{"id":288541,"date":"2026-02-17T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/288541\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:10:13","slug":"jeopardy-uk-axed-by-itv-after-two-series-no-plans-for-show-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/288541\/","title":{"rendered":"JEOPARDY! UK AXED BY ITV AFTER TWO SERIES, NO PLANS FOR SHOW TO RETURN"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK version of quiz format\u00a0Jeopardy!, which was hosted by\u00a0Stephen Fry, has bee axed by ITV after two series.<\/p>\n

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TV Zone understands there are no plans for the show to return for a third series. The decision comes nearly a year after the second series aired on ITV1 in the 3pm daytime slot, which other quizzes such as Lingo and Riddiculous also occupy.<\/p>\n

The weekday entertainment show provided nostalgia for fans of the world-renowned format, while introducing the family quiz show to a UK audience. Guided by host Stephen Fry, contestants play to win, using their best general knowledge to win rounds and always delivering the answer as a question. They may continue to amass winnings, the longer they stay in the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Stephen Fry has been the first name confirmed to appear on the upcoming second series of ITV’s The Assembly, which returns for a bumper series this Spring. The first series earned widespread critical acclaim with guests Danny Dyer, David Tennant, Jade Thirlwall and Gary Lineker.<\/p>\n

Now, The Assembly – a remarkable group of inquisitive interviewers who are autistic, neurodivergent and\/or learning disabled – will return to put their unique questions to another batch of brave celebrities, where the rules will remain the same: no question is off the table and no topic is out of bounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jeopardy! is available now on ITVX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK version of quiz format\u00a0Jeopardy!, which was hosted by\u00a0Stephen Fry, has bee axed by ITV after two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-288541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}