Is Jeopardy! New Tonight? This Week's Episodes, Encores and Air Times by City
| Day | Syndicated Jeopardy! | At the lecterns |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 12 Oct | New — Season 43, episode 21 | Greg Monson, a Portland, Ore., videographer, defends with two wins and $31,300 against Daniel Ransom, a San Francisco librarian, and Megan Whelan, a managing editor originally from Philadelphia, per jeopardy.com |
| Tue 13 Oct | New — episode 22 | The returning champion against Evelyn Lamb and Ron Clarke, per TVmaze; not yet on jeopardy.com's homepage |
| Wed 14 Oct | New — episode 23 | The returning champion against Kim Kalnoki and Wesley Yiin, per TVmaze |
| Thu 15 Oct | New — episode 24 | The returning champion against Eileen Goodwin and Richard Koo, per TVmaze |
| Fri 16 Oct | New — episode 25 | The returning champion against Frank Merchlewitz and Mariah Stovall, per TVmaze |
| Sat–Sun 17–18 Oct | — | No first-run game — the weekend encore is listed as Season 42, episode 177, first aired May 12, per The Jeopardy! Fan |
Last week's five first-run games all aired, with no encore flagged: Rian Robertson won Oct. 5–6, John Edwards won Oct. 7, and Greg Monson won Oct. 8 and Oct. 9. Jeopardy.com lists each game's players before it airs, usually by the morning of the show; challengers for Tuesday through Friday are shown here as TVmaze lists them and may change.
Quick answer: Yes — Jeopardy! is new every weekday. Season 43 runs first-run episodes Monday through Friday in whatever slot your local station uses, and there is no first-run game on Saturday or Sunday.
Is Jeopardy! new tonight, or is it a repeat?
In an ordinary week, first-run. The syndicated show tapes five games in a day and airs five a week from September into July, so a repeat is the exception rather than the rule — and when one turns up, it is almost always a station that gave the half hour to something else, which happens most around holidays. The block above carries the actual listings for the week of Oct. 12; the rest of this page covers the things that do interrupt them, and where to watch when your station doesn't.
How has Season 43 gone so far?
The first four games of the season produced three different champions. Here is that opening run, with each night's winner and what they left with.
| Game | Winner | Night's total | Champion's bank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | Matthew Riggle (3rd win) | $8,001 | $72,401 |
| Episode 2 | Matthew Riggle (4th win) | $23,201 | $95,602 |
| Episode 3 | Jen Spinoglio (1st win) | $10,801 | $10,801 |
| Episode 4 | Mark Ramirez (1st win) | $20,800 | $20,800 |
Riggle went out $4,398 short of $100,000, and not on a buzzer. Sitting second with $5,400, he wagered $5,201 on a Final about a surname from artificial-intelligence coverage and wrote “Amadeus.” The response was Amodei — same Latin root, wrong man. Spinoglio was the only one of the three to get it, and $201 of a careful wager was all she needed.
What time is Jeopardy! on in my city?
There is no national answer. Each station picks its own slot, and the spread is wider than most people expect — Chicago has run it in the afternoon for years while New York and Philadelphia sit at 7 p.m.
Here is where the biggest markets stand at the start of Season 43, compiled from Matt Carberry's long-running station list, which was last checked on Sept. 8, 2026.
Two caveats. Holiday Mondays are exactly when these slots slip, and stations that pre-empt an episode usually burn it off late the same night. The air-time guide explains how to find your own station by ZIP code.
Who is the current Jeopardy! champion?
As of Friday, Oct. 9: Greg Monson of Portland, Ore., with two wins and $31,300. He took the title from John Edwards on Thursday, Oct. 8, a day after Edwards ended Rian Robertson's four-day run.
The season's opening champion is worth knowing about, because the pattern repeats. Matthew Riggle, a community college math instructor from Madison, Alabama, won four games across two seasons — two of them aired back in July, with a 52-day gap before the premiere brought him back. He was 2 for 4 in Final Jeopardy! and won anyway, twice, on wagering alone. The night the wagering went against him, a $7,000 Daily Double miss in Double Jeopardy! took most of his game with it.
👉 Two of the season's first three games were settled by the bet, not the buzzer. Watch the wager.
Where can you watch or stream it?
Your local station is the only place a syndicated game airs live; episodes reach Hulu and Peacock the following day. Clips and the Final Jeopardy! write-up go up on jeopardy.com.
Wheel of Fortune sits in the adjacent half hour and runs on the same weekday pattern — our Wheel of Fortune Tonight page explains its bonus round and the Fortune Frenzy opening. The Sept. 21–25 schedule page logs that week's games day by day.
FAQ
Is Jeopardy! new tonight? Yes — Season 43 runs first-run every weeknight. Weekends have no first-run game; any weekend airing is an encore.
What time is Jeopardy! on? 7 p.m. in New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, 7:30 in Boston and Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. in Chicago, per the September 2026 station check.
Who is the current Jeopardy! champion? As of Friday, Oct. 9: Greg Monson of Portland, Ore. He won that night with $22,600, his second straight, and defends next on Monday, Oct. 12.
Who is playing tonight? The block at the top of this page lists the week's challengers by day; the official site's contestant page lists each game's three players before it airs.
Sources · Jeopardy.com — tonight's contestants · The Jeopardy! Fan — champion stats and win probabilities · TVmaze — Season 43 episode list · Jeopardy! station table by market
If you want one address that always has the current night, use Jeopardy! Tonight — the Final Jeopardy! category and response, who won, the three final scores and the champion's running total, updated after the East Coast airing. Its Wheel twin is Wheel of Fortune Tonight. Everything else we file sits in the Jeopardy! section, with dated winners and Final Jeopardy! answers in nightly results, and the air-time explainer is here.
- Jeopardy! Tonight: Final Jeopardy, Who Won and Air Times
- Jeopardy! Tonight (Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026): Jen Spinoglio's First Defense, Air Times by City
- Jeopardy! Tonight (Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026): Matthew Riggle Is $4,398 From $100,000
- Jeopardy! Tonight (Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026): Matthew Riggle Goes for Four vs. Abby Mullen and Wesley Jalipa