Though there were concerns about what Jeopardy! season 40 may look like with past contestants threatening to boycott in solidarity with the ongoing writers' strike, the game show's executive producer Michael Davies has confirmed the plan for the new season that begins in September. One of the biggest details shared is there will be no new contestants competing on the show until the strike is resolved.
Speaking on the August 7 episode of the Inside Jeopardy! podcast, Davies confirmed what was previously reported — the game show would reuse old Jeopardy! questions, or "redeployed" questions from multiple past seasons as Davies puts it.
