LeVar Burton Backs Petition Calling For Him To Become New ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

Actor LeVar Burton is interested in being the next "Jeopardy!" host following Alex Trebek's death.  Burton appeared virtually on "The View" on Monday where he addressed a recent fan petition, which aimed to get Burton on the show as a guest host -- a gig he has since secured. "It’s such a wonderful feeling to be at the center of that much grace," Burton said.

LeVar Burton‘s name made it into the final group of Jeopardy! guests hosts for the 37th season, which the game show tweeted out on April 21.

late great Alex Trebek.The 64-year-old “Reading Rainbow” host gushed over his new gig on Twitter, writing, “THANK YOU… to all y’all for your passionate support! I am overjoyed, excited, and eager to be guest-hosting Jeopardy!, and will do my utmost best to live up to your faith you in me.

Jeopardy! has unveiled the final group of season 37 guest hosts, with Robin Roberts, LeVar Burton and George Stephanopoulous among the TV personalities set to lead the  popular trivia game.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterIt’s happening.Following an uproarious social media push to have “Reading Rainbow” and “Star Trek” star LeVar Burton take the hosting podium on “Jeopardy!”, the actor has been announced as part of the final group of guest hosts who will round out the show’s 37th season in the wake of the death of beloved “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek last November.“Our goal has been to present a wide variety of guest hosts with different skill sets and backgrounds on our path to

Anderson Cooper is proving to be a big hit with “Jeopardy!” fans.

Haley Bosselman editorFox Sports announcer Joe Buck is taking his talents from the world of sports to game show television as a “Jeopardy!” guest host, a source familiar with the matter tells Variety.Buck is set to be the show’s second sports-affiliated guest host, following Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ stint that ran from April 5 to 16.Though it has not yet been confirmed how long Buck will serve in the role, guest hosts have so far served in two week intervals, like Rodgers.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers hosted the program. Before Rodgers, the host list included Katie Couric, Dr.

Former "Jeopardy!" champion Buzzy Cohen has been tapped to guest host the show’s upcoming Tournament of Champions.

Aaron Rodgers, hosting “Jeopardy!” is a sticky situation. In fact, a sticky note reminding the NFL baller not to stick his fingers where the sun doesn’t shine is his top prompt. “Don’t pick your nose/butt,” reads a yellow adhesive memo affixed to the top of the legendary “Jeopardy!” podium. The self-help notice, along with five other low-tack glue cues, are the shortly-worded steps to success that Rogers, 37, has followed during his two-week term as interim emcee on the trivia game show. “I

Another Jeopardy! alum is returning to host the show!

Aaron Rodgers learned the hard way that not even "Jeopardy!" contestants know as much about his NFL team, the Green Bay Packers, as he does.  The NFL quarterback has been guest-hosting the popular game show all week as it continues to hunt for a permanent replacement for Alex Trebek, who died in November after a lengthy battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.  The football player was hit with a sobering moment about what the contestants knew, or rather didn’t know, about his team early on in the

Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers truly are couple goals. The latter landed a gig as a host on ‘Jeopardy!’ and to celebrate the first week of him hosting the TV show, the couple took to Instagram.

"Reading Rainbow" host LeVar Burton has once again joined the chorus calling for him to guest-host "Jeopardy!" Since the tragic death of host Alex Trebek, the game show has seen a slew of special guest emcees, including Katie Couric, Mayim Bialik, Aaron Rodgers and more. For some time now, fans have been calling for Burton, 64, to be given a shot on the show.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ Jeopardy! hosting stint wouldn’t be coming to an end if it was up to him. The Green Bay Packers player is said to be ready to “jump at the opportunity” to host Jeopardy! full-time if given the offer—and according to one source who spoke to HollywoodLife, he would even consider “retiring” from the NFL to take on the role. But would he have to?

Shailene Woodley couldn’t stop calling fiancé Aaron Rodgers “my love” during an adorable Q&A the couple hosted about his Jeopardy! hosting gig on April 6. The twosome were snuggled up on the couch during the eight-minute clip (which you can watch below), with the NFL player, 37, wrapping his arm around the Big Little Lies star, 29, the entire time.

Aaron Rodgers just began his two-week stint as guest host of Jeopardy!, but has the Green Bay Packers quarterback already decided on a career change? With three years left on his contract and Aaron, now 37, fast approaching 40, the Super Bowl XLV champion and current NFL MVP is considering life after football – and that may come sooner than we think.