‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Ken Jennings Invited, Disinvited To ‘Million Second Quiz’

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The Million Second Quiz hasn't exactly gone as NBC hoped. While the series delivers decent ratings, it's not the across-the-board smash they were banking on. But the show is still making headlines...though maybe not for the reasons NBC might have wanted.

In a last-ditch attempt to give the show a little momentum, NBC invited Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings to sit in its “Money Chair.” But an hour after NBC called Jennings Saturday morning with the offer to appear in New York City on Monday, they backtracked. Jennings blogged, “I sent in some paperwork and had a plane ticket in my inbox by the time I sat down to brunch with my family. But an hour later, as the server was clearing our plates, my phone rang again. It was casting. There had been a ‘miscommunication.’ The network, for unspecified reasons, was not willing to fly ‘trivia champions’ in for the show… I could fly myself to New York if I like, they said. I wouldn’t even have to wait in line. I told them thanks but no thanks and went back into the restaurant, a little relieved that I wasn’t going to have to miss the Seahawks-Niners game tomorrow after all.”

NBC has yet to respond to requests for comment.

Via: Deadline