The main table includes all players who made their first appearance on Jeopardy! in 2019-20. Thus, they don't take into account:
The contestants in the 2020 College Championship are credited in the main table according to their given hometowns, not the location of their schools; a separate table at the bottom lists the school locations.
What's here:
Both challengers have hailed from the same media market on three occasions this season: September 26, October 9, and March 18 (all Washington, DC).
(Credits: Zap2it & TitanTV for TV schedules for each market; John Coryat (yes, that's actually the last name) for ZIP code maps; ThinkTV for a listing of Canadian market sizes, enabling me to rank them properly with the U.S. markets; and Ads for Carts for the lookup tools I use for both American and Canadian DMAs.)
Market size ranks are updated for 2019-20 (source: Nielsen Media Research).
Complete for all of Season 36 (2020-06-12), including the separate table for the Tournament of Champions, and a separate table for the College Championship contestants by location of their schools.
Rank | Market | Station | Players | Regular | College | Teachers |
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1 | New York | WABC | 44 | 42 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 39 | 36 | 2 | 1 |
2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 30 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
6 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
9 | Boston (Manchester) | WBZ | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Chicago | WLS | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Detroit | WDIV | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Denver | KDVR | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
18 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | WFTV | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
36 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce | WPBF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
29 | San Diego | KNSD | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Austin | KXAN | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
— | Toronto / Hamilton | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Atlanta | WXIA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale | WPLG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
— | Vancouver / Victoria | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Portland, OR | KATU | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Baltimore | WBFF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Columbus, OH | WBNS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Cincinnati | WXIX | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
79 | Portland-Auburn | WMTW | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
23 | St. Louis | KSDK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) | WTVD | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
48 | Louisville | WLKY | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
96 | Burlington-Plattsburgh | WPTZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Dallas-Fort Worth | KTXA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
19 | Cleveland-Akron (Canton) | WOIO | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Nashville | WZTV | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
30 | Salt Lake City | KJZZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Hartford & New Haven | WTNH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Milwaukee | WDJT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Jacksonville | WTLV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
44 | Birmingham (Anniston & Tuscaloosa) | WIAT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
— | Ottawa / Gatineau | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
51 | Memphis | WREG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
— | Calgary / Lethbridge | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
58 | Tulsa | KTUL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
60 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hazleton | WBRE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
69 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | WDBJ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
76 | Rochester, NY | WROC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
112 | Lansing | WILX | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Phoenix (Prescott) | KTVK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Charlotte | WCNC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Indianapolis | WTHR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31 | San Antonio | KENS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | WLOS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Las Vegas | KLAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News | WVEC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | KRQE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
50 | New Orleans | WVUE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
52 | Buffalo | WIVB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
54 | Richmond-Petersburg | WRIC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
56 | Providence-New Bedford | WPRI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
59 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | WTEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
61 | Knoxville | WBIR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
62 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | KATV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
65 | Tucson (Sierra Vista) | KGUN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
66 | Honolulu | KGMB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
70 | Spokane | KHQ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
75 | Columbia, SC | WOLO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
78 | Huntsville-Decatur (Florence) | WAAY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
84 | Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg | WPSD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
85 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo | KKTV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
86 | Shreveport | KTBS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
94 | Baton Rouge | WBRZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
97 | Myrtle Beach-Florence | WBTW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
98 | South Bend-Elkhart | WSBT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
109 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | WCTV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
111 | Springfield-Holyoke | WWLP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
119 | Macon | WMAZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
121 | Traverse City-Cadillac | WPBN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
124 | Monterey-Salinas | KSBW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
125 | Bakersfield | KBAK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
138 | Rockford | WREX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
142 | Lubbock | KCBD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
161 | Binghamton | WIVT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
163 | Missoula | KPAX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
194 | Greenwood-Greenville | WXVT-LD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
State / Province | Players | Regular | College | Teachers |
---|---|---|---|---|
California | 57 | 54 | 2 | 1 |
New York | 39 | 38 | 0 | 1 |
Florida | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Illinois | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
Massachusetts | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
District of Columbia | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Virginia | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
Maryland | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Washington | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
Michigan | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
Pennsylvania | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
New Jersey | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Ohio | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Texas | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Colorado | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Ontario | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
North Carolina | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
British Columbia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Maine | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Missouri | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
New Hampshire | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Alabama | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Alberta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Delaware | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Utah | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Vermont | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hawaii | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Indiana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Montana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rank | Market | Station | Players |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Atlanta | WXIA | 3 |
1 | New York | WABC | 1 |
3 | Chicago | WLS | 1 |
4 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 1 |
13 | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | 1 |
15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE | 1 |
17 | Denver | KDVR | 1 |
18 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | WFTV | 1 |
24 | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 1 |
30 | Salt Lake City | KJZZ | 1 |
39 | Las Vegas | KLAS | 1 |
62 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | KATV | 1 |
185 | Bend, OR | KOHD | 1 |
Of the fifteen ToC competitors, only Eric R. Backes is billed as being from a different town than his original Jeopardy! appearance (previously Austin, TX).
2020 College Championship by school
Rank | Market | Station | Players | School |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 1 | Southern California |
3 | Chicago | WLS | 1 | Northwestern |
4 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 1 | Princeton |
15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE | 1 | Minnesota |
24 | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 1 | Carnegie Mellon |
25 | Indianapolis | WTHR | 1 | Indiana |
29 | San Diego | KNSD | 1 | UC San Diego |
33 | Hartford & New Haven | WTNH | 1 | Yale |
40 | Austin | KXAN | 1 | Texas |
51 | Memphis | WREG | 1 | Ole Miss |
62 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff | KATV | 1 | Hendrix College |
69 | Roanoke-Lynchburg | WDBJ | 1 | Liberty |
106 | Johnstown-Altoona-State College | WATM | 1 | Penn State |
109 | Tallahassee-Thomasville | WCTV | 1 | Florida State |
156 | Gainesville | WGFL | 1 | Florida |