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Mike Richards dumped as executive producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune
Richards' firing as executive producer comes 11 days after he stepped down as host of Jeopardy! after The Ringer resurfaced...
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Posted Tuesday 8/31/21 at 12:58PM EDT
Bob Costas reportedly turned down Jeopardy! guest-host gig
Sports journalist and former ESPN Around the Horn regular Jay Mariotti reports on his blog that Costas told him he...
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Posted Friday 8/27/21 at 11:41PM EDT
Let Steve Harvey host Jeopardy!
"Harvey, as you might already know, is currently the host of 739 different shows, including Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud,...
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Posted Friday 8/27/21 at 12:38PM EDT
Sony reportedly expected to name Ken Jennings Jeopardy! host before his controversy over offensive old tweets
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony TV executives last year saw Jennings as the "ideal successor" to Alex Trebek.
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Posted Thursday 8/26/21 at 10:29PM EDT
Jeopardy! alum Arthur Chu: The celebrity audition process "trampled" on Alex Trebek's directive that the host get out of the way
Chu, who became a Jeopardy! villain during his 11-game winning streak in 2014, recalled Trebek telling contestants that his advice...
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Posted Thursday 8/26/21 at 1:11PM EDT
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune announces its Season 2 celebs
Starting Sept.
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Posted Wednesday 8/25/21 at 4:45PM EDT
It appears Sony is sticking with Mike Richards as Jeopardy! executive producer
Despite speculation that Sony will remove Richards as executive producer after he stepped down as Jeopardy! host last week, Sony’s...
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Posted Wednesday 8/25/21 at 1:25PM EDT
Journalist Claire McNear went from writing a Jeopardy! history book to becoming part of the show's history after Mike Richards stepped down as host
Last year, McNear's book Answers in the Form of Questions: A Definitive History and Insider's Guide to Jeopardy! was released,...
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Posted Wednesday 8/25/21 at 12:45AM EDT
Mike Richards briefly became Jeopardy! host by taking advantage of an institutional and power vacuum
Sony Pictures Television used to be prepared for the loss of Alex Trebek as host of Jeopardy! In fact, Sony...
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Posted Tuesday 8/24/21 at 1:27PM EDT
Could Mayim Bialik end up hosting Jeopardy! full-time?
TMZ reports the game show is "willing to bend over backwards" to accommodate Bialik's schedule "in order to bank as...
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Posted Tuesday 8/24/21 at 1:57AM EDT
Mike Richards apologizes to the staffs of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune as Sony TV promises more diversity
Richards was accompanied by Sony's top TV executive Ravi Ahuja, Chairman of Sony Global Television Studios, at Monday morning's virtual...
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Posted Monday 8/23/21 at 3:06PM EDT
Mayim Bialik will fill in as Jeopardy! guest-host for three weeks
Bialik, who was tapped to host Jeopardy!'s primetime specials, will guest-host the second through fourth weeks of the syndicated game show's new...
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Ken Jennings is considered the favorite to replace Mike Richards as Jeopardy! host
CNN's Brian Stelter reports that Jennings looks like the new full-time host based on his conversations with "this year's guest...
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Posted Monday 8/23/21 at 10:27AM EDT
NBC taps British comedian Michael McIntyre to host the U.S. version of the BBC game show The Wheel
McIntyre, who created The Wheel in 2020 with producing partner Dan Baldwin, hosts the UK version and will now host and exec...
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Posted Sunday 8/22/21 at 3:06PM EDT
Mike Richards fiasco was an indictment of the Jeopardy! hiring process and a betrayal of the show's fact-based reputation
The bombshell report by The Ringer's Claire McNear that led to Richards' exit as host was an indictment of the...