Mayim Bialik's 'Jeopardy!' goal is to maintain the integrity of the show following Mike Richards' exit

streak would end at 38 last night. Ken Jennings is still the all-time record holder with 74 straight victories, or more than double his closest competitor.

It took until near the end for Jean Trebek to realize how beloved her husband really was by the public.

passed away in Nov. 2020 after a public struggle with pancreatic cancer.

student Matt Amodio, 30, is now the quiz show’s second winningest contestant — notching his 33rd consecutive victory on Friday and eclipsing James Holzhauer’s streak.Amodio hauled in $55,400, bringing his winnings to $1,267,801.

Mayim Bialik discussed her new gig as the interim host of "Jeopardy!" alongside Ken Jennings for the remainder of this season.  Sony Pictures Television previously confirmed to Fox News that Bialik will host several weeks of shows that will air through Nov. 5.

Jeopardy! perked up in its return to originals during syndication’s premiere week with a 5.1 household rating. The week of Sept. 13 included the five episodes with Mike Richards as a permanent Jeopardy! host that were taped during his first and only day of filming before he stepped down amid multiple controversies.

Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik.The Emmy winner took aim at the new host on his show Last Week Tonight over Bialik’s past controversial remarks about vaccines.Bialik, formerly of The Big Bang Theory, has replaced Mike Richards on the game show.

John Oliver isn’t impressed with the behind-the-scenes drama at “Jeopardy!”

behind only James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings, who is now slated to guest host in tandem with Mayim Bialik.Amodio’s stunning run comes amid upheaval at the show.

LOS ANGELES -- Mayim Bialik knew she’d be busy around this time of year, but not this busy.Besides starting production on a new season of Fox's sitcom “Call Me Kat,” Bialik was recalled to duty as a “Jeopardy!” guest host — the result of the quiz show's publicly messy effort to replace the late Alex Trebek.Mike Richards exited as newly minted host (and producer) in August after past unsavory podcast comments came to light.

Big shoes to fill. Mayim Bialik is set to host multiple weeks of Jeopardy! until the show officially names a full-time host — but the job came with quite a bit of drama.

Mayim Bialik spoke out about the improbable road she took to hosting "Jeopardy!" in the wake of Mike Richards’ controversial departure from the show.  Last week, Sony Pictures Television confirmed to Fox News that Bialik will host the remainder of Season 38 alongside "Jeopardy!" legend Ken Jennings.The duo will hold down the fort while the minds behind the scenes look for a permanent replacement for Alex Trebek after Richards left the show following a slew of inappropriate comments he made in

"Jeopardy!" has been on television since 1984 and has rarely seen scandal in the decades since then. However, the show's history was recently marred by controversy when the search for a replacement for late host Alex Trebek led the show to hire executive producer Mike Richards before he was ultimately ousted from the role.

Mayim Bialik is breaking her silence about the departure of Mike Richards from “Jeopardy!”, days after the announcement that she and she and the longtime producer of the beloved game show would be alternating hosting duties.

By On Thursday, September 16—when Sony Pictures Television made the announcement that Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings would be filling in as hosts of Jeopardy! through 2021, after executive producer Mike Richards stepped down from the role—she wasn't sharing a celebratory post on Instagram. Instead, the was in the midst of observing Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religion.

LeVar Burton says he’s looking “for the right game show” to host after his interest was piqued – and his hopes dashed – by his recent guest stint on Jeopardy! and the social media support he received.

exited as permanent host of the syndicated Sony quiz show, which has just entered its 38th season, just one day after it returned to production, following the resurfacing of a gender discrimination lawsuit from his time with “The Price is Right” and multiple misogynistic comments he made on a podcast he co-hosted last decade.

Sony says Jennings and Bialik will share hosting duties based on their schedules through the end of the calendar year. No on-air auditions of other potential hosts were announced.Jennings, the record-holder for longest “Jeopardy!” winning streak, is a consulting producer on the show.

Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik will host the show through the end of the calendar year.Bialik will kick things off on Monday, Sept. 20, and will host several weeks of episodes, all of which will air through Nov.