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‘JEOPARDY!’ DONATES $230,504 TO STAND UP TO CANCER AS KATIE COURIC WRAPS UP RUN AS GUEST HOST

 

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JEOPARDY!’ DONATES $230,504 TO STAND UP TO CANCER AS
KATIE COURIC WRAPS UP RUN AS GUEST HOST

 

Dr. Mehmet Oz to Host Two Weeks of Shows Starting March 22nd

 

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (March 19, 2021) ­– As Katie Couric’s tenure as guest host of JEOPARDY! comes to a close, a donation of $230,504 will be made to Stand Up To Cancer, which raises funds to accelerate the pace of research to get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now.

 

The amount donated equals the cumulative winnings of the contestants who competed during the two weeks Couric served as guest host. The donation will be designated to pancreatic cancer research funded by Stand Up To Cancer and the Lustgarten Foundation through their Pancreatic Cancer Collective initiative.

 

Starting on Monday, March 22nd, Dr. Mehmet Oz will take over behind the lectern for two weeks. JEOPARDY! will match the cumulative winnings of all the contestants competing during his appearance for a donation to HealthCorps, a national 501c3 that has addressed health inequity by educating and empowering teens – encouraging them to become change agents within their family, their school and their neighborhood. The organization strives to strengthen teens with innovative approaches to health and wellness, providing today’s youth with the tools to become more physically and mentally resilient through educational programming, leadership experience and service learning. 

 

Dr. Oz has won 10 Daytime Emmy® Awards for “The Dr. Oz Show” and is an attending physician at NY Presbyterian-Columbia Medical Center. He has authored over 400 original publications, book chapters and medical books; has received numerous patents; and still performs heart surgery. He also authors a syndicated newspaper column in 175 markets internationally and has a quarterly bookazine with Hearst titled, “The Good Life.” Dr. Oz is also the proud author of eight New York Times best-selling books including his most recent, “Food Can Fix It.”

To tune in to JEOPARDY!, check local listings or visit Jeopardy.com for show times and stations.

 

JEOPARDY!, America’s Favorite Quiz Show™ is in its 37th season in syndication. With a weekly audience of 24 million viewers, JEOPARDY! is the top-rated quiz show on television, and has received numerous awards and honors. The show holds the Guinness World Records® title for the most Emmy® Awards won by a TV game show, and it received a Peabody Award for “celebrating and rewarding knowledge.” JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company; it is distributed domestically by CBS Media Ventures and internationally by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, both units of ViacomCBS. For more information, please visit Jeopardy.com.

 

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Press Contacts:

Krista Ostensen Osche

Interim Director of Communications | JEOPARDY!

(310) 244-6286

krista_ostensen@spe.sony.com

 

Susie Eun

Senior Publicity Manager | JEOPARDY!

(310) 244-6517

susie_eun@spe.sony.com