> 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 s

> 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.