Big

Jeopardy is goosing the next season with a twitter tease. The new season premieres September 10, and something BIG is coming! Stay tuned.

The resulting (and predictable) speculation runs the gamut you might expect. More money, more Alex facial hair, a new host, different stunts, etc. Combined with Alex's own tease about retirement, the show has ginned up some buzz for the new season. Which isn't easy for an aged quizzer to do. Jeopardy's been around so long, it's starting to make me look sort of young (major exaggeration).

It's hard to imagine the show will start ladling out more cash. In the fractured media world of a zillion channels into almost every household, Jeopardy has seen an inevitable ratings decline. So I doubt that losing contestants will suddenly start keeping all the cash they pile up.

And a new host announcement would seem strange at this point, since Alex has promised to hang around at least through the 2019-20 season. It's probably just some new stunts for sweeps months.