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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

‘JEOPARDY!’ ANNOUNCES POWER PLAYERS WEEK TAPE DAY LINEUPS

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 8, 2016) – Today, JEOPARDY! announced the tape day lineups for Power Players Week, in which 15 pundits, personalities, and politicians will compete for their favorite philanthropic organizations. All five games will be taped in front of a live audience on Saturday, April 9, at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., and will air nationwide the week of May 16.

The contestant lineups and their charities are as follows:

Game 1: Chuck Todd S.E. Cupp Jonathan Franzen NBC News Political Director Conservative Commentator Best-selling Author, Host, "Meet the Press" (CNN) "Purity" Samaritan Inns No Kid Hungry American Bird Conservancy

Game 2: Anderson Cooper Lara Logan Michael Steele "Anderson Cooper 360°" "60 Minutes" Politician & MSNBC (CNN) (CBS) Political Analyst Spike’s K9 Fund Committee to Protect Catholic Charities Mona Journalists Center

Game 3: Louis C.K. Kate Bolduan Jonathan Capehart Comedian “At This Hour” (CNN) "The Washington Post" Fistula Foundation Free Arts NYC Sasha Bruce Youthwork

Game 4: Al Franken Ana Navarro Sunny Hostin U.S. Senator (D-Minn.) Republican Strategist ABC News Senior Legal USO Operation Smile Correspondent Bronx Children's Museum

Game 5: Melissa Harris-Perry David Gregory Matthew Weiner Professor and TV Host Political Analyst (CNN) Series Creator/Executive Girls for Gender Equity Martha's Table Producer of "Mad Men" Alexandria House

The winner of each game will earn a minimum of $50,000 for their charity of choice, while each of the other contestants will receive a guaranteed $10,000 for their cause.

Check local listings for show times and stations. For more information, please visit Jeopardy.com.

JEOPARDY!, America’s Favorite Quiz Show®, and its host, Alex Trebek, are in their 32nd season in syndication. The top-ranked quiz show, with 26 million viewers each week, JEOPARDY! holds the Guinness World Records® title for the most Emmy® Awards won by a TV game show (32 Emmys), including the 2015 Emmy® for Outstanding Game Show. In 2014, JEOPARDY! won the inaugural Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Writing for a Quiz and Audience Participation Show; it is also the recipient of a 2011 Peabody Award. JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company; it is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp. For more information, please visit Jeopardy.com.

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