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Today’s Final Jeopardy answer (in the category Television) and statistics for the Wednesday, October 7, 2026 game between Anne Damtoft, John Edwards, and 4-day champion Rian Robertson.
Today's Final Jeopardy - Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Current Champion
Rian Robertson, career statistics:
80 correct, 17 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts (on 27 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (82/228)
5/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $18,100)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,150
To win:
5 games: 64.097%
6: 41.084%
7: 26.334%
8: 16.879%
9: 10.819%
Avg. streak: 5.785 games.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
October 17-18: S42 E177 (May 12, 2026)
October 24-25: S42 E178 (May 13, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)
All Time Winnings
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:
1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):
1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
Warning: This page contains spoilers for the October 7, 2026, game of Jeopardy!—please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that the game airs as early as 12:30 PM Eastern in some U.S. television markets.
Here's today's Final Jeopardy (in the category Television) for Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (Season 43, Game 18):
Ronald Galotti, a publisher for Vogue & Vanity Fair in the 1990s, inspired a main love interest on this series that debuted in 1998
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today's Jeopardy! contestants:
Rian enters today's game as a 4-day champion with winnings of $64,101.
Andy's Pregame Thoughts:
For the second time, we have a 4-time champion looking to become the 297th 5-time champion since Jeopardy! returned to North American airwaves in 1984; today, Rian Robertson is looking to reach that threshold. Meanwhile, John Edwards of Brooklyn and Anne Damtoft of Silver Spring are hoping to take up residence at the champion's lectern themselves; Anne, a library support coordinator, feels like she could be a strong challenger solely due to her occupation—librarians are a modern powerhouse when it comes to Jeopardy!.
As was briefly mentioned last night on my Jeopartalk podcast interview with Adam Bundy, the Second Chance chances of players who come really close to defeating a player of Rian's caliber go up the more times Rian wins, so those players are definitely cheering for Rian to keep winning!
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Correct response: What is Sex and the City?
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Ronald Galotti, who for a time dated Candace Bushnell, a The New York Observer columnist whose columns were adopted into the global hit television series Sex and the City, starring Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw (essentially Bushnell's alter ego. Galotti, who met Bushnell at a party, served as the inspiration for the character Mr. Big on the series.
I feel as though I personally am the right age for this to be a straightforward Final Jeopardy clue; I'm always thinking that regular-play Final Jeopardy needs to be pitched easier than it's been playing recently—the prize money doesn't matter as much to me, but easier Final Jeopardy clues keep the betting strategy honest, getting players to bet for the win.
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