{"id":3890,"date":"2026-07-21T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3890"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:07:42","slug":"a-new-jeopardy-superstar-is-competing-on-another-game-show-with-ben-affleck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3890","title":{"rendered":"A new \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 superstar is competing on another game show &#8230; with Ben Affleck"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Just three months after a 31-game winning streak cemented his status as a \u201cJeopardy!\u201d superstar, Jamie Ding is trying his hand at another popular game show \u2014 this time with a Hollywood star. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3888\">Report: BYU has added Polish big man Jakub Urbaniak<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Related<\/div>\n<div>An exciting chapter of \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 ends<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 great Jamie Ding comes to \u2018Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Ding, a law student from New Jersey who had an impressive run on \u201cJeopardy!\u201d earlier this season, is now bringing his penchant for trivia to \u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The formidable \u201cJeopardy!\u201d player will compete alongside actor Ben Affleck for a shot at $1 million for the charity of their choice. The unlikely team will appear in the season\u2019s premiere episode on Wednesday, along with \u201cSeinfeld\u201d creator Larry David and his daughter, scriptwriter Cazzie David, according to a TV listing. The episode airs at 7 p.m. MDT on ABC. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><svg><g><g><g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ding-Affleck pairing on \u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire\u201d mirrors last season, when \u201cJeopardy!\u201d host and 74-game champ Ken Jennings competed on the show with Matt Damon. The pair ended up winning $1 million \u2014 mostly due to Jennings, who seemed pretty at ease throughout the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the least dramatic million-dollar moment in \u2018Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\u2019 history,\u201d host Jimmy Kimmel joked, per Deseret News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is so awesome having Ken Jennings as your partner in a trivia game,\u201d Damon said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Ding\u2019s appearance on \u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire\u201d comes as \u201cJeopardy!\u201d concludes its 42nd season. On Friday, the quiz show will end a season that has seen standout players and several super-champions.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full celebrity lineup for \u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire,\u201d which features everything from a \u201cSeinfeld\u201d reunion to country superstar Brad Paisley:<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3886\">First the fires, then the floods<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Larry and Cazzie David<\/li>\n<li>Ding and Affleck<\/li>\n<li>Jason Alexander and Wayne Knight<\/li>\n<li>Michael Keaton and Jon Lovett<\/li>\n<li>Jesse Eisenberg and Paul Giamatti<\/li>\n<li>Billy Porter and Leslie Odom Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Awkwafina and Paul Feig<\/li>\n<li>Colin Jost and Michael Che<\/li>\n<li>Will Forte and Taran Killam<\/li>\n<li>Brad Paisley and Clayton Kershaw<\/li>\n<li>Tig Notaro and Pete Holmes<\/li>\n<li>Krysten Ritter and Sarah Shahi<\/li>\n<li>Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn<\/li>\n<li>Michael Kosta and Wendi McLendon-Covey<\/li>\n<li>Brooks Nader and Sarah Jane Nader<\/li>\n<li>Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>Related<\/div>\n<div>Only 2 World Series games have lasted 18 innings. This country superstar sang at both of them<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>A brief overview of Jamie Ding\u2019s \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 run<\/h3>\n<p>Ding\u2019s 31-game winning streak on \u201cJeopardy!\u201d aired from mid-March to late April, and placed him at No. 5 for most consecutive wins in show history \u2014 just one game shy of tying the legendary James Holzhauer\u2019s 32-game winning streak from 2019. <\/p>\n<p>His earnings on the show \u2014 over $880,000 \u2014 also placed him at No. 5 for highest winnings in regular season play. He also cracked the show\u2019s top 10 for all-time winnings, which includes tournament play.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his run, Ding often obliterated his competition due in part to his speed on the buzzer.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><svg><g><g><g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a wild ride but really fun,\u201d Ding told The Detroit News shortly after his final episode aired. \u201cPeople on the show told me that America\u2019s going to love getting to know you, and I guess they were right. And the love is mutual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Host Jennings previously told a studio audience during a \u201cJeopardy!\u201d taping that he \u201cwould be very excited\u201d if Ding beat his record, as the Deseret News reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m of course perfectly impartial every game, but I actually believe that my record can be beaten,\u201d he said in a clip shared on the official \u201cJeopardy!\u201d Instagram. \u201cI just hope I am hosting when it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Related<\/div>\n<div>What Alex Trebek told Ken Jennings the night before he died<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jennings\u2019 record \u2014 a staggering 74 games \u2014 remains untouched nearly 22 years later. Amy Schneider holds the No. 2 spot with 40 wins; Matt Amodio is third with a 38-game winning streak; and Holzhauer has 32 straight victories to his name.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3884\">How Arizona\u2019s swing-state chaos will shape Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who Wants to Be a Millionaire&#8221; new season. &#8220;Who Wants to Be a Millionaire&#8221; celebrity lineup. &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; champ Jamie Ding on &#8220;Who Wants to be a Millionaire.&#8221; Ben Affleck and Jamie Ding &#8220;Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A new \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 superstar is competing on another game show ... with Ben Affleck - American Movers Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3890\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A new \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 superstar is competing on another game show ... with Ben Affleck - American Movers Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Who Wants to Be a Millionaire&quot; 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