▁origin ated ▁as ▁an ▁American ▁television ▁series ▁on ▁March ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁In ▁its ▁original , ▁day time ▁format ▁it ▁ran ▁until ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁on ▁N BC , ▁then ▁was ▁rev ived ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁network ▁for ▁a ▁ 2 1 - week ▁run ▁( with ▁a ▁slightly ▁different ▁format ) ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁Art ▁F lem ing ▁hosted ▁the ▁program ▁during ▁its ▁entire ▁run ▁on ▁N BC . ▁The ▁current ▁version ▁of ▁Je op ard y ! ▁deb uted ▁in ▁first - run ▁synd ic ation ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁with ▁Alex ▁Tre bek ▁as ▁host . ▁It ▁followed ▁the ▁same ▁basic ▁format ▁as ▁the ▁N BC ▁version , ▁with ▁larger ▁prize ▁money ▁and ▁a ▁fut ur istic ▁set . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁a ▁ 3 9 - ep is ode ▁block ▁of ▁week ly ▁shows ▁placed ▁into ▁synd ic ation ▁near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁N BC ▁run ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁Je op ard y ! ▁has ▁a ired ▁its ▁first - run ▁episodes ▁five ▁days ▁a ▁week ▁throughout ▁its ▁existence . ▁ ▁Vari ous ▁international ▁versions ▁of ▁Je op ard y ! ▁have ▁been ▁produced ▁for ▁countries ▁other ▁than ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁With ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁Australian , ▁British , ▁Italian ▁and ▁Japanese ▁versions , ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁began ▁during ▁the