Alternative Jeopardy! viewing options, including out-of-market (UPDATED January 2021)

This is an update to u/david-saint-hubbins's April 2019 post explaining how to watch Jeopardy! if you don't have a TV, don't have a DVR, live somewhere without reception, miss your local broadcast, etc. (It is an updated and lightly edited version of DSH's original. As the original post is linked to in each episode's game recap, it is considered not to violate Rule 4, and has been pre-approved per Rule 6.)

There are a number of streaming services that offer live TV plus DVR capabilities for about $65 per month (Hulu, YouTube TV, etc.). If you live somewhere where Jeopardy! is broadcast locally, that's an option.

A much cheaper option is Paramount Plus (formerly CBS All Access), whose premium plan is $10/month ($100/year if billed annually) and allows you to watch live local broadcasts from any CBS affiliate. (Note: according to Business Insider, ONLY the premium plan includes access to local CBS stations; however, existing CBS All Access subscribers at the lower ad-supported subscription tier as of March 4, 2021, the day of the changeover, are "grandfathered in" and retain local station access so long as they remain subscribed.) Combine that with an internet browser extension that spoofs your location, and you can watch Jeopardy! live as it airs on various CBS stations around the country — 12 different times per day.

Here's how. Install the browser extension Location Guard in Mozilla Firefox. Close and restart Firefox after you first install it. In the Options tab of Location Guard, set the Default Level to "Use Fixed Location." Then go to the Fixed Location tab, zoom/scroll the map to the desired city, and drop a pin. (Make sure you actually drop a pin; it doesn't work if you just scroll to an area.) Then log in to Paramount Plus, and click Live TV to stream the local broadcast from the desired area. (I have tested Location Guard with the new service, and the rebranding/relaunch has not affected the extension's ability to spoof location.)

The CBS affiliate Jeopardy! airtimes (1 per time slot) are below, in order. The full list of affiliates..

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Troubleshooting: The extension's map location look-up function stopped working for me (even after a reinstall) so I have to manually locate the city I want by zooming out and scrolling around on the map, but that's a minor inconvenience. Also, you may have to delete cookies when you switch locations; otherwise CBS All Access doesn't register the new location. I use Chrome as my primary browser and Firefox only to watch Paramount Plus, so I just have the Firefox privacy settings to delete all cookies every time I shut down the program. Unfortunately, that means I have to log in to Paramount Plus every time, but it works.

Also, as some have pointed out, local airings will sometimes be pre-empted for sports. Most prime time airings have multiple options, so check the whole list (linked above) if the first station you try isn't airing it. (This is why WXVT-LD is listed instead of KHQA, and WTSP vice WBZ.) Just make sure it's a CBS station.

The caret ^ next to Honolulu's time zone designation denotes that Hawaii, like Arizona, does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Thus, between the first Sunday in November and the second Sunday in March (generally 18 weeks), 4:30 pm Hawaii time translates to 9:30 pm Eastern - and none of the other stations airing the show at 10:30 ET are affiliated with CBS.