Central) after 18 months, making it accessible to businessmen coming home for their lunch break or else watching it on restaurant or bar sets, and college students departing their classes for the day watching it on student center or dormitory sets. NBC moved the program to 12:00 noon Eastern (11:00 a.m. Eastern (10:30 Central) on March 30, 1964, originating from studios at the NBC headquarters in New York City's 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The original Jeopardy! series, hosted by Art Fleming, premiered at 11:30 a.m.
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