Re: Anyone notice...

tgallows <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:01:06 -0000

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, tfmichael1 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, hawkeye81x <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > that Todd Kim the very same guy on Super Millionaire a few weeks 
> > back is now on Jeopardy, the lucky punk...
> 
> Yes! Many did. And what happens next could be very interesting in 
> game show law. See http://www.tvgameshows.net lead story for a brief 
> treatment. J! like most game shows has a one year appearance rule. 
> If I understand the situation correctly, and if memory serves me 
> right, Kim qualified for WWTBAM and appeared after taping J! but 
> before the appearance for J! aired. Network (as opposed to 
> syndicated) WWTBAM had no rule diqualifying one for non-prime-time 
> game show appearances, but J! has a rule that you can not appear on 
> a game a year prior to your appearance in order to win money. The 
> language in the J! contract is imprecise as to whether that year 
> starts with taping or with airdate, or at least it was when I was on 
> in 1992.
> 
> He appears to be clearly eligible for the WWTBAM money. But J! may 
> refuse to allow his his prize winnings, and hasn't announced their 
> decision yet.
> 
> With his win of $500K on WWTBAM, he clearly traded up. But if he 
> gets to keep his J! prizes, it will represent a continuing (and IMO 
> welcome) erosion of some regulations that are by far draconian and 
> outdated with regards to repeat contestants.
> 
> Tom

>From my experience on J! about 18 months ago, I don't remember any
mention of game show appearances _after_ the August taping -- in other
words, they never told us anything along the lines of "Don't tape any
other game shows before these shows air in November."  That seems like
something they would have done had they considered the point
significant (if they had considered the possibility at all).

That said, it sounds like Mr. Kim isn't facing impending homelessness
or starvation if he doesn't get the J! money.

--Raj Dhuwalia