The opening credits remains the same as the rest of Season 3.
On early episodes of this season, the first 19 seconds of the 1984-1992 theme was still played.
On later episodes of this season, the first 19 seconds of the 1984-1992 theme was removed.
This is the last season where Alex didn't wear any glasses throughout the whole show.
Starting with this season, the copyright card has changed its color to the shrunken Jeopardy! logo in gold, with many blue backgrounds varying depending on the episode.
This is the only season overall in which the words on the graphics used on the show were off-center, as pictured above.
September 1988[]
September 5, 1988: Season 5 premieres.
September 27, 1988: Chris Shea retires with $35,202 despite losing his fifth game.
October 1988[]
November 1988[]
November 7-18, 1988: The Tournament of Champions airs. Mark Lowenthal won the Tournament of Champions.
November 30, 1988: Yael Sofaer retires with $47,401 despite losing her fifth game.
December 1988[]
December 13, 1988: Mark McDermott retires undefeated with $42,880.
December 29, 1988: Jeff Richmond retires undefeated with $58,302.
December 30, 1988: The episode with the show #1000 aired on this date, which in reality is actually the 935th episode.
January 1989[]
January 5, 1989: Cigus Vanni retires undefeated with $40,400.
January 17, 1989: Peggi Malys retires with $36,800 despite losing her fifth game.
January 20, 1989: Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune do not air because the inaguration of United States president George H.W. Bush was televised.
January 26, 1989: Brian Wangsgard retires undefeated with $62,398.
January 30, 1989: Footage from the episode was featured in the 1992 film Breaking the Rules.
February 1989[]
February 6-17, 1989: The Teen Tournament airs. Eric Newhouse won the tournament.
March 1989[]
March 10, 1989: Alex enters wearing a hard hat, explaining it is to protect himself against items falling from the rafters, as a chain and an electric wire had fallen the previous show.
March 29, 1989: The players were introduced already standing in position.
March 31, 1989: The real 1,000th episode of Jeopardy! aired on this date, which show #1,065.
April 1989[]
April 5, 1989: Jim Tompkins-MacLaine retires with $41,002 despite losing his fifth game.
April 14, 1989: The 1,000th taped episode of Jeopardy! aired on this date, which aired as the 1,010th episode, or Show #1075.
April 25, 1989: Joel Sacks retires with $50,652 despite losing his fifth game.
May 1989[]
May 4, 1989: Bruce Cox retires with $44,900 despite losing his fifth game.
