Jeopardy! fans are up in arms after details about how past players are paid have been made public. Viewers have started campaigning in hopes of helping former players get paid more in residuals when their reruns air on television. So, what prompted this discussion and how much are past players paid? Here’s what has been revealed so far.
Game Show Channel Shut Down On Pluto TV
Jeopardy! was recently removed from Pluto TV. Fans noticed that it disappeared from the streaming platform on Wednesday, July 31. Pluto was the only way for viewers to watch Jeopardy! outside of cable television.
It wasn’t the only game show impacted either. The entire game show channel on Pluto TV stopped working. Instead, when viewers tuned in to the channel, a black screen appeared with “Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek is no longer available on Pluto TV.”
YouTube/Conan O’Brien
Randy West, the former announcer for Jeopardy!,...
Game Show Channel Shut Down On Pluto TV
Jeopardy! was recently removed from Pluto TV. Fans noticed that it disappeared from the streaming platform on Wednesday, July 31. Pluto was the only way for viewers to watch Jeopardy! outside of cable television.
It wasn’t the only game show impacted either. The entire game show channel on Pluto TV stopped working. Instead, when viewers tuned in to the channel, a black screen appeared with “Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek is no longer available on Pluto TV.”
YouTube/Conan O’Brien
Randy West, the former announcer for Jeopardy!,...
- 8/4/2024
- by Amanda Blankenship
- TV Shows Ace
James Hampton, a veteran character actor best known as bumbling bugler Hannibal Shirley Dobbs on ’60s sitcom F Troop, died Wednesday at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, from Parkinson’s disease complications. He was 84 and his death was confirmed by TV biographer Randy West.
A character actor whose amiable appearance made him the quintessential sidekick, Hampton had a long career in film and television before retiring to his native Texas.
Beyond F Troop, he is best remembered for many key film roles, including appearances as “Caretaker” the manager of the prison football team in the Burt Reynolds prison film, The Longest Yard.
He also had supporting roles in the 1979 thriller The China Syndrome, the 1981 superhero comedy Condorman, the 1985 comedy, and Teen Wolf,. playing Harold Howard, father to Michael J. Fox’s title character. Hampton reprised the part in the 1987 follow-up with Jason Bateman, Teen Wolf Too, and the animated series spinoff.
A character actor whose amiable appearance made him the quintessential sidekick, Hampton had a long career in film and television before retiring to his native Texas.
Beyond F Troop, he is best remembered for many key film roles, including appearances as “Caretaker” the manager of the prison football team in the Burt Reynolds prison film, The Longest Yard.
He also had supporting roles in the 1979 thriller The China Syndrome, the 1981 superhero comedy Condorman, the 1985 comedy, and Teen Wolf,. playing Harold Howard, father to Michael J. Fox’s title character. Hampton reprised the part in the 1987 follow-up with Jason Bateman, Teen Wolf Too, and the animated series spinoff.
- 4/8/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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