Jeopardy is a "nerd" game show that attracts smart educated people. It has college competitions. It featured Watson, the IBM AI, as a contestant. It's a soci

Jeopardy is a "nerd" game show that attracts smart educated people. It has college competitions. It featured Watson, the IBM AI, as a contestant. It's a social institution. It's been around since the mid 60s so a lot of people who visit this website grew up watching it. The previous host had a unique smart dry wit that is rare in American game shows. If LeVar Burton had replaced Howie Mandel on Deal or No Deal then I would agree with you but the Hacker News crowd is definitely Jeopardy's audience. LeVar's Burton resume helps, I must admit. But it's not only Star Trek. On his podcast he reads short stories by authors like Neil Gaiman and Kurt Vonnegut which are also interesting to the HN crowd. Even Reading Rainbow was a TV show that attracted nerdy kids.