Jeopardy! Timeline (syndicated version)/Season 35

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Season 35 (2018-2019)

Season Changes

• On early episodes of this season, Alex had a full beard. In later episodes of this season, Alex was clean-shaven.
• This is the last season in the Alex Trebek era to feature 230 half-hour episodes.
• This is the last season to feature the Rock & Roll Jeopardy! theme music in a tournament. It would be replaced by Sports Jeopardy!'s theme starting in April 2020.
• This is also the last season in the Alex Trebek era to feature the Audio Daily Double.
• Kelly Miyahara left the Jeopardy! Clue Crew after this season ended, leaving only Sarah Whitcomb-Foss and Jimmy McGuire.
• This is also the last season to date where the Teen Tournament is held.
• 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 diamond-shaped floor shows the Jeopardy! logo with diamond outlines appearing on the magenta background. Finally, the Jeopardy! logo then zooms forward, revealing the 2013-present set. In honor of the show's 35th anniversary, a 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.

September 2018

• September 10, 2018: Season 35 kicks off.
• September 20, 2018: Alex reverted back to its clean-shaven look.
• September 12–20, 2018: Kyle Jones became a seven-time champion, accumulating $145,403 in eight appearances.

October 2018

• October 11, 2018: The Video Final Jeopardy! is used for the last time to date.
• October 12–19, 2018: Alan Dunn becomes a five-time champion, accumulating $120,082 in six appearances.

November 2018

• November 7-20, 2018: The Teen Tournament airs.

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.

March 2019

• March 20, 2019: Lindsey Shultz finishes with a 4-day total of $101,002.

April 2019

• March 27–April 3, 2019: Steven Grade becomes a five-time champion, accumulating $115,501 in six appearances.
• April 4, 2019: James Holzhauer makes his first Jeopardy! appearance.
• 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 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.
• May 24, 2019: Show #8000 aired on this date, which is the 7,935th episode. James Holzhauer also becomes the second contestant to break the $2,000,000 mark with his 27th win.

June 2019

• June 3, 2019: James Holzhauer is defeated by Emma Boettcher, who goes on to win three matches of her own. James finished 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.
• For the second time, there are two Teen Tournaments held in the same season since 2007.
• June 17-28, 2019: The Teen Tournament is held for the last time so far.
• June 26, 2019: During the third semifinal game of the Teen Tournament, Avi Gupta and Jackson Jones both had $19,600 going into Final Jeopardy!. Both responded correctly double 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 10–17, 2019: Sam Kavanaugh becomes a five-time champion, accumulating $157,202 in six appearances.
• 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. It is also the first season with two tiebreakers in the same season.
• July 19, 2019: Jason Zuffranieri makes his Jeopardy! debut and won his first six games.
• July 26, 2019: Season 35 ends.

Post-season

• July 29, 2019: Summer reruns air.