Canadian “Jeopardy” champion Mattea Roach will face off in opposition to different elite gamers in a brand new spinoff picked up by ABC.
“Jeopardy! Masters” will pit six current super-champions in opposition to one another.
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A distinct mixture of opponents will play two “high-stakes video games” in every hour-long episode.
The primary class of “masters” may also embody Matt Amodio, Sam Buttrey, Andrew He, James Holzhauer and Amy Schneider.
The present, which ABC greenlit on Wednesday, is about to be hosted by Ken Jennings.
Roach, who hails from Halifax and now lives in Toronto, received 23 consecutive video games final 12 months – the fifth-longest streak in “Jeopardy” historical past.
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