New opening sequence: a blue diamond floor zooms out to show 3D animations of category names and other show elements such as Alex's podium. Then, another blue diamond-shaped floor shows the Jeopardy! logo with white and brown diamond outlines appearing on the red and magenta background. Finally, the Jeopardy! logo then zooms forward, revealing the 2013-2024 set. In honor of the show's 35th anniversary, a peach "35th anniversary" byline appears underneath the show's logo.
On later episodes, the camera angles in the opening were slightly different.
The Final Jeopardy! commercial bumpers changed this season.
The Daily Double, Audio Daily Double, Video Daily Double, Double Jeopardy!, and Final Jeopardy! graphics changed again.
Kevin McCarthy retired, and Clay Jacobsen joined the staff as the director.
This season, whenever the middle player gets dismissed before Final Jeopardy!, after finishing in the negative, or with $0, the left player writing down his or her response fades from the left player straight to the right player, there is an extra fade of both contestants before the fade to the right player.
This is the first full season where the contestants stood at their podiums during the closing credits, and the first full season where the contestants stood at their podiums throughout the whole show.
There is no College Championship tournament just like in Season 31.
September 2018[]
September 10, 2018: Season 35 kicks off and Alex has a beard.
September 14, 2018: Riley Westmoreland is disqualified from playing Final Jeopardy due to finishing in the red with -$400.
September 20, 2018: Alex reverted back to its clean-shaven look.
September 21, 2018: Kyle Jones finishes with a 7-day total of $145,403.
September 25, 2018: Vincent Valenzuela was invited back after the producers determined he had a disadvantage by a Final Jeopardy! clue that displayed incorrectly in the studio.
October 2018[]
October 11, 2018: The Video Final Jeopardy! is used for the last time to date.
October 19, 2018: Alan Dunn finishes with a 5-day total of $120,082.
November 2018[]
November 7-20, 2018: The Teen Tournament airs. Claire Sattler won the tournament and $100,000. Emma Arnold received $50,000 and Maya Wright received $25,000.
December 2018[]
January 2019[]
January 15, 2019: The short-lived music cues are used.
January 16, 2019: Anneke Garcia finishes with a 4-day total of $104,497.
February 2019[]
February 15, 2019: Eric R. Backes finishes with a 4-day total of $105,602.
February 20-March 5, 2019: The Jeopardy! All-Star is held, where six Jeopardy! champions returned, and the team captains are Buzzy Cohen, Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, Julia Collins, Colby Burnett, and Austin Rogers. On the second episode of game one of the three matches before the finals. Team Brad wins the tournament with $1 million, splitting the prize between Brad Rutter, Larissa Kelly, and David Madden. Team Ken finished in second with $300,000 splitting the prize between Ken Jennings, Matt Jackson and Monica Thieu. Team Colby finished in third with $100,000 splitting the prize between Colby Burnett, Pam Mueller and Alan Lin.
March 2019[]
March 20, 2019: Lindsey Shultz finishes with a 4-day total of $101,002.
April 2019[]
April 3, 2019: Steven Grade finishes with a 5-day total of $115,501.
April 9, 2019: He sets a new one-day record of $110,914, breaking the previous record of $77,000.
April 15, 2019: He surpasses David Madden as the second-highest winner in regular-season play.
April 17, 2019: He sets a new one-day record again of $131,127.
April 23, 2019: James Holzhauer is the second contestant to break the $1,000,000 mark in regular gameplay.
April 29, 2019: Adam Levin's $53,999 is currently the record for highest second place score.
May 2019[]
James Holzhauer's run continues through the month of May.
May 2, 2019: He surpasses Julia Collins for the second-longest winning streak.
May 6-17, 2019: The Teachers Tournament aired. François Barcomb won the tournament and $100,000. Conor Quinn received $50,000 and Sara DelVillano received $25,000.
May 6 and 14, 2019: The Jeopardy round categories are read by Amazon Alexa.
May 24, 2019: Show #8000 aired on this date, which is the 7,935th episode. James Holzhauer is the second contestant to break the $2,000,000 mark with his 27th win.
June 2019[]
June 3, 2019: James Holzhauer's winning streak comes to an end, when he was defeated by Emma Boettcher, finishing with a 32-day total of $2,462,216, plus $2,000 for finishing in second place. He is the second-highest money winner in regular competition behind Ken Jennings; and he currently holds the top sixteen slots for one-day winning records. James is also the only contestant to win $100,000 or more in a single game, having accomplished the feat six times.
June 6, 2019: Emma Boettcher finishes with a 3-day total of $97,002. She is the first giant killer to win more than a single game after an upset of the superchampion.
For the second time, there are two Teen Tournaments held in the same season since Season 23.
June 17-28, 2019: The Teen Tournament is held for the last time so far. Avi Gupta won the tournament and $100,000. Ryan Presler received $50,000 and Lucas Miner received $25,000.
June 26, 2019: During the third semifinal game, Avi Gupta and Jackson Jones both had $19,600 going into Final Jeopardy!. Everyone got Final correct. Avi and Jackson doubled their money. Avi won the tiebreaker and advanced into the Finals. Beginning with this episode, Tiebreaker logo appears on the monitor.
July 2019[]
July 10, 2019: Ryan Bilger finishes with a 4-day total of $107,049.
July 17, 2019: Sam Kavanaugh finishes with a 5-day total of $157,202.
July 18, 2019: This episode marked the second time a tiebreaker clue played during a regular game play in Final Jeopardy! This is the last time a Tiebreaker round was played in the Alex Trebek era and the first season with two tiebreakers in the same season.
July 19, 2019: Jason Zuffranieri makes his Jeopardy debut and won the first six games.
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