When will the new Jeopardy! host be decided?
SINCE Alex Trabek’s tragic passing, Jeopardy! has seen an array of guest hosts filling in.
After one season of rotating hosts, the show landed on Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik to host season 38 but will soon decide on a permanent replacement.
When will the new Jeopardy! host be decided?
After Trabek’s passing, Jeopardy! named executive producer Mike Richards as the new host, but within days of accepting the position, he stepped down following social media backlash.
The duties were then placed on Jennings and Bialik, however, they are not the permanent replacements for the late star.
Michael Davies, Jeopardy! executive producer, said backstage at the 2022 Daytime Emmys that the show will name a new host “very, very soon.”
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“The scandal was, as we call it at ‘Jeopardy!,’ ‘the awkward months,’” Davies said, per .
“But it showed the power of our audience and how passionately our fans care about the program, which is just so important.
“What’s happened over the course of the season — Matt Amodio, and Amy Schneider and Mattea [Roach] and Ryan [Long] — really made us just remember how incredible the game is. The stars of our show and Mayim [Bialik] and Ken [Jennings] have done incredible job hosting.”
Davies added: “We hope to have a hosting announcement very, very soon. But with all of our plans for ‘Jeopardy!’ — which is more ‘Jeopardy!,’ not less, more versions —we’re going to need multiple hosts to represent the entire audience, to represent the entire country, in order to take this franchise forward.”
At this time, it is unclear when the show will make the announcement or who they might be considering for the role.
When did Alex Trebek pass away?
Alex Trebek was known as a Canadian-American game show host and television personality.
He was most famously known for hosting Jeopardy!, a position he held for 37 seasons.
Tragically, he passed away on November 8, 2020, at the age of 80.
He died after battling pancreatic cancer and was survived by his wife, Jean, and his children.
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How can I watch Jeopardy!?
Jeopardy! can be watched on weekdays starting at 7:30pm EST on ABC.
The show can also be watched on ABC’s website and streamed through Hulu+ Live TV.