“Monday Night Football” mainstay Joe Buck will return to the Alex Trebek stage for the new, sports-centric spinoff.

Jeopardy is getting another sports spinoff and will bring back a familiar face to host

"Monday Night Football" mainstay Joe Buck will return to the Alex Trebek stage for the new, sports-centric spinoff.

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- *Jeopardy *is launching a new spinoff, *ESPN Jeopardy*, to air on Disney+ and Hulu.

- *Monday Night Football *broadcaster Joe Buck, who previously guest hosted *Jeopardy* after Alex Trebek's death in 2021, will serve as host.

- This is *Jeopardy*'s second segue into the sports world, after the 2014-2016 run of *Sports Jeopardy *on the streaming service Crackle.

*Jeopardy** *is venturing back onto the gridiron.

The indefatigable game show announced a new spinoff on Tuesday — *ESPN Jeopardy*. The new series to stream on Disney+ and Hulu is described as "the ultimate match-up between sports and the world's leading quiz show" in a release shared with **.

*ESPN Jeopardy* will be hosted by veteran sports broadcaster and Emmy-winning *Monday Night Football *cohost Joe Buck. *Jeopardy *fans who otherwise don't venture up the channel guide toward ESPN will still likely recognize Buck. He was one of the guest hosts chosen to fill in for Alex Trebek after his death in 2020.

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Tuesday's release designates the target audience for *ESPN Jeopardy *as "sports fanatics." The spinoff will feature "material covering the full spectrum of ESPN content," with contestants repping "charities of their choice as they compete in a tournament-style event for the $500,000 grand prize and the title of *ESPN Jeopardy* champion."

A premiere date has not yet been set.

Ken Jennings hosting 'Jeopardy Masters'.

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This isn't *Jeopardy*'s first attempt at capturing the sports fan demographic. In 2014, the streaming service Crackle launched *Sports Jeopardy*, which ran exclusively online for three seasons, through 2016.

Like several other *Jeopardy *spinoffs, from the short-lived children's edition *Jep *to *Celebrity Jeopardy*, which still airs today, the *Sports Jeopardy *spinoff abided by slightly different rules than the flagship series.

Contestants played for points rather than dollar amounts, for starters, and what they were able to take home at the end of any given episode was much smaller than on the flagship series. There were fewer clues in each round as well, which placed a greater emphasis on interactions between the contestants and the host, sports broadcaster Dan Patrick.

Gameplay specifics have not yet been outlined for *ESPN Jeopardy*. Viewers can still catch episodes of the flagship series weeknights on ABC.

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