The Merv Griffin Enterprises logo had the Sony Pictures Entertainment byline.
The opening credits remains the same as Season 8, but the explosion is different and the black explosion sand was added.
Kevin McCarthy became the new director, replacing Dick Schneider (who had retired) in that capacity, and introduces different and new camera angles to the show; During that season, Alex Trebek hosted Heart of Courage, a short-lived documentary aired on the Discovery Channel for 2 seasons from 1992 to 1994.
The Jeopardy! logo remains the same as the previous season, but with different blue backgrounds like spotlights, rough wall, and marble.
While spotlights was one of three backgrounds for the logo this season, it was the only one to not be used for the Daily Double, all episodes using the spotlights logo would use the marble background for the Daily Double.
Beginning with this season, the categories are broken into pieces to reveal the categories which will be used until the end of the grid set's run on November 8, 1996.
The Daily Double clues appear on the left side of the contestant's right shoulder, and then, it dissolves after the clue is read.
On early episodes of this season:
The Merv Griffin Enterprises logo had the Sony Pictures Entertainment byline in the 1984-1992 logo.
Johnny's catchphrase remains the same as in early 1987, and the copyright card still appears after the logos.
The Final Jeopardy! logo still slides up or down when revealing the category or the clue.
On later episodes of this season:
Johnny's catchphrase was changed: "This is Johnny Gilbert speaking. Jeopardy! is a production of Merv Griffin Enterprises. Distributed by KingWorld."
The Final Jeopardy! logo now has many different blinds wiping transition when revealing the category or the clue. This will last all the way until early Season 13.
The Merv Griffin Enterprises logo looks similar to the Columbia Pictures Television logo.
Similar to Johnny's closing catchphrase from 1987, this new closing catchphrase is pre-recorded.
A timpani drumroll is heard after the Merv Griffin Enterprises logo, and before the KingWorld logo.
To accommodate the change, the copyright card is moved from the end to between the two logos Merv Griffin Enterprises and KingWorld. This feature remained until the end of Season 10.
The main theme is rerecorded in a more modern style by adding a bongo track. This will last until the end of Season 13.
Starting this season, Perry Ellis was credited as Alex's wardrobe provider, replacing Mr. Guy, and it has a Grief Companies byline. This will last all the way until the end of Season 18.
The contestant interview segment is now done right after the completion of the Jeopardy! segment, and before the second commercial break it was first done this way only for the previous season's Teen Tournament; this would hold steady until early in Season 13, when the previous practice of holding the interviews after the first break was restored.
The practice of manually zooming into the first clue of the first three segments is abandoned, in favor of a composite zoom view; this was first done in the Celebrity Tournament and used during the Tournament of Champions, and would make its way to the regular show on January 11, 1993.
The contestant podium monitors changed their color from blue to red in the Double Jeopardy! round to match the background and would change back to blue in Final Jeopardy!. This practice remained until the end of the grid set's run on November 8, 1996.
September 1992[]
September 7, 1992: Season 9 premieres.
September 23, 1992: Linda Sheppard retires with $39,700 despite losing her fifth game.
October 1992[]
October 14, 1992: Leslie Miller retires undefeated with $64,300.
October 26-30, 1992: Celebrity Jeopardy! is held for the first time. It featured celebrities playing for their favorite charities.
Carol Burnett, Donna Mills, and Regis Philbin compete on Monday.
Dean Stockwell, Emma Samms, and Andrew Shue compete on Tuesday.
Cheech Marin, Steven Weber, and Alan Rachins compete on Wednesday.
Beau Bridges, Judith Ivey, and Luke Perry compete on Thursday.
Robert Guillaume, Ed Begley, Jr., and Rosie O'Donnell compete on Friday.
November 1992[]
November 9-20, 1992: The Tournament of Champions airs. Leszek Pawlowicz won the Tournament of Champions.
November 23, 1992: Tom Nosek retires undefeated with $65,640.
December 1992[]
December 8, 1992: Dennis Donohue retires undefeated with $64,298.
December 31, 1992: Jack Mahoney retires with $32,404 despite losing his fifth game.
January 1993[]
January 8, 1993: The In-camera zooms were seen for the last time.
January 11, 1993: The In-camera zooms discontinued for beginning rounds and resuming the 1st round after the 1st commercial breaks.
January 19, 1993: Darryl Scott, an Air Force lieutenant colonel from Washington, D.C. wins the game with the lowest score possible, $1.
January 29, 1993: Diane Siegel retires undefeated with $65,479.
February 1993[]
February 5, 1993: The Merv Griffin Enterprises "Blinking Griffin" logo is shown for the last time.
February 8, 1993: The Merv Griffin Enterprises "Cloud Background" logo is used for the first time.
February 15-26, 1993: The Teen Tournament airs. Fraser Woodford won the tournament.
March 1993[]
March 19, 1993: An uncorrected scoring error introduced at clue 14 of the Jeopardy! Round leaves Debby $100 more than she should have had before Final Jeopardy! and Debby Arnold retires with $43,103 despite losing her fifth game.
April 1993[]
April 9, 1993: David Tiemann retires with $37,999 despite losing his fourth game. He becomes the first 3-time champion to compete in the Tournament of Champions.
April 22, 1993: Walt Senterfitt retires with $63,101 despite losing his fifth game.
April 23, 1993: Show #2000 aired, which is 1,935th episode.
May 1993[]
May 3-14, 1993: The College Championship airs. In this season, they gave away a Dodge Shadow car, Phoebe Juel won the tournament and wore white pants during the College Championship.
May 20, 1993: Bev Schwartzberg retires undefeated with $65,900.
June 1993[]
June 16, 1993: Al Lin retires undefeated with $58,903.
June 17, 1993: The theme plays entirety during the closing credits.
June 17-18, 1993: A full credit roll is shown two days in a row.
June 18, 1993: The Merv Griffin Enterprises logo appeared on the game board after the credits.
June 29, 1993: For the second time, all clues were responded correctly with three rebounds.
July 1993[]
July 5, 1993: The Merv Griffin Enterprises logo appears on the game board after the credits.
July 9, 1993: Ed Schiffer retires undefeated with $65,903.
July 12, 1993: The Merv Griffin Enterprises logo appears on the game board after the credits.
July 12-23, 1993: The Seniors Tournament airs. Marilyn Kneeland won the tournament.
July 23, 1993: Season 9 ends, and the 2,000th episode aired on this date, which is Show #2065.
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