Tuesday night saw the opening episode of ABC’s special “Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time,” and it’s already made a splash.
An enormous number of viewers tuned into the game show to watch “Jeopardy!” champions James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter face off against each other, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The show drew 14.37 million viewers for Tuesday’s premiere episode, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Not only did this give the show the highest ratings of the night, but this also makes “Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time” the show with the second-largest audience so far this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with only Sunday’s Golden Globes attracting more viewers.
The game show special also drew the fourth-largest audience of the broadcast season with a 2.4 rating, following the Golden Globes, “The Little Mermaid Live,” and the season premiere of “The Masked Singer,” Variety reported.
Jennings, a graduate of Brigham Young University and former Utah resident, beat out the competition Tuesday night with a $400 lead over Holzhauer, the Deseret News reported.
The special will continue this week and into next week if needed, according to Deadline.