Fuming Jeopardy! fans blame President Trump for show delay as they claim he ‘f–ked up airing’
Jeopardy! fans had choice words for President Donald Trump after his inauguration affected the beloved game show’s schedule.
Like always, longtime Jeopardy! fans tuned in on Monday to see a new episode of the trivia contest, which airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST. Several fans shared online that they were excited to see Jeopardy! champion Drew Goins compete for the win in what would’ve been tonight’s Champions Wildcard episode . Supporters were crushed when instead of a new Jeopardy! being aired, Trump’s inaugural festivities after being sworn-in as president Monday were premiering during the show’s time slot.
Countless watchers voiced their outrage on social media as they shared how they were disappointed they couldn’t watch their “fave” contestant Drew.
“Can’t watch on my local ABC affiliate due to the inauguration, which really sucks, cause Drew is my fav [sad face emoji],” one person wrote on Reddit. “I was already bummed about today for obvious reasons but now it feels personal.”
Another Redditor ranted: “I just wanted my 30 f–kng minutes of escapism today and couldn’t even get that because of the inauguration.”
Even more raged on X, formerly Twitter, outright blaming Trump for Jeopardy! not airing when it was supposed to on Monday.
“Among all the other things, tonight Trump f–ked up Jeopardy airing. God dammit,” one slammed on X. A plethora of others just ranted, “Where the f–k is Jeopardy @ABC7NY,” as they insisted the network didn’t “cut in” to the show.
“Hey @ABC7NY, don’t cut into @Jeopardy with late-day inauguration crap. Your viewership would rather watch an intelligent quiz show,” an X user suggested.
Jeopardy! didn’t inform viewers that they potentially wouldn’t air a new episode on January 20 or even if it would be delayed. This is why unsuspecting viewers were shocked to find out when they tuned in that instead of a new Jeopardy! episode, they’d be getting news coverage of Trump’s inauguration day.
While some parts of the country got to see Monday’s episode of Jeopardy!, for most, Trump’s inaugural footage bled into Jeopardy!’s hour.
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