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Jeopardy! as anybody following the death of longtime host Alex Trebek. The record-holding Jeopardy! champion served as the quiz show’s first guest host ahead of a long and controversial search for a permanent replacement, before he and Mayim Bialik were granted full-time co-hosting duties for Season 39.
Jennings’ relationship with the proud Canadian began back in 2004, when he was a contestant, and lasted for over a decade, as the new host recalled his last conversation with Trebek, which occurred just days before he passed away from pancreatic cancer. The title-holder for Jeopardy!’s “Greatest Of All Time” revealed in an interview with Vulture that even ahead of Alex Trebek’s death, Ken Jennings had been asked to fill in for the host.
The two spoke on the phone in regards to the handoff of duties, and Jennings opened up about how the iconic host sounded at the time. He said: Alex Trebek’s voice is so familiar to fans of the classic game show, and especially for people like Ken Jennings, who got to speak to him outside of the studio setting, I can imagine it was jarring to hear Trebek not at full strength.
But it’s comforting to know that the host was still himself, and I love to think about those two discussing old movies together. Jennings continued: I can only imagine how meaningful that was for Ken Jennings to get the opportunity to express those words to Alex Trebek before he passed, and it sounds like the host knew he was leaving the show in capable hands.
The relationship that the show formed between the two men was one of the reasons many fans wanted to see the former champion take over the hosting role permanently. Arthur Chu, another former champ, pointed out that Alex Trebek had gifted Jennings his cufflinks
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Second Chance” competition is set to air later this month and features 18 former contestants who lost their first time around.Starting on Monday, Oct. 17, players who didn’t become champs during their previous “Jeopardy!” games will get another shot at the gold.
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"Jeopardy!" co-hosts Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik sat down for an interview to discuss the longtime game show’s future for the first time since being named the late Alex Trebek’s permanent successors. "We miss Alex every day.
stepping up to the podium to share hosting duties in the wake of Alex Trebek’s passing in November 2020.The iconic game show has aired on television for 39 seasons, but this will be the first full season without its longtime host.Jennings has led the charge since September and will continue until January, when Bialik is set to take over through the end of the season.The former “Jeopardy!” champion, who holds a record for winning 74 times in a row, has said that hosting is harder than being a contestant. “I mean, I had played so many games right here that I thought ‘I have a pretty good sense of what hosting is going to be like’ and then you realize hosting’s even harder because you basically have to do everything the contestants do, plus manage the game for them, plus manage the game for the home viewer,” he told Good Morning America on Monday.
Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik are opening up in their first joint interview together.
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