While James Holzhauer was making his impressive run on Jeopardy I read several articles that suggested that his aggressive and risky mode of play had changed the game forever. Well, he certainly changed it for me–after more than a decade or more I’ve stopped watching. Mainly because Holzhauer didn’t change the game forever. After he lost, almost immediately things went back to the way they were: contestants timidly started with the $200 category and went on, square by square, and when they hit Double Jeopardy, the bets were pitifully small. The thrill of watching Holzhauer go all in was gone. And the contestants again took the time to laugh at the host’s lame jokes, instead of brusquely pushing things along as King James did. It’s now back to the same-old, same-old. Borrrrrrrrrrrrrring.
