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With no evidence, I always assumed there was a clean cut between jeopardy fans and wheel fans. Not to get political but it also felt as though that separation w

With no evidence, I always assumed there was a clean cut between jeopardy fans and wheel fans. Not to get political but it also felt as though that separation was along the blue / red divide. Back in the day when I would watch jeopardy at 7, I always had this compulsion to change the channel before wheel started. Again no evidence, just a feeling. I don’t know why, Pat and Vanna seem like nice people, I just can’t stand wheel, maybe because I suck at wheel whereas I could hold my own when watching Jeopardy. RIP Alex.

reaperducer 6y ago
I always assumed there was a clean cut between jeopardy fans and wheel fans. There isn't. The shows are sold as a package to the local stations, and the local stations very often sell the advertising for both shows as a package to local businesses because the viewership is similar. For people with the time to watch the whole two hours, it's an opportunity to show your message multiple times, which improves retention.
- gabagool 6y ago
  The two are only one hour not two. Each show is 30 minutes (including commercial breaks).
disown 6y ago
> I always assumed there was a clean cut between jeopardy fans and wheel fans. I'm sure there some purists as there are purists in anything. But purists are small portion of the overall audience. The overlap fanbase between the shows were easily the majority. It's why they put the shows on one after another. Like you mentioned one got the 7pm slot and the other got the 7:30 slot. Networks do that when there is substantial common fanbase. They don't want a significant portion of the viewing audience to switch channels at 7:30.
xh-dude 6y ago
I’ve heard the contrast described as the difference between amazement at how someone knows something versus how they don’t know something.
kortilla 6y ago
That assumption is called elitism. Drop it and you’ll have a much easier time in life. Assuming an entire political base is just stupid shuts out huge opportunities in business, friendship, love, and personal growth.
- bigmattystyles 6y ago
  What of what I said makes you think I look down on wheel or that its viewers weren't smart? I just said it wasn't for me and that they were a different demographic. I also added I wasn't any good at it and complimented its hosts. At least I started off with the conceit that I had no evidence. Seems like you're also making assumptions. Someone once told me me it is just stupid shuts out huge opportunities in business, friendship, love, and personal growth.
  - JackFr 6y ago
    I love Jeopardy, and when it’s over, I absolutely avoid “Wheel” and switch channels to “Family Feud”. I absolutely look down on the people on “Family Feud” - their weird semi-matching themed outfits, outrageously terrible answers to idiotic questions filled with sexual innuendo with the subtlety of a kick in the crotch - but I love to watch. It’s just more fun. I’m not sure what’s wrong with “Wheel of Fortune”. Pat and Vanna seem nice enough, but the show has the charm of a visit to the eye doctor.
- protomyth 6y ago
  Yep. My Mom who is her late 70's has watched both for many years. She loves them both for different reasons. This stupid assumption game is just another "I'm better than them" BS that creates artificial barriers.
jedberg 6y ago
That's not entirely unreasonable, although mostly wrong. I haven't heard it lately, but back in the 90s it was pretty typical to hear a joke along the lines of this one: "Meet Bob, a contestant on Jeopardy. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from CalTech, and designs rockets at work. Now meet Sally, a contest on Wheel, a housewife from Ohio who is fascinated by small shiny objects" I think that was from George Carlin. But the truth is almost everyone who watches one watches the other, especially in markets where they air back to back. Although if you read Pat's Twitter, I can see where you might get the red/blue thing from. Pat is a Trump superfan.

reaperducer 6y ago

I always assumed there was a clean cut between jeopardy fans and wheel fans. There isn't. The shows are sold as a package to the local stations, and the local stations very often sell the advertising for both shows as a package to local businesses because the viewership is similar. For people with the time to watch the whole two hours, it's an opportunity to show your message multiple times, which improves retention.

gabagool 6y ago
The two are only one hour not two. Each show is 30 minutes (including commercial breaks).

disown 6y ago

> I always assumed there was a clean cut between jeopardy fans and wheel fans. I'm sure there some purists as there are purists in anything. But purists are small portion of the overall audience. The overlap fanbase between the shows were easily the majority. It's why they put the shows on one after another. Like you mentioned one got the 7pm slot and the other got the 7:30 slot. Networks do that when there is substantial common fanbase. They don't want a significant portion of the viewing audience to switch channels at 7:30.

xh-dude 6y ago

I’ve heard the contrast described as the difference between amazement at how someone knows something versus how they don’t know something.

kortilla 6y ago

That assumption is called elitism. Drop it and you’ll have a much easier time in life. Assuming an entire political base is just stupid shuts out huge opportunities in business, friendship, love, and personal growth.

bigmattystyles 6y ago
What of what I said makes you think I look down on wheel or that its viewers weren't smart? I just said it wasn't for me and that they were a different demographic. I also added I wasn't any good at it and complimented its hosts. At least I started off with the conceit that I had no evidence. Seems like you're also making assumptions. Someone once told me me it is just stupid shuts out huge opportunities in business, friendship, love, and personal growth.
- JackFr 6y ago
  I love Jeopardy, and when it’s over, I absolutely avoid “Wheel” and switch channels to “Family Feud”. I absolutely look down on the people on “Family Feud” - their weird semi-matching themed outfits, outrageously terrible answers to idiotic questions filled with sexual innuendo with the subtlety of a kick in the crotch - but I love to watch. It’s just more fun. I’m not sure what’s wrong with “Wheel of Fortune”. Pat and Vanna seem nice enough, but the show has the charm of a visit to the eye doctor.
protomyth 6y ago
Yep. My Mom who is her late 70's has watched both for many years. She loves them both for different reasons. This stupid assumption game is just another "I'm better than them" BS that creates artificial barriers.

jedberg 6y ago

That's not entirely unreasonable, although mostly wrong. I haven't heard it lately, but back in the 90s it was pretty typical to hear a joke along the lines of this one: "Meet Bob, a contestant on Jeopardy. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from CalTech, and designs rockets at work. Now meet Sally, a contest on Wheel, a housewife from Ohio who is fascinated by small shiny objects" I think that was from George Carlin. But the truth is almost everyone who watches one watches the other, especially in markets where they air back to back. Although if you read Pat's Twitter, I can see where you might get the red/blue thing from. Pat is a Trump superfan.