https://www.dmleach.com/ 2026-04-16T22:25:24+00:00 https://www.dmleach.com/ https://www.dmleach.com/lib/tpl/civilized/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-05-23T20:13:08+00:00 https://www.dmleach.com/doku.php?id=jeopardy:audition&rev=1337803988&do=diff How Did I Get Here? One of the first questions many people ask about Jeopardy! is: how did you get on the show? It used to be that you had to catch one of the traveling audition roadshows. The production crew would stop in various cities around the country and open up a cattle call for contestants. My dad was actually selected to be part of one in our hometown in northeast Tennessee back in the late 1980s. text/html 2012-05-02T17:54:03+00:00 https://www.dmleach.com/doku.php?id=jeopardy:coryat&rev=1335981243&do=diff Coryat database This is the early stages of development. text/html 2011-12-26T03:52:38+00:00 https://www.dmleach.com/doku.php?id=jeopardy:main&rev=1324871558&do=diff Jeopardy! In 2011 I had the extraordinary opportunity to be a contestant on Jeopardy!. I was in Los Angeles for the taping on November 1 and 2, 2011, and my show will air December 29. Here's everything I've written about the experience. The Field of Play: The studio and stage text/html 2011-12-26T05:03:16+00:00 https://www.dmleach.com/doku.php?id=jeopardy:preparation&rev=1324875796&do=diff The Call Monday, August 22, 2011, at 12:21 in the afternoon. It's been a fairly quiet day at the office, when suddenly a number I don't recognize comes up on my phone's caller ID. I let it go to voice mail, but immediately Google the area code; it's from California. My heart starts beating a little quicker - I've got voice mail! Quickly I enter my PIN and listen to text/html 2011-11-06T22:52:46+00:00 https://www.dmleach.com/doku.php?id=jeopardy:studio&rev=1320619966&do=diff The Field of Play Jeopardy! is filmed on Stage 10 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. Here on Google Maps you can see it as the building just northwest of the basketball court: The adjacent studio to the southwest, Stage 11, is the home of