Jeopardy! fans say contestant Sarah Cahalan ‘broke a MAJOR show rule’ before scoring ‘clean sweep’ of an entire category

Mayim Bialik - hosting Season 38 when former contestant Ken Jennings isn't filling in - asked about Sarah's line of work.

But the contestant, nor Mayim, seemingly knew where to draw that line.

She was prompted by the Big Bang Theory alum to "tell us about the team you work with" and that she was "closer than anyone to someone who won a Pulitzer."

To which Sarah bluntly responded that she is on the "COVID data team at 'The Times.'

"So technically all 300 of us are one tiny fraction of a Pulitzer winner."

Fans were taken aback by the near-name drop that didn't leave much to the imagination.

One fan wrote: "Sarah nearly ran afoul of the #Jeopardy directive that you’re not supposed to mention your employer.

The added: "But I think 'the Times' is sufficiently non-specific."

Another declared: "Sarah works on the COVID data team for the New York Times."

A third bashed on the lack of anonymity "thanked" by Mayim:

"Quite the generous 'Thank you for your service' given on Jeopardy tonight to the chick who works as a news assistant on the NY Times COVID data team."

CLEAN SWEEP

Another rare occurrence but in a more positive category was the same contestant's sweep of an entire row.

Sarah soundly SWEPT an entire round of questions about hits from various decades - guessing musicians like Macklemore with ease - before her potential rule-breaking moment.

One fan wrote: "Good start by Sarah thanks to a clean sweep in Hit of the Decade."

"Watching Jeopardy and this woman swept through 'Songs of the Decade's' like it was nothing and I was impressed.." wrote another.

'NASTY COMMENT'

Earlier, during the same segment of the April 1 gameshow episode, host Mayim dug into a DOCTOR with an apparent lack of bedside manner.

Contestant Yian, an anesthesiologist from Menlo Park, California, told a story about how he mastered a claw machine with his grandmother sweetly leading to "winning an iPod," and eventually, becoming a doctor.

Mayim responded: “That’s pretty awesome, but you didn’t become a surgeon, just an anesthesiologist."

";Wait, was Mayim just putting anesthesiologists down?" one Twitter user wondered.

"What a nasty comment towards his line of work," noted another.

Fans continued to miss Ken as Mayim's hosting stay continued into this week.

"NO!! NOT ANOTHER WEEK OF BIALIK!!!" one fan bashed on Twitter amid Monday's show.

"No offense, Mayim, but when is Ken Jennings coming back to @Jeopardy ? This is getting hard to watch.";

They largely did however enojoy the cameo by actor Mandy Patinkin who guest hosted a category about Benjamin Franklin.

After the tragic death of longtime host Alex Trebek, who passed away from stage four pancreatic cancer on November 8, 2020, Ken and Mayim took over as presenters of the popular game show.

They stepped up to the joint role following a brief stint from Mike Richards.

Mike resigned after fans slammed him for his past "misogynistic" comments.

New episodes of the classic game show air weekdays at 7pm EST on ABC.

Previous seasons are available to stream on Netflix with a subscription, and Jeopardy's 38th season will end on July 29, 2022.

The winner of Monday's episode was Camron Conners, unseating Nell Klugman who was the returning champion.