Hawk-eyed fans noticed a detail was taken off the show suddenly. Typically, during the credits, they show a glimpse of the upcoming contestants. However, that sneak peek was removed as a fan on the Jeopardy! wrote: "Why are next-day contestants not announced anymore after the game? I noticed last night that they stopped announcing the players for the next episode during the closing credits.
" Another fan blamed it on a past issue, writing: "No one knows why, but maybe due to the absence incident from April 2023 where he was unable to return due to illness?" "I’m guessing the WGA Strike impacting the start of season 40 pretty much killed this," another fan wondered. However, others were quick to point out that the shows are pre-recorded, so they know exactly who will be on the next episode. That doesn't seem to have prevented Ben accidentally being announced when he shouldn't hav been.
A fan explained: "The end-of-episode preview on Friday, April 14, 2023, billed Ben Chan as defending against two challengers. When the new "this week's contestants" was posted on the morning of April 17, it showed three new challengers." According to the Redditor, this irritated a lot of fans at the time.
One on Twitter, formerly known as X, said they felt "lied to" and expressed their displeasure when this all went down. They wrote: "In today's world, it's completely understandable why someone might not be able to make a taping. My problem is that there's the discrepancy between the preview an.