'Jeopardy' temporarily taps Mayim Bialik to fill in for ousted host Mike Richards, more guest hosts to follow

is moving forward with production following executive producer Mike Richards stepping down as host on Friday, less than a month after he was announced as the late Alex Trebek's successor.Richards stepped down after receiving backlash for sexist comments he made in the past, as well as taking on the hosting gig given that he's already executive producer of the show. He resigned as host on Friday, and said that moving forward as host would be too much of a distraction for fans.

For the time being, Mayim Bialik is set to take over as host of Jeopardy.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMayim Bialik will fill in as the host of “Jeopardy” in the wake of Mike Richards’ exit.Sony Pictures Television, which produces the long-running quiz show, announced that Bialik is scheduled to tape three weeks of episodes when production resumes this week for a total 15 episodes.

Mike Richards resigned as host of "Jeopardy!" just nine days after it was announced he would succeed the late Alex Trebek as its permanent host.  Richards stepped down Friday after past inappropriate comments he made on the "The Randumb Show" podcast resurfaced.The 46-year-old, who hosted the podcast from 2013 to 2014 while he was working at "The Price is Right," made derogatory comments about women, people with mental disabilities, little people and the poor.  Although some "Jeopardy!" episodes

"Jeopardy!" will still air the episodes hosted by Mike Richards after he was ousted from the role, Fox News can confirm.  Five episodes featuring Richards were filmed Thursday and will air as scheduled. While Richards resigned from the hosting role of the game show nine days after the announcement was made, he will remain the show's executive producer, according to a statement made by Sony.

resignation today has left the show in an uncomfortable limbo — and with some tough-to-answer questions.Richards, 46, opted to step down after bringing “unwanted negative attention” to the show after sexist comments he made on a 2013 podcast surfaced, according to Richards’ resignation memo which The Post obtained.As of now, “Jeopardy!” intends to air Richards’ already taped episodes, according to the Wrap, and he will stay on as an executive producer, as The Post previously reported.A Sony

online roasting session. “​​’Jeopardy’ is a noun meaning ‘peril or danger.’ Here it is in a sentence:‘My job is in jeopardy because of my past comments.’”"Jeopardy" is a noun meaning "peril or danger." Here it is in a sentence:"My job is in jeopardy because of my past comments."https://t.co/E7xeeNTN4gRichards informed the show’s staff that he would be stepping down from his freshly-minted hosting gig in an email Friday, writing that, “It has become clear that moving forward as host would be too

informed the show’s staff that he was stepping down in an email Friday, writing that, “It has become clear that moving forward as host would be too much of a distraction for our fans and not the right move for the show.” The behind-the-scenes saga has already distracted fans, though, with one Twitter user wondering how “Jeopardy!” of all shows came to fill the drama void left by “Game of Thrones.” Richards will remain as executive producer and the show will return to its short-term guest hosts

stepped down as permanent host of the syndicated Sony quiz show on Friday, the day after it returned to production with Richards behind the podium.

That didn’t take long!

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticHow did “Jeopardy” screw this up?The departure of Mike Richards, announced only last week as the new host of the venerable game show, is the culmination of the greatest PR crisis in the show’s history — casting into disarray a new season that’s meant to be in production right now and calling into question Sony Pictures Television’s stewardship of their crown-jewel game show.

fan backlash brewed immediately rumors swirled that he was in “advance negotiations” for the job earlier this month, Richards’ hasty exit comes on the heels of his apology for a series of sexist comments in an old podcast —which he labeled as a “terribly embarrassing” misjudgment.The man who could not fill Alex Trebek’s shoes admitted his “insensitivity” after derogatory comments he made on “The Randumb Show,” which he hosted from 2013 to 2014.During his tenure on “The Randumb Show,” Richards

statement Thursday:“New Jeopardy! host Mike Richards’ disparaging remarks about Jews, women & Asians are no laughing matter. Stereotyping is an entry point to hate and his apology lacks acknowledgment of its harm.

The heat on new Jeopardy! host Mike Richards increased today, following news that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has called for an investigation. into his “pattern” of offensive comments.

So it’s barely been a week since the announcement, and already, newly appointed Jeopardy! host Mike Richards is in some deep s**t!

new “Jeopardy!” host Mike Richards made a series of sexist comments in an old podcast — forcing him to apologize this week for a “terribly embarrassing” misjudgment.Richards, 46, admitted his “insensitivity” after The Ringer detailed derogatory comments he made in “The Randumb Show,” which he hosted from 2013 to 2014 and was taken offline this week amid the scandal.The outlet said it reviewed all 41-episodes after news broke that Richards had been accused in lawsuits of harassment against TV

Mike Richards issued an apology over past inappropriate comments made on a podcast he previously hosted that resurfaced in the wake of his newly announced "Jeopardy!" hosting gig. Richards hosted "The Randumb Show" from 2013 to 2014 while he was working at "The Price is Right." During his time on the show, he made derogatory comments about women, people with mental disabilities, little people and the poor.