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-present set. This is also the first season where the intros for opening sequences are not all the same in every episode, where as there are five different intros for every week.
The font for the contestant introductions and Final Jeopardy! winnings were changed to Helvetica starting with this season.
The closing credits revert back to Korinna for the first time since early Season 13 starting with this season and continued to be used as of now.
This is the last season where Kevin McCarthy is the director since Season 9, with Clay Jacobsen taking over the next season up until Season 38.
The social media credits are added before the copyright and "Created by Merv Griffin" credits for the first time in this season, and continues to be used as of now. The credits initially read "FOLLOW US:" with logos for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
The copyright and "Created by Merv Griffin" credits is now changed to a pink and purple color scheme until the end of Season 35.
The tiebreaker clue is used for the first time in March 2018 for regular games other than just tournaments.
The Tournament of Champions returned in November after two years of absence.
This is the first season where Geico is sponsoring the consolation prizes until Season 37.
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 is the third season not to have a Teen Tournament.
September 2017[]
September 11, 2017: Season 34 kicks off.
September 12, 2017: A clip was shown in the April 4, 2019 episode of Better Things.
September 21, 2017: Two of the three Daily Doubles are seen on time.
September 22, 2017: 2-day champion Betsy Knudson is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing the Double Jeopardy round with $0 and the final champion to be dismissed where the contestants walked away from their podiums.
September 25, 2017: Anupama Srirangan is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing the Double Jeopardy round in the red with -$3,000.
September 26, 2017: Austin Rogers makes his Jeopardy! debut.
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 2, 2017: Austin Rogers won $65,600 in his fifth game, which is the fourth highest one-day total in Jeopardy! history.
October 3, 2017: Ryan Hughey is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing the Double Jeopardy round in the red with -$200 and the final contestant to be dismissed where the contestants walked away from their podiums. Austin Rogers won $69,000 in his sixth game, which is the third highest one-day total in Jeopardy! history.
October 6, 2017: The contestants walked away from their podiums for the last time since Season 1. 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[]
December 25, 2017: Donna Brown finishes with a 1-day total of $45,600.
December 26, 2017: Two of the three Daily Doubles are seen on time.
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. This is the game where she lost to Gilbert Collins' second game.
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.
January 29, 2019: Ryan Fenster makes his Jeopardy! debut.
February 2018[]
This is the second time since Season 25 to not have any tournaments held in February.
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. This episode is also Ryan Fenster's fourth game.
February 2, 2018: Ryan Fenster lost his fifth game and was invited back on July 17 because of "clue discrepancy."
February 19, 2018: Florence Garbini is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing the Double Jeopardy round in the red with -$1,200 and the first contestant to be dismissed where the contestants stood at their podiums the whole game.
February 21, 2018: Bryan Brzycki is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing the Double Jeopardy round in the red with -$2,200.
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! for regular games other than just tournaments.
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. 1-day champion Tristan Mohbair is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing the Double Jeopardy round with $0 and the first champion to be dismissed where the contestants stood at their podiums the whole game.
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. This is the first time where it's held in April due to Alex's brain surgery. Dhruv Gaur won the tournament and $100,000. William Scott received $50,000 and Hannah Sage received $25,000.
April 25, 2018: Krishna Veeraraghavan is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing the Double Jeopardy round in the red with -$4,200.
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 and four months after the start of Season 35, 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 7, 2018: Andy Mills is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing the Double Jeopardy round in the red with -$2,600.
June 22, 2018: A clip was also shown in the April 4, 2019 episode of Better Things.
July 2018[]
July 6, 2018: 1-day champion Marilyn Maher is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing the Double Jeopardy round in the red with -$2,400.
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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