When Will 'Jeopardy!' and Other Game Shows Run Out of New Episodes?

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Game shows may be in jeopardy of running out of new episodes as a result of the production shutdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

The syndicated hit “Jeopardy!,” which typically wraps production on its full season of shows in April, has already begun to make adjustments to stretch its depleting batch of in-the-can episodes. New episodes will run through next Friday before a two-week period of reruns centered around “Greatest of All Time” tournament winner Ken Jennings.

According to an individual with knowledge of the show, “Jeopardy!” still has some additional new episodes to air after the Jennings recap ends on May 15, including this year’s two-week “Teachers Tournament.” The insider did not specify just how many new episodes remain.

The situation is less clear with “Wheel of Fortune,” which is often paired with “Jeopardy!” in local markets and stopped taping in front of a live studio audience in early March before halting production altogether.

A person with knowledge of the production told TheWrap that the “Wheel Of Fortune” broadcast schedule will be a mix of new episodes and reruns for the rest of the current season and throughout the summer.

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CBS’ “The Price Is Right” completed “most” of its current season of new shows before production shut down in March, an individual with knowledge of the show told TheWrap. Last year, the Drew Carey-hosted mainstay aired the last of its 190 new episodes on July 4, 2019. The insider added that no decisions have been about how to handle the episodes that didn’t get finished.

However, CBS’ Wayne Brady-led reboot of “Let’s Make a Deal” wrapped up its full slate of shows for this season, the insider said.

Daytime soap operas have also been scrambling to put contingency plans in place for when they run out of new content to roll. CBS soaps “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” ran out of new episodes on Thursday, and will begin airing thematic weeks of classic storylines and episodes beginning on Monday, April 27.

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ABC’s “General Hospital” this month began airing repeat or “classic” episodes on Fridays, a move intended to slow down the speeding train when they run out of original episodes as early as this month. “GH” also started interweaving flashbacks into new episodes to stretch out its stockpile of already-shot material, while also giving lapsed viewers a chance to catch up on current storylines.

As of now, L.A.’s stay-at-home order has been extended through May 15.

These Celebrities Reached Into Their Pockets to Help Us Get Through the Pandemic (Photos)

As the number of people sickened by COVID-19 continues to rise, there is certainly no shortage of kind acts from people helping others get through the pandemic. And that includes celebrities and Hollywood artists social distancing like the rest of us. These famous do-gooders are reaching into their own pockets to make life under quarantine just a little bit easier.
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Oprah Winfrey announced on social media that she is donating $10 million to relief efforts, with $1 million of that specifically helping people who are struggling to buy food during the pandemic.
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Rihanna’s charitable organization Clara Lionel Foundation made a commitment of $5 million that will go to U.S. food banks as well as to helping advance testing in at-risk communities both in the U.S. and in Haiti and Malawi. The foundation — along with Twitter's Jack Dorsey — also partnered with the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles and committed $2.1 million toward shelter, meals and counseling for victims of domestic violence. The fund, combined with Dorsey's contribution, totals $4.2 million.
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10-time Grammy-winner Taylor Swift has been quietly contacting people on social media who have said they've been struggling to pay bills during the pandemic. Those users then shared screenshots of Swift making donations to them of several thousand dollars each.
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TV host Kelly Ripa and husand Mark Consuelos donated $1 million to both the New York governor’s office, for the purchase of ventilators, and WIN, a New York-based organization that provides shelters to homeless women and children.
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Writer Roxane Gay has tweeted several times during the pandemic asking for those struggling to pay bills during the pandemic to share their mobile payment handle to receive personal donations from her.
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Ryan Reynolds and wife Blake Lively announced on social media that they donated $1 million to Feeding America and Food Banks Canada.
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Pop star Ariana Grande said in her Instagram Stories that she had made donations to several organizations, including Opportunity Fund, GiveDirectly, Feeding America, Croce Rossa Italiana and the World Health Organization.
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A physician in Los Angeles, Dr. Thais Aliabad, wrote on Instagram that Kylie Jenner, one of her patients, had "donated $1,000,000 to help us buy hundreds of thousands of masks, face shields, and other protective gear."
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NFL player Drew Brees told TMZ that he's donating $5 million to the state of Louisiana to help with the coronavirus relief efforts.
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Oscar-winning actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie donated $1 million to No Kid Hungry to help provide meals for children in low-income families, the organization said in a statement.
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Country music legend Dolly Parton said on Instagram that she donated $1 million to Vanderbilt's research for a COVID-19 cure.
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Jay-Z's Shawn Carter Foundation matched Rihanna's donation of $1 million to relief efforts.
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Bruno Mars, who has a residency in Las Vegas, donated $1 million to the MGM Resorts Foundation to help MGM employees in the city who lost work due to the pandemic, his representative said, according to E News.
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The players, coaches and owners of the Golden State Warriors announced they are donating $1 million to help employees at the Chase Center who lost work because of canceled NBC games.
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg partnered with a Silicon Valley food bank to put $5.5 million toward creating the COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Feeding Families.
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Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey said on his platform that he is donating $1 billion in shares of his other company Square Inc. to help fund relief efforts. Dorsey said it is about 28% of his wealth. After "we disarm the pandemic," Dorsey said, the money will also help fund girls' health and education, as well as universal basic income.

Along with Rihanna's charitable foundation, committed $2.1 million toward shelter, meals and counseling for victims of domestic violence for a total $4.2 million grant.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said on Instagram that he is giving $100 million to Feeding America, an organization with more than 200 food banks across the country.
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Beyonce's BeyGOOD foundation also partnered with Jack Dorsey, teaming up with his #startsmall initiative to donate $6 million to local community organizations so they can provide necessities like food, cleaning supplies, protective gear, medicines and more.
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Greg Berlanti pledged $1 million in COVID-19 relief funds that will go directly to the 5,000 staffers working on the 17 series currently in play at Berlanti Productions, as well as others in the entertainment industry that have been affected by the shutdown. He announced the gesture in a company-wide memo on April 29
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There is certainly no shortage of kind acts from people helping others get through the coronavirus pandemic, and that includes celebrities and Hollywood artists social distancing like the rest of us

As the number of people sickened by COVID-19 continues to rise, there is certainly no shortage of kind acts from people helping others get through the pandemic. And that includes celebrities and Hollywood artists social distancing like the rest of us. These famous do-gooders are reaching into their own pockets to make life under quarantine just a little bit easier.

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