_Jeopardy disappears off Netflix next week.
If Alex Trebek's replacement by a bland white guy with previous job red flags and Mayim Bialik disheartens you, Brit game shows may offer relief.
Newest and closest to Jeopardy is Cash Trapped.
University Challenge started its 51st season two days ago...
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And there's Only Connect, a weird game show featuring an endless supply of eccentrics, hieroglyphics and mental baffles.
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And there's always QI, decades of episodes including early ones with Stephen Fry, up to the slightly less entertaining present.
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Subtitles are faint help to vainly puzzle out the arcane clues.
The CBC once had game shows.
Just as the Corp had symphony orchestras, drama and ballet. It now prefers dim sitcoms and turgid virtue-signalling. Pity.
It's left to YouTube or the private sector to find and fund a Letterkenny.
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