'YIKES'

Jeopardy! fans slam show for ‘not addressing’ disgraced Mike Richards hosting first week of ‘awkward’ season 38 premiere

JEOPARDY! fans slammed the show for "not addressing" disgraced Mike Richards hosting the first week of "awkward" season 38 premiere.

The 46-year-old filmed one week of the popular game show before her stepped down.

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Jeopardy! was slammed for 'not addressing' why Mike Richards is hosting the show's season premiereCredit: ABC
premiered on Monday, while many fans rushed to Twitter to slam the show for "not addressing" his appearance.

One fan wrote: " didn’t even bother addressing the Mike Richards situation before the show started. Yikes."

Another added: "They’re not going to address the Richards’ shaped elephant in the room?????!!!!!"

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. No crawl or disclaimer. Thought there could be creative editing to work around eps he did. Take a deep breath, he's only there a week."

'HE SUCKS'

Others criticized Mike's hosting, as one person commented: "Thank f**k Mike Richards didn’t get this full time gig, he sucks even apart from the hideous podcast s**t."

An additional viewer wondered: "So how many episodes with Mike at the helm do we have to suffer through?"

A following person commented: "This has got to be the most awkward season premiere of ! ever."

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with Mike Richards now."

MIKE'S DOWNFALL

After being a frontrunner in the search to replaced longtime host , Mike was named permanent host of Jeopardy on August 11.

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