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Jeopardy!’s Ken Jennings slammed for not being able to control ‘LAWLESS game’ amid Mattea Roach’s historic 16th win
JEOPARDY! viewers slammed Ken Jennings for Tuesday night's "LAWLESS" game he "lost all control" over.
Champ Mattea Roach scored her 16th straight win, but at the price of the "rowdiest" game some had "EVER seen."
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Potential permanent host Ken Jennings hosted April 26th's Jeopardy!, which viewers called "utterly lawless."
While Canadian tutor Mattea Roach fired up her 16th straight win in an orange blazer, fans felt her “quirky” off-the-cuff gameplay style was upstaged ... by everyone else.
Joined by Nicky Smith, a San Francisco debate instructor and Reya Sehgal, a Brooklyn New York "performer" - fans could not believe what ensued.
All three contestants spoke nearly nonstop in an "unruly" game that many said Ken "lost all control" over.
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Center podium-placed Nicki noted multiple times they were donating their potential winnings to "migraine charity," which Ken also chatted about between questions.
And during Double Jeopardy, Nicky got a question correct, and yelled to Ken on changing the score: "Bump it up! Bump it up!"
Reya, who explained during the "meet the contestants" portion that they were once placed "inside a vending machine" in an art installation - was vending many interruptions too.
Mattea ended the game with $368K in overall winnings and fans were left wondering what they'd just witnessed.
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'IS THIS REALLY JEOPARDY?'
“Is this really @jeopardy? This seems like an episode of @nbcsnl . @KenJennings, please take control,” pleaded one Twitter user.
"They’re getting way too rowdy on jeopardy. Ken is like the substitute teacher who can’t control the class," wrote another.
"That was the rowdiest episode of Jeopardy I’ve ever seen. Jennings lost control of the room, someone needs to rein those contestants in," wrote a third.
"I honestly feel like I’m watching a Jeopardy skit," wrote a fourth.
"Jeopardy! is utterly LAWLESS lately and I am here for every second of it," wrote a fifth fanning the flames a bit.
"Everyone need to shut the f up and just play the game, @KenJennings gain control of the game or leave," wrote a sixth.
Someone else penned: "Remember when @Jeopardy was fun to watch? It’s almost like Netflix has taken over.. lookout for the rebrand 'too annoying to handle.'"
A final user wrote: "Alex [Trebek] would never have let it get so outta control."
KEN HE HANDLE IT?
Fans also noted that Ken opened the show with another "distracting" monologue in the once-"controlled" classic gameshow.
Ken began Mattea's 10th game by noting that she is Canadian, before listing other people, places, and things from the country.
"Mounties, moose, maple syrup, ketchup chips ... northern lights, Niagra Falls, Celine Dion, Norm Macdonald... [the late] Alex Trebek" he vamped before the game had even started.
And tonight, he opened with a speech also honoring Mattea, but this time noting her youth.
He compared her to other 23-year-olds like "Jennifer Lawrence who had two Oscars" by her age, though none had so many wins, he opined.
"Do we HAVE to have Jennings's monologues every night? #Jeopardy," another fan slammed tonight.
The Greatest Of All Time alum known for his winning streak of 74 games in 2004 - the longest ever - enjoys interacting with Mattea on stage.
Often when she gets a question right, Ken - who perhaps sees himself in the rising champ simply replies, "good."
But some fans are feeling not so "good" about the extent to which it's happening.
“He won his money, why do I have to watch him host? Enough already," another Twitter user wrote this evening.
Mayim Bialik and Ken started filling in as temporary hosts after Alex Trebek's tragic death in 2020.
Ken began with an average of 9.2 million views, surpassing Wheel of Fortune and Mayim, who subbed in soon after and averaged her viewers at 5.7million.
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Blossom actress Mayim announced that she and when the yet-to-be-announced permanent host will take over.
Mattea will attempt her 17th win tomorrow night.
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