Columbia TriStar Television production, who had produced Jeopardy! since Season 11.
Consolation prizes feature merchandise and vacation packages as consolation prizes for the runners-up.
The winnings cap are implemented with any excess being donated to charity for 5-time champions and the Chevrolet cars featured as the bonus prize for 5-time champions.
The $100 increments in the first round and the $200 increments in the Double Jeopardy! round are featured
Alex Trebek's signature mustache is featured before he shaved it off in the next season.
The closing credits appear over various shots of the set, the host, and the contestants.
On early episodes of this season:
The Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! categories flip over
Consolation prizes still featured merchandise for both second place and third place.
Later this season and the next season except for the last three months, consolation prizes was merchandise for third place only, and the prize for second place was vacation packages. However, most of the next season except for the last three months feature only vacation packages for both second place and third place with some exceptions.
The opening sequence changed: The Jeopardy! logo forms inside a yellow rectangle against a blue background with sliding squares. Finally, the Jeopardy! logo zooms forward, revealing the 1996-2002 set.
The copyright card is changed to an indigo rectangle with a yellow border on the outside.
Like the previous season, the DAILY DOUBLE graphic cards show the two words appearing in a single line.
On later episodes of this season, the categories now fade in and it continues to be used as of now.
The first five seconds of the theme have been truncated, and a wind blowing sound effect is heard.
This is the second season not to have Tournament of Champions.
This is the first season for the following:
The audience was already silent coming out of the second commercial break.
The 2001-2008 theme song is used until the end of Season 24.
This season marked minor changes:
The opening spiel is back to being "This is Jeopardy!".
The studio audience is no longer shown on camera during the introduction, in and out of commercial break bumpers, and the closing credits.
For the 17th season of Jeopardy!, the show underwent a lot of changes. In addition to changing its theme, set, and some of the prizes, the sliding doors in the set had their pink color changed to a very pale lavender. This color was also used for the rest of the sushi bar set. On top of that, the pale lavender on the sliding doors turns blue in the Final Jeopardy! round.
When the returning champion is introduced, his/her number of games won thus far are now shown onscreen.
For both this full season and the next season except for the last three months of the next season, the segment where Johnny announces the consolation prizes for the 2nd place and 3rd place contestants is moved from the end of Double Jeopardy! to before the contestant interviews right after the first commercial break.
Lisa Finneran, Rocky Schmidt, and Gary Johnson became producers.
The quote "Jeopardy! is a Registered Trademark of Jeopardy! Productions Inc." was added to the copyright notice, which continued to be used as of now. The copyright text is on an indigo rectangle with a yellow border outline on the outside.
For the final month of this season, the copyright text is changed to a purple file folder and continues to be used until the end of Season 19.
September 2000[]
September 4, 2000: Season 17 premieres. The amount of days a champion has been on and the amount they have won are now shown animating along with their names.
September 19, 2000: Michelle Clum retires undefeated with $50,200, and a new Chevy Corvette. She is the last female 5-time champion to retire undefeated in history.
September 26, 2000: Andrew Garen retires undefeated with $56,100, and two new Chevy Camaros.
October 2000[]
October 2-6, 2000: Back to School Week is held.
October 30, 2000: Brad Rutter makes his Jeopardy! debut.
November 2000[]
November 3, 2000: Brad Rutter retires undefeated with $55,102 and a pair of 2000 Chevy twin Camaros.
November 8-21, 2000: The College Championship was held at the University of Washington in Seattle. Pam Mueller won the tournament, $50,000, a 2001 Volvo S60 and a trophy. Jonah Knobler received $15,000 and Carl Gilbertsen received $10,000. The 1997-2001 theme is reused.
December 2000[]
December 4, 2000: Gold bars are placed for the returning champion, and the staff credit roll.
The staff names are placed inside the navy blue borders.
December 25-29, 2000: Holiday Kids Week is held.
January 2001[]
January 15, 2001: Michael Arnone retires undefeated with $54,499 and a new Chevy Suburban.
February 2001[]
February 5, 2001: Celebrity Jeopardy! features Jodie Foster, Nathan Lane, and Harry Connick, Jr. competing.
February 6-9, 2001: The last four Celebrity Jeopardy! matches and the International Championship are held at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
During these episodes, an updated version of the theme debuts. This arrangement is at a faster tempo and now includes a middle section featuring saxophone and electric guitar improves before the main verses are repeated.
Jeff Probst, Martha Stewart, and Charles Barkley compete on Tuesday.
Wayne Brady, Dana Delany, and Eric Idle compete on Wednesday.
Mike Piazza, Jane Krakowski, and Kevin Sorbo compete on Thursday.
Seth Green, Brandi Chastain, and Steven Page compete on Friday.
February 12-16, 2001: The International Championship was held. Robin Carroll won the tournament and $50,000. Fredrik Gildea received $15,000 and Carsten Wiedemann received $10,000.
February 17, 2001: The 1997-2001 theme music returns.
February 26, 2001: Due to Sony's financial dispute, WebTV dropped interactive elements from Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.
March 2001[]
March 5, 2001: The Jeopardy! logo bug appeared onscreen for the first time.
March 12, 2001: Rick Knutsen retires undefeated with $57,300, and two new Chevy Camaros.
April 2001[]
April 3, 2001: Bob Fleenor retires undefeated with $55,700, and two new Chevy Camaros.
April 10, 2001: Ryan Moore retires undefeated with $39,800, and a new Chevy Corvette.
April 16, 2001: The show's end credits are transparent, except for the copyright year and creator of the show.
April 18, 2001: Larry Cloud retires undefeated with $66,100, and two new Chevy Camaros.
April 20, 2001: The 1997-2001 theme plays for the last time.
April 23, 2001: The 2001-2008 theme plays for the first time, and this lasted until the end of Season 24.
The copyright year and creator of the show are transparent.
April 30-May 11, 2001: The Teen Tournament is held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graham Gilmer won the tournament, $50,000 and Chevrolet Tracker. Andy Siegler received $15,000 and Colleen Mahoney received $10,000.
May 2001[]
May 22, 2001: Babu Srinivasan retires undefeated with $75,100, and a new Chevy Corvette.
June 2001[]
June 14, 2001: Mark Eckard retires undefeated with $69,600,and a new Chevy Suburban.
June 25, 2001: The show's end credits contains a file folder bordering the occupation name, and the staff's names are borderless. The copyright year and creator remain bordered until the season 19 finale.
June 26, 2001: Lan Djang retires undefeated with $51,100, and two new Chevy Camaros.
July 2001[]
July 3, 2001: Kevin Keach retires undefeated with $50,703 and a new Chevy Tahoe.
July 18, 2001: Alan Bailey retires undefeated with $61,501, and a new Chevy Suburban.
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