The Writers Guild of America West received the most robust support from their sister unions in Los Angeles at the “Unions Strike Back” Rally on Friday evening.
11.05.2023 - 16:49 / thewrap.com
“Jeopardy!” has officially become the first game show to be affected by the WGA strike, and it’s all thanks to host Mayim Bialik. TheWrap has learned that the actor has stepped away from the iconic series during its last week of filming so that she can stand in solidarity with the WGA strike.Ken Jennings — the well-known “Jeopardy!” contestant turned host — will be taking over Bialik’s hosting duties. The final episodes of Season 39 will be filmed between Tuesday, May 16 and Friday, May 19.
Filming will take place at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City. Though “Jeopardy!” was written by WGA writers, its questions were written in advance of the season and the ongoing strike. Mayim Bialik’s representatives did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.Jennings’ takeover isn’t entirely unexpected considering that the two have been dividing up this season.
Whereas Jennings hosted from August to December, Bialik was originally supposed to host from January until the end of the season’s run in May. After this final stretch of episodes, “Jeopardy!” will go on its summer hiatus. Bialik isn’t the only “Jeopardy!” employee who has joined the picket lines.
Michele Loud, Jim Rhine and Billy Wisse have all been part of the WGA strike. While Bialik isn’t part of the Writers’ Guild of America, the “Blossom” and “Big Bang Theory” actor is part of the Screen Actors Guild. As the writers continue to strike, the negotiation deadline between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is rapidly approaching — their contract expires June 30.
This is the latest noticeable television departure as the writers’ strike continues. Late night was the first to go dark, owing to its nightly format. That was
.The Writers Guild of America West received the most robust support from their sister unions in Los Angeles at the “Unions Strike Back” Rally on Friday evening.
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told Vulture in an interview published Thursday. “Alex made it his own, but it wasn’t his own the first couple of years,” he continued, referring to the show’s longtime host, Alex Trebek, who died in 2020 at 80. “A lot of what happened on ‘Jeopardy!’ came from him possessing this job for so long.
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It’s a hosting switcheroo on “Jeopardy!”
Mayim Bialik is ending her hosting run a bit early for the current season of Jeopardy!.
ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, according to Deadline.Ken Jennings is set to take on hosting duties in her place, according to the outlet, and they will finish out filming for the season at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, California, wrapping on Friday, May 19.The show is produced by Sony Pictures Television. The Post reached out to Bialik and Sony for further comment.On May 2, the WGA announced that members were going on strike in an effort to petition for higher wages, a better pay structure to include streaming services, and regulation around article intelligence.The WGA is made up of an alliance of two labor unions that represent more than 11,000 writers in the entertainment industry, according to “Today.”As a result, popular shows like “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” have shut down production.
EXCLUSIVE: Jeopardy! has become one of the first game shows to be impacted by the writers strike.
tweeted a selfie at the New York picket lines captioned “Let’s do this.”Odenkirk and Patinkin also posed together for a photo, which the latter captioned with: “Saul’s unite.” In addition to Odenkirk’s work as Saul Goodman, Patinkin is also known for playing a character named Saul in “Homeland.”Saul’s unite! #wgastrong Support our writers! pic.twitter.com/VdyElwh7C5Adam Scott, who can most recently be seen in “Severance,” also joined the picket line. Ran into Mandy Patinkin, Bob Odenkirk, and Adam Scott on the WGA picket line.
WGA strike continues and SAG-AFTRA looks to begin its own negotiations with the studios in June, SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland not only expressed solidarity with the WGA, but explained how actors’ problems are similar to those facing writers during a panel on the state of the TV industry.Speaking during the panel at SeriesFest in Denver on Monday, Crabtree-Ireland said current conditions in the industry are “not right.”“I think we all understand that things have been moving in the wrong direction as a result of the technological innovations in the industry, and that really has to stop because we can’t have a vital industry if the people who are responsible for creating all of that content can’t have a career, can’t pay for their basic living expenses,” Crabtree-Ireland said. “It’s not right.
A "Jeopardy!" answer caused quite a commotion from fans after all three contestants answered incorrectly. Earlier this week, the game show host Mayim Bialik did not receive the answer she was looking for from the three players. Once Sami Casanova picked the category "The Quotable Alex" for $1,600, the answer read, "An author and former prisoner: ‘Socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit.’" "Jeopardy!" contestants Juveria Zaheer, returning champion Hannah Wilson and Casanova each guessed [Aleksandr] Solzhenitsyn; however, the Russian name appeared to be mispronounced. Since all three players were overruled, none of them gained the $1,600 prize.
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