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The next Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions is being delayed, per Deadline, due to the current WGA strike. Former winners threatened to boycott the tournament if recycled questions were to be used but a statement indicates that was never the plan.

There have been reports that, until the writers strike can be settled, the regular portion of season 39 will feature recycled questions culled from the show’s long history.

A spokesperson for the game show series said the following about the delay:

Jeopardy! never had any intention of producing a Tournament of Champions for Season 39 until the strike is resolved.

Our current plan is to go into a holding pattern of sorts, pushing back the Season 39 postseason to first produce original episodes featuring the best of our WGA written material. Next month, we will share more news about exciting plans and enhancements to the contestant experience for this upcoming season and beyond.

Jeopardy! has a long history with and tremendous respect for the WGA and our writers. We have always been careful to honor our WGA agreements and we would never air game material not created by WGA writers. However, just as we did, led by Alex Trebek, during the 2007-2008 strike, we will deliver first-run episodes again this fall to more than 200 affiliate stations nationwide,” the spokesperson added. “Everyone at Jeopardy! hopes that the guilds and the AMPTP can reach a fair resolution quickly.”

Both Jeopardy! and Celebrity Jeopardy! are covered under the SAG-AFTRA Network Code, which allows the shows to continue filming.

Viewers will see Celebrity! Jeopardy return to ABC in primetime this fall with material written before the writers strike began.

What do you think? Are you excited to see a new season of Jeopardy! this fall, even if that means the show will use recycled questions?