New opening sequence: various items have written responses, with game board designs behind them. We switch over to the silver Jeopardy! logo at the end, with the same game board design on a pink, purple, and indigo space background. Finally, the Jeopardy! logo zooms forward, revealing the 2013-2024 set.
The font for the contestant introductions and Final Jeopardy! winnings were changed to Helvetica starting with this season.
Korinna came back to the closing credits starting with this season and it appears the first time since early Season 13.
This is the last season where Kevin McCarthy is the director, with Clay Jacobsen taking over the next season.
The closing credits read "FOLLOW US:" with logos for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube for the first time in this season and continues to be used as of now.
The copyright and "Created by Merv Griffin" credits is now changed to a pink and purple color scheme and is also used for the next season.
The tiebreaker clue is used for the first time in March 2018.
The Tournament of Champions returned in November after two years of absence.
On early episodes of this season, the contestants still walked away from their podiums during the closing credits.
Starting with the October 9, 2017, the dividers used during Final Jeopardy! are now retractable and the contestants stayed at their podiums throughout the whole show.
On later episodes aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays, they don't have Johnny saying, "Promotional consideration provided by." For other weekdays, Johnny states: "Jeopardy! is also brought to you by", which continued until the end of Season 37.
This season does not have a Teen Tournament just like in Seasons 31 and 32.
September 2017[]
September 11, 2017: Season 34 kicks off.
September 28, 2017: Guinness World Records Adjudicator Alex Angert presents Johnny Gilbert with a framed certificate recognizing his announcing record: "The longest career as a game show announcer for the same show is 32 years 7 months and 30 days and was achieved by Johnny Gilbert on 'Jeopardy!' (both USA) in Culver City, California, USA as of July 28 2017".
October 2017[]
October 6, 2017: The contestants walked away from their podiums for the last time. This next occurs in Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy and Jeopardy Masters where all three finalists walk away from their podiums.
October 9, 2017: The dividers between the players used during Final Jeopardy! are now retractable and the contestants stood at their podiums for the first time.
October 12, 2017: Austin Rogers finished with 12-day total of $411,000.
October 17, 2017: Manny Abell won the game with $1.
November 2017[]
Due to Alex's brain surgery, the College Championship is delayed until early April.
November 6-17, 2017: The Tournament of Champions aired. A tribute is also made to honor Cindy Stowell, who died in the previous season on December 5, 2016. Buzzy Cohen won the tournament and $250,000. Alan Lin received $100,000 and Austin Rogers received $50,000.
December 2017[]
January 2018[]
January 3, 2018: The Jeopardy round Daily Double was not seen on time.
January 9-10, 2018: For two days in a row, we only saw two of the three Daily Doubles on time.
January 11, 2018: Due to a poorly worded Final Jeopardy! in this game, contestant Rebecca Zoshak is brought back on March 21, 2018.
January 17, 2018: Gilbert Collins finishes with a 5-day total of $84,201.
January 24, 2018: Two of the three Daily Doubles are seen on time.
January 26, 2018: Rachel Lindgren finishes with a 5-day champion of $75,999.
February 2018[]
February 1, 2018: This episode is the well-known incident of the category TALKIN' FOOTBALL, in which none of the contestants buzzed in during the clues.
February 2, 2018: Ryan Fenster lost his fifth game and was invited back on July 17 because of "clue discrepancy.”
February 22, 2018: Rob Worman finishes with a 6-day total of $133,900.
March 2018[]
March 1, 2018: A tiebreaker clue was played for the first time in Final Jeopardy!.
March 7, 2018: Two of the three Daily Doubles are seen on time.
March 21, 2018: Rebecca Zoshak returned to the show and was defeated the next day.
March 26, 2018: Alex returns to taping after taking a month off to recover from brain surgery for a subdural hematoma.
March 28, 2018: The last game in the Alex Trebek era where the Jeopardy round's Daily Double was not seen on time.
April 2018[]
April 9-20, 2018: The College Championship aired. Dhurv Gaur won the tournament and $100,000. William Scott received $50,000 and Hannah Sage received $25,000.
May 2018[]
May 7-18, 2018: The Teachers Tournament aired from May 7-18, 2018. Larry Martin died on January 25, 2019, eight months after winning the tournament, making the only tournament champion so far to have died before the Tournament of Champions. Larry Martin won the tournament and $100,000. Claire Bishop received $50,000 and Steve Mond received $25,000.
May 25, 2018: Josh Hill finishes with a 7-day total of $163,721.
June 2018[]
June 22, 2018: A clip was shown in the April 4, 2019 episode of Better Things.
July 2018[]
July 13, 2018: Contestant Vincent Valenzuela lost after a disadvantage by a Final Jeopardy! clue that displayed incorrectly in the studio and returned at the beginning of next season.
July 17, 2018: Ryan Fenster returns to the show after having a disadvantage by a clue.
July 20, 2018: Ryan Fenster finishes with a 7-day total of $156,497.
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