While you and I would totally destroy a category about Celebs on Jeopardy, the three contestants they had on yesterday could not. Matt, John, and Sam missed three of the answers in the category. I missed one. How many did you get correct?
If Jeopardy has more categories like this, then I might apply to be on the game show because I would finally have a chance of not ending the game with like -$1,000,000.
Yesterday, it was two years since we lost the wonderful Alex Trebek. Jeopardy didn’t want that to go unnoticed, so they gave him his own category on the show.
We learned things about him that even he didn’t know. But the one thing we do is that he was looking down from heaven, smiling over the contestants, answering stuff about him. And happy they didn’t know the answer to the $1,000 question either!
Long live Alex Trebek’s memory. The show will never be the same without you! Thank you for all the happy memories we have of you.
Earlier this week, there were rumors that Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings would be back to host the 39th season of Jeopardy. Today, EP Michael Davies confirmed it and explained how they are splitting up their hosting duties.
I write today with the exciting news that we have closed and signed deals with Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings to be the hosts of Jeopardy! moving forward.
The fact is, we have so much Jeopardy! to make, and so many plans for the future, that we always knew we would need multiple hosts for the franchise and we are just so grateful that Mayim and Ken stepped in and stepped up to put the show in a position to succeed. And succeed it has. With Mayim and Ken hosting, the show is considerably up in viewership year over year, with more than 27M viewers tuning in each week this season. When you consider that almost every other show in broadcast television and syndication is declining, this has been a quite remarkable season: we’re the most-watched entertainment show on all of television. Yes, all of television.
In Mayim and Ken, we have two outstanding hosts at the beginning of their Jeopardy! hosting careers who connect with their own unique fanbases, new fans, and the traditional Jeopardy! viewer. Ken will kick off the season in September, host the inaugural Second Chance competition and the heavily anticipated Tournament of Champions featuring Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, Ryan Long, and many, many more. His initial hosting run will take us through December. In the meantime, Mayim will host Celebrity Jeopardy! on ABC in primetime. When she takes over from Ken in January, the current plan is to have her host a couple of new tournaments as well as the Jeopardy! National College Championship and as many weeks as she can manage with her other primetime commitment to “Call Me Kat.” We know you value consistency, so we will not flip flop the hosts constantly and will keep you informed about the hosting schedule.
Mayim and Ken are both extraordinarily talented and simply lovely humans. They support the staff and each other. They love and respect this institution of a television program. In return, the staff and I are honored to work alongside them.
To conclude, I want to congratulate both Mayim and Ken. They have both been a joy to work with. They have my commitment, my producer oath, that I will focus on nothing but improving the show around them so that they can do their best work and approach every day in the studio with excitement and energy. And speaking of, we’re back in the Alex Trebek Stage on Monday. I simply can’t wait.
I think this is a smarter plan because now we know who will be hosting and when. What do you think?
If you stopped watching Jeopardy because you don’t like Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings as the hosts, then I have some bad news for you. Deadline is reporting that they are in negotiations to be sharing hosting duties again for this upcoming season.
I don’t know why they are bringing back Bialik because she keeps losing viewers. That, and I think, she is awful. She just comes off as pompous, and that makes me miss the late Alex Trebek even more.
