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“Jeopardy!” legend James Holzhauer dissed ABC for supplying his demonstrate “The Chase” the short end of the stick when compared to the extensive-working quiz sequence.
Holzhauer, 38, took to Twitter to publicly call out the community for not putting his sport exhibit in the time slot instantly right after “Jeopardy! Masters” in May perhaps.
The BuzzerBlog Twitter account posted Friday about the rating raise for “The Chase.”
“Games did well previous night for ABC but most attention-grabbing factor was the large improve for #TheChase,” the weblog account tweeted. “It was up 25% in the 18-49 demo from last episode and up almost 60% in total viewers. It’s still a shame that The Chase wasn’t paired with Jeopardy Masters.”
The 32-time “Jeopardy!” winner quote-tweeted the stats with a sarcastic response: “If only those two displays had some commonality that would recommend a shared fanbase.”
On the clearly show, “three rivals need to pit their wits and face off in opposition to a Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius identified to end them from winning cash prizes,” the official clearly show website page states.
Holzhauer implied that considering that he’s one particular of the Chasers and he received the “Jeopardy! Masters” title, as effectively as equally demonstrates remaining trivia demonstrates, it would’ve made the most sense to air them back to again.
Many admirers agreed with Holzhauer, suggesting that the ratings would’ve been better from the start out experienced it been place in the time slot right after the Masters competitors for promotion.
“I like The Chase. I just never see it on,” a single individual admitted.
“Jeopardy & The Chase have Buzzy Cohen, suitable? I can see these reveals collectively,” someone else pointed out.
“Some ABC bigwig most likely explained, ‘You just cannot put them together for the reason that it’s as well substantially blue on the display screen for 2 hrs straight’…” yet another quipped.
Together with Holzhauer, other “Jeopardy!” favorites and trivia legends such as Buzzy Cohen, Brad Rutter, Groce and Brandon Blackwell are also Chasers on “The Chase.”
Present-day “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings was formerly a Chaser, but stepped down for the web hosting gig.
“The Chase” airs at 9 p.m. ET on ABC on Thursdays, and its third season kicked off on June 29.
