{"id":2252806,"date":"2026-01-27T13:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2252806"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:56:13","slug":"memphis-laura-faddah-competing-on-jeopardy-toc-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/memphis-laura-faddah-competing-on-jeopardy-toc-how-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis&#8217; Laura Faddah competing on Jeopardy! TOC. How to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"87603220007\" title=\"Top 3 TV shows of 2025 ranked by USA TODAY critic Kelly Lawler\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/04\/USAT\/87603209007-20251203-et-best-tv-2025-thumbnail-02-bug.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Top 3 TV shows of 2025 ranked by USA TODAY critic Kelly Lawler<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Lawler reveals the best TV shows of 2025 including &#8220;The Pitt&#8221; and &#8220;Adolescence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Heads up, Memphis \u201cJeopardy!\u201d fans! <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/01\/17\/laura-faddah-jeopardy-champion-from-memphis\/77431003007\/\">Local champion Laura Faddah<\/a> is back this week in the long-running game show\u2019s annual Tournament of Champions.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Faddah\u2019s eight-game run, the second best of Season 41, run earned her a bye into the semifinals of the competition. She earned $95,599 during that streak.<\/p>\n<p>The episode will air at 3:30 p.m. CT Jan. 28 on CBS and can also be streamed on Peacock and Hulu.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/14\/PMCA\/77703692007-laurafaddahsolo.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/14\/PMCA\/77703692007-laurafaddahsolo.jpg?crop=1023,768,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/14\/PMCA\/77703692007-laurafaddahsolo.jpg?crop=959,1279,x64,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/14\/PMCA\/77703692007-laurafaddahsolo.jpg?crop=1023,576,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Provided by Laura Faddah\" caption=\"Native Memphian Laura Faddah on her first episode of &quot;Jeopardy!&quot;, which aired Dec. 19, 2024.\" orientation=\"vertical\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Faddah admitted she was initially feeling nervous about a return to the Alex Trebek Stage, where the game show is filmed at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you actually get into the game you can\u2019t really think about anything but playing the game,\u201d she said. \u201cYou still feel a lot of pressure. &#8230; I know more about how the game works and the level of competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/people\/2026\/01\/20\/billy-bob-thornton-lansky-brothers-memphis\/88265161007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Bob Thornton credits his style to Lansky Brothers in Memphis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>The competition is tougher than last time, but the stakes don\u2019t feel as high when you\u2019re playing against friends. Faddah said for the TOC, champions have a few days to get to know each other because they\u2019re all put in a hotel together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best part of &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; is the people, basically you\u2019re playing with your friends. You always want to win [but] you\u2019re never rooting against anybody,\u201d she said. \u201cI have yet to run into a jerk. No one\u2019s there like, \u2018I\u2019m just in it for me, I don\u2019t care about you guys.&#8217; Everybody\u2019s just super friendly and supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say Faddah didn\u2019t do the best she could to prepare to win. She\u2019s one of just three non-celebrity contestants with kids, and was working higher than usual hours in the leadup to taping, but still found time to train her brain.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI would try to go through the J! Archive, I would try to read and study, play online games, I went to a trivia convention in August for the first time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Win or lose, Faddah said she plans keep her trivia skills alive and become consistent with visiting some local trivia nights, even though playing locally as a &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; champion is kind of a lose-lose situation.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/14\/PMCA\/77697373007-laurafaddahwken.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/14\/PMCA\/77697373007-laurafaddahwken.jpg?crop=1333,999,x75,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/14\/PMCA\/77697373007-laurafaddahwken.jpg?crop=750,999,x375,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/14\/PMCA\/77697373007-laurafaddahwken.jpg?crop=1499,843,x0,y78 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Provided by Laura Faddah\" caption=\"Native Memphian and eight-day &quot;Jeopardy!&quot; champion Laura Faddah with host Ken Jennings.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t win they\u2019re like, how did you win &#8216;Jeopardy!'&#8221; she said laughing. \u201cBut if you do win, they\u2019re like, it\u2019s no fair, you were on &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With a victory on Jan. 28, Faddah would move on to the finals, where she would need to win three games total against fellow finalists to claim the $250,000 prize.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jacob Wilt is a reporter for The Commercial Appeal covering DeSoto County, as well as Dining in the Memphis area. You can reach him at <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:jacob.wilt@commercialappeal.com\"><em>jacob.wilt@commercialappeal.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-01-27 11:01:49.241224304 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-01-27 11:01:49.241224304 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.commercialappeal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 3 TV shows of 2025 ranked by USA TODAY critic Kelly Lawler Kelly Lawler reveals the best TV shows of 2025 including &#8220;The Pitt&#8221; and &#8220;Adolescence.&#8221; Heads up, Memphis \u201cJeopardy!\u201d fans! 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