Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik’s sitcom Call Me Kat undergoes major change as she fights for permanent game show gig

JEOPARDY! host Mayim Bialik’s sitcom, Call Me Kat, has begun undergoing major changes ahead of its third season.

The switches happening are taking place as the 46-year-old actress continues to fight for the permanent game show gig.

Fox recently announced that season 3 of Call Me Kat will premiere in the fall, as oppose to its normal slot of debuting during its midseason programming.

Now, has reported another switch-up for the show.

The sitcom will have a fresh set of showrunners for the new season.

Jim Patterson and Maria Ferrari are taking over, according to the outlet.

The former previously worked on shows like B Positive, The Ranch, and Mike & Molly.

The latter, meanwhile, is reuniting with Mayim on this show, as Maria had worked as an executive producer on the star’s last sitcom, the beloved The Big Bang Theory.

Alissa Neubauer was the showrunner for season 2, while Darlene Hunt held the top role for season 1 of the series.

Jeopardy! fans have been speculating that Mayim’s sitcom could be a reason why she might not get the hosting job over Ken Jennings.

Fans on Reddit pointed out that Call Me Kat moved to the fall schedule, which is usually reserved for more popular shows and ones that the network wants to have the best chance of continuing on.

Plus, season 1 had 13 episodes and season 2 had 18 episodes, but with Call Me Kat’s earlier start this year, they believe season 3 will have even more episodes than before.

With this news, Jeopardy! viewers believe the decision for the game show host’s new permanent host has already been decided.

And they think Ken is the one who will be taking over the mantle for good.

“That’s got to seal the deal for Ken hosting the syndicated episodes full time now,” one  wrote. 

They continued: “I’d guess Call Me Kat’s production would require a pretty demanding schedule if it’s going to resume this early and for more episodes. 

“There would have to be some serious scheduling rearrangements by both parties for Mayim to tackle both her sitcom and Jeopardy.”

Another said: “At the very least, Call Me Kat – long considered to be an obstacle to Mayim taking the Jeopardy! job full time – will be resuming production earlier than usual. 

“That likely poses a hindrance to her availability, as it did for several months this season. 

“…If the sitcom’s renewal terms stipulated a full season order, which would not be out of the realm of possibilities regardless of its time slot this season, then it would only make her even more unavailable for next season than she had been over the past year.”

“I don’t believe Sony would be amenable to continuing the rotating host format pending the renewal status of Call Me Kat for additional episodes or seasons,” they added.

A third noted: “With that announcement, I would be shocked if Jennings isn’t permanent syndicated host.”

A fourth pointed out that on top of Call Me Kat, Mayim is likely set to be hosting the upcoming celebrity Jeopardy! spinoff, which would only make it even harder for her to make time for the original.

“If Mayim will host Celebrity Jeopardy! then they will fix her taping schedule between Call Me Kat and Celebrity Jeopardy! (and possibly ToC?),” the user said.

“I felt that Ken will host majority of Season 39 in the syndicated version?”

Mayim and Ken have been sharing hosting duties in the wake of legendary host Alex Trebek‘s passing in 2020.