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AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST YOUTH TO COMPETE ON 'JEOPARDY!' KIDS WEEK
EPISODES TO AIR JULY 4-8
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (June 27, 2011) - School's out for summer, but learning never stops for these whiz kids. Beginning Monday, July 4, "Jeopardy!" will celebrate youth and academic excellence with 15 of the nation's brightest 10- to 12-year olds during Kids Week.
The Kids Week lineup includes:
NAME AGE HOMETOWN
Emma Couture 12 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Graham Doskoch 12 Berkeley Heights, N.J.
Rahul Francis 12 Flushing, N.Y.
Aria Gerson 11 Orem, Utah
Tony Harkin 11 New Milford, Conn.
Maddie Harrington 12 Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Emma Johnson 11 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Brooke Martin 11 Galway, N.Y.
Dillon McCormick 12 Erlanger, Ky.
Dominic Olivera 12 Bristow, Va.
Neil Patel 12 Plano, Texas
B.D. Schwarz 12 Oakland, Calif.
Charlotte Scott 12 Washington, D.C.
Meg Walker 11 Brandon, Miss.
Andrew Zazzera 12 Virginia Beach, Va.
The winner of each game will receive a minimum guarantee of $15,000. Contestants who place second will receive $2,000 and third will earn $1,000.
"Jeopardy!," the winner of 29 Emmy awards since its debut in 1984, was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most awards won by a TV Game Show. The series is the #1-rated quiz show in syndication with nearly 9 million daily viewers. "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.
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Alison Shapiro
310-244-6514 Alison_Shapiro@spe.sony.com