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 unique mixture of opponents will play two “high-stakes games” in every hour-long episode.
The firstclass of “masters” can even 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 yr – the fifth-longest streak in “Jeopardy” historical past.