This… is… a three-way tie?

Jeopardy spent a couple of days last week promoing a “very special episode” that aired on Friday, claiming it made “history” – well, it definitely did that. The final score was $16,000 all – yup, all three players ended up tied after Final Jeopardy. Three-way ties had happened previously, when all three players ended up with no money, but this was the first time all players tied with positive scores. Mark Evanier has spent a LOT of time on this and has some interesting theories on why this will probably never happen again.