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** Certain Trebek seasons have rarely been seen on GSN.
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: Oy.
** Lin Bolen, who was then NBC's vice president for daytime programming, wanted to oust all of the network's games hosted by middle-aged men on technologically-obsolete sets, as part of an aggressive attempt to bolster ratings among women aged 18-34, so she moved ''Jeopardy!'' on January 7, 1974 from its long-held (and ratings-proven) Noon slot to 10:30 AM — directly against ''[[Pyramid|The $10,000 Pyramid]]'' on [[CBS]]; Fleming pummeled Clark's new game into a
** The 1978-79 version began its life on October 2 at 10:30 AM against the first half of ''[[The Price Is Right]]''. On January 5, the show moved to its old Noon slot — now against ''[[The Young and The Restless]]'' and a beefed-up ''$10,000 Pyramid'' (now ''The $20,000 Pyramid''). ''Jeopardy!'' was canned two months later.
* [[Throw It In]]: More than once, Alex has misread a clue and insisted that his slip-up be left in. One example is when he misread "sewers" (i.e., people who sew) as "sewers" (i.e., sanitary sewer).
** Late 1990s: Johnny Gilbert mistakenly said "Glenn Trebek". While this may seem a totally arbitrary name-switch, Glenn was the name of one of the contestant coordinators, who at the time hosted the "practice" games that contestants-to-be played.
** 1997: After Johnny finished reading the copy for the car that the runner
* [[What Could Have Been]]: The contestant coordinator hosts "rehearsal games", recorded under actual taping conditions and designed to let the contestants "warm up" on clues taken from past episodes. For the first Trebek season (1984-85), the role was filled by former ''[[Starcade]]'' host [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkYzUosREpk Mark Richards] and the clues were primarily from the 1983 pilot; coincidentally, Richards got the job for ''Starcade'' after Trebek turned it down following a trio of pilots...which means that in another universe Richards is a legend, Trebek is a semi-remembered host whose career began fizzling out after ''High Rollers'', and [[Treasure Hunt US|Geoff]] [[Jackpot|Edwards]] never played a single video game.
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