Team sport

Remember the tease about something BIG coming to Jeopardy this season? It's apparently the show's first team tournament, arriving in February and March of 2019.

There will be six teams, each captained by one of the usual suspects: Colby Burnett, Buzzy Cohen, Julia Collins, Ken Jennings, Austin Rogers and Brad Rutter. They'll draft their teams from a pool of past champs in a Facebook Live event on September 22.

Fans can also put together their own fantasy teams for the tournament. This sports analogy may be getting out of hand. The basic format of the competition...

All 3 members of each team will play during each match, but not at the same time. Teams will decide who will play each game in Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy!, and Final Jeopardy!

No details yet on just how the winners will be decided over the ten-ep stunt. Alex Trebek will host, though. Some things never change (maybe).

UPDATE: Alex also has a lot more facial hair. But I blogged about this a while back.