To celebrate Jeopardy!'s 10th anniversary in syndication, this season marked minor changes:
Johnny Gilbert's opening catchphrase for this season only is: "Celebrating its 10th year, as America's favorite answer and question show, this is Jeopardy!".
The Jeopardy! 10th Anniversary logo consisted of an upside down triangle with a light in it, and the big red number 10 can be seen behind it. The rectangle was dark blue, the Jeopardy! logo was white, and a light yellow rectangle which has "ANNIVERSARY" written on it, and a water globe behind it.
This is the only full season to have Merv Griffin Enterprises cloud background logo at the end.
This is the last season to be produced by Merv Griffin Enterprises, and to be taped at Hollywood Center Studios.
The opening sequence changed: the Jeopardy! 10th Anniversary logo appeared on the game board, which zooms out to the center of the screen, and then, it breaks into pieces to reveal the 1991-1996 set.
The copyright card now has a cloud background and an upside down triangle with a light in it and a gold border on the outside, and the rectangle is blue and larger, with a burgundy border on it.
During the thinking period in Final Jeopardy! the camera now starts at, and near the game board, and then, the camera pans toward the contestant podiums. After that, it cuts to closeups of the contestants as they write down their responses, and the camera pans left to right. Finally, a full shot of the podiums is shown when the "Think!" music ends.
On later episodes of this season, Johnny said the 1992 catchphrase.
September 1993[]
September 6, 1993: Season 10 premieres.
September 13, 1993: Brian Moore retires undefeated with $62,202.
September 20, 1993: John Cuthbertson retires undefeated with $82,400.
October 1993[]
October 21, 1993: David Venderbush retires undefeated with $50,800.
October 28, 1993: Rachael Schwartz retires with $37,499 despite losing her fifth game.
November 1993[]
November 1-4, 1993: Jeopardy! contestants get a chance to select participants from the first 8 seasons to compete in the 10th Anniversary Tournament, which came after the Tournament of Champions. The players chosen were Steve Rogitz (season 1), Lionel Goldbart (season 2), Doug Molitor (season 3), Roy Holliday (season 4), Mark McDermott (season 5), Frank Spangenberg (season 6), Leslie Frates (season 7), and Robert Slaven (season 8).
November 8-12, 1993: Celebrity Jeopardy! is held.
Leslie Neilsen, Elayne Boosler, and Dean Cain compete on Monday.
Edward Asner, Teri Garr, and Pat Sajak compete on Tuesday.
Kelsey Grammer, Paula Poundstone, and Michael Fienstein compete on Wednesday.
Jerry Orbach, Tabitha Soren, and Jay Thomas compete on Thursday.
Harry Anderson, Tim Daly, and Sinbad compete on Friday.
November 15-26, 1993: The Tournament of Champions airs. Tom Nosek won and participated in the 10th Anniversary Tournament.
December 1993[]
November 29-December 3, 1993: The 10th anniversary tournament features nine contestants from the first nine seasons. This was supposed to be a tournament featuring only the winners of the Tournament of Champions However, due to Jerry Frankel dying of AIDS in 1987, and Chuck Forrest working overseas, they changed the selection.
December 3, 1993: Frank Spangenberg wins the 10th Anniversary Tournament with $41,800 (his 2-day final total of $16,800 plus a $25,000 bonus as the tournament winner).
December 14, 1993: David Hillinck retires with $47,401 despite losing his fifth game.
December 23, 1993: The Video Daily Double segment has the Merv Griffin Enterprises Griffin, the Columbia Pictures Torch Lady, and the TriStar Pictures Pegasus, and TriStar wins as the best answer. All three companies are owned by Sony.
December 24, 1993: Jean Grewe retires undefeated with $62,801.
January 1994[]
January 7, 1994: Kurt Bray retires undefeated with $51,100.
February 1994[]
February 4, 1994: Tom Nichols retires with $45,690 despite losing his fifth game and returned on October 10, 1994 due to a "clue discrepancy".
February 14-25, 1994: The Teen Tournament airs. Matt Morris wins the tournament.
March 1994[]
March 9, 1994: Fred Frank retires with $52,699 despite losing his fifth game.
March 17, 1994: Amy Fine retires undefeated with $72,803. She is the last female five-win champ to co-win in a five-game system, followed by Season 29's Kristin Morgan, and the only co-winner of the women's five or more champion.
April 1994[]
April 27, 1994: The widespread was pre-empted for Nixon funeral.
May 1994[]
May 2-13, 1994: The College Championship airs. In this season, the winner awarded a Dodge prize along with the trophy, and $25,000. Jeff Stewart won the tournament and chose the pickup truck.
June 1994[]
July 1994[]
July 11-22, 1994: The Seniors Tournament airs. Bart Thomas won the tournament.
