Babe Ruth for Jackie Robinson in cringeworthy mixup

    More On: jeopardy Alex Trebek memoir to reveal behind-the-scenes secrets of ‘Jeopardy!’ Pandemic answer on ‘Jeopardy’ has people totally freaked out ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ to begin audience ban over coronavirus Joel Embiid embraces new nickname after hilarious ‘Jeopardy’ botch What is a facepalm, Alex? On Wednesday night, a “Jeopardy!” contestant named Babe Ruth …
  • Alex Trebek memoir to reveal behind-the-scenes secrets of ‘Jeopardy!’

    Alex Trebek memoir to reveal behind-the-scenes secrets of ‘Jeopardy!’

    Alex Trebek is releasing a memoir this summer — just in time for his 80th birthday. After more than three decades hosting “Jeopardy!” — and being begged to pen a tell-all about his own life and what it’s like behind the scenes — the beloved emcee is releasing a book on July 21. Trebek, who …
  • Pandemic answer on ‘Jeopardy’ has people totally freaked out

    Pandemic answer on ‘Jeopardy’ has people totally freaked out

    I’ll take “predicting the future” for $1,000, Alex. “Jeopardy!” fans were bowled over on Tuesday night when a clue on the board seemed to reference the coronavirus pandemic. But the April 7 episode — in which three university students were competing as the storied ABC game show’s two-week-long College Championship — was filmed in early …
  • Americans watched a lot of ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ while on coronavirus quarantine

    Americans watched a lot of ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ while on coronavirus quarantine

    Instead of watching their own finances crater, shut-in television viewers tuned in to the game show “Let’s Make a Deal” in record numbers last week. TV programs across the dial recorded superlatives last week with a captive audience of millions of Americans told to stay home because of the coronavirus. Few were as interesting as …