‘Jeopardy!’ Interrupted for RNC — How to Watch What You Missed

Meredith Jacobs July 15, 2024, 6:13 pm

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Days after some fans missed the end of Jeopardy! for President Joe Biden‘s press conference, some missed out on part of an episode again, once again due to breaking news.

At least in the Chicago area when Jeopardy! aired earlier in the day (rather than in the 7/6c hour) on July 15, a breaking news report interrupted part of the episode, viewers reported on social media. This comes as, during the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump announced that J.D. Vance will be his vice presidential running mate.

“Not happy that the final minutes of jeopardy was interrupted by a special news report from RNC,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter) to the local ABC station’s account. “The VP had previously been announced in an earlier notice. I.e. it was NOT news.” That’s a sentiment that was echoed by another who noted that when it came to Trump’s VP running mate, “I heard that on Twitter 30 minutes ago.” Another shared that it was the final 10 minutes of the episode that were not shown.

It was on July 11 that fans missed out on the Final Jeopardy! portion of the episode, due to President Biden’s press conference starting late (it was scheduled for 6:30/5:30c, but it interrupted the final minutes of the 7/6c airing on the game show). Fortunately, Jeopardy! does upload the Final Jeopardy! portion of the game to YouTube every night, so that portion of the July 15 episode will be available.

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See more reactions from Jeopardy! fans on social media.

Hey @ABC7Chicago , this isn’t breaking news! Put @Jeopardy back on!

— Douglas Blake ⚾ (@DouglasEBlake) July 15, 2024

Come on @abcnews who cares about the convention and JD Vance and breaking into Jeopardy…you suck!

— Richard Pütz (@putzmanmusing) July 15, 2024

The RNC convention? They interrupted Jeopardy! for this?!

— IrishHuskie52596 (@madness_mouse) July 15, 2024

ABC stepped on the final 10 minutes of “Jeopardy” in Chicago to bring us David Muir’s nauseating “update” from Milwaukee…

— Doug Lambert (@lambert5106) July 15, 2024

Did these suckers @ABC news interrupt Jeopardy to announce Trump’s running mate. First, I heard that on Twitter 30 minutes ago, and second, that does NOT warrant a special report.

— Pamela Brown (@prbrown29) July 15, 2024

The first time I turn on to watch jeopardy live in months/years and they interrupt halfway through to the fucking rnc are you kidding me

— trev (@trevboyardeez) July 15, 2024

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