Jay Wolpert is an American television producer and screenwriter.
His first television appearance came as a contestant on the original version of Jeopardy! in 1969. He competed in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions that year and won.
Wolpert began his game show producing career working for U.S. quiz scandal figure Dan Enright in Canada. He later worked as a producer and creator of game shows for Chuck Barris Productions and Goodson-Todman Produ...
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Jay Wolpert is an American television producer and screenwriter.
His first television appearance came as a contestant on the original version of Jeopardy! in 1969. He competed in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions that year and won.
Wolpert began his game show producing career working for U.S. quiz scandal figure Dan Enright in Canada. He later worked as a producer and creator of game shows for Chuck Barris Productions and Goodson-Todman Productions. From 1972 to 1978 Wolpert produced The Price Is Right (reprising that role in 1994 with the short-lived New Price Is Right) and in 1976 he created and executive produced Double Dare, also for Goodson-Todman. After leaving The Price is Right he formed his own production company, Jay Wolpert Enterprises, creating and producing various other game and reality shows, including Whew! (1979, CBS), Hit Man (1983, NBC), Blackout (1988, CBS) Rodeo Drive (1990, Lifetime), Shopping Spree and Wait 'til You Have Kids! (both in 1996 on The Family...
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