‘Jeopardy!’ legend James Holzhauer shades ABC for neglecting other show

I’ll take “throwing shade” for $1,000.

“Jeopardy!” legend James Holzhauer dissed ABC for giving his show “The Chase” the short end of the stick compared to the long-running quiz series.

Holzhauer, 38, took to Twitter to publicly call out the network for not putting his game show in the time slot directly after “Jeopardy! Masters” in May.

The BuzzerBlog Twitter account posted Friday about the rating increase for “The Chase.”

“Games did well last night for ABC but most interesting thing was the giant increase for #TheChase,” the blog account tweeted. “It was up 25% in the 18-49 demo from last episode and up nearly 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 statistics with a sarcastic response: “If only those two shows had some commonality that would suggest a shared fanbase.”


OG Chaser James The High Roller Holzhauer makes his season three debut
“The Chase” airs at 9 p.m. ET on ABC on Thursdays, and its third season kicked off on June 29.
Richard Cartwright/ABC via Getty Images

On the show, “three competitors must pit their wits and face off against a Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius determined to stop them from winning cash prizes,” the official show page says.

Holzhauer implied that since he’s one of the Chasers and he won the “Jeopardy! Masters” title, as well as both shows being trivia shows, it would’ve made the most sense to air them back to back.

Many fans agreed with Holzhauer, suggesting that the ratings would’ve been higher from the start had it been put in the time slot after the Masters competition for promotion.


THE CHASE - Weve Got A Swooner  Its a race against the clock as three new hopefuls face off against Brad The Buzzsaw Rutter on The Chase, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9 (9:00-10:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. ()
“Jeopardy!” legend James Holzhauer dissed ABC for giving his show “The Chase” the short end of the stick compared to “Jeopardy!”
Raymond Liu/ABC via Getty Images

“I like The Chase. I just never see it on,” one person admitted.

“Jeopardy & The Chase have Buzzy Cohen, right? I can see these shows together,” someone else pointed out.

“Some ABC bigwig probably said, ‘You can’t put them together because it’s too much blue on the screen for 2 hours straight’…” another quipped.


ABCs "The Chase" stars Brandon Blackwell, James Holzhauer, Victoria Groce, Brad Rutter and Buzzy Cohen
ABCs “The Chase” stars Brandon Blackwell, James Holzhauer, Victoria Groce, Brad Rutter and Buzzy Cohen.
Richard Cartwright/ABC via Getty Images

James The Highroller Holzhauer returns as this weeks Chaser as three new hopefuls face off against him in a race against the clock on The Chase,
On the show, “three competitors must pit their wits and face off against a Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius determined to stop them from winning cash prizes,” the official show page says.
Raymond Liu/ABC via Getty Images

Along with Holzhauer, other “Jeopardy!” favorites and trivia legends such as Buzzy Cohen, Brad Rutter, Groce and Brandon Blackwell are also Chasers on “The Chase.”

Current “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings was formerly a Chaser, but stepped down for the hosting gig.

“The Chase” airs at 9 p.m. ET on ABC on Thursdays, and its third season kicked off on June 29.

For all the latest Entertainment News Click Here 

 For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News

Read original article here

Denial of responsibility! TheDailyCheck is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – [email protected] The content will be deleted within 24 hours.