‘Reading Rainbow’ legend LeVar Burton wants to host ‘Jeopardy!’

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 a regular on television, gracing the screens on his CNN special Anderson 360. His son Wyatt, who turns one on April 27, has seemingly never seen his dad on the big screen.

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

Anderson Cooper is getting a lot of praise after his first episode of Jeopardy just aired!

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

infamously flatlined as a guest host of “Jeopardy!” — is learning that sometimes laughter isn’t always the best medicine. In the days since his brief stint behind the lectern was deemed a “slap in the face” to the brand by contestants and fans alike, Oz, 60, is now being accused of making fun of a contestant during filming.  “It was just odd,” recent showwinnerEmily Seaman told the Ringer of Oz’s rocky run as anchor from March 22 to April 2. “I don’t think he likes ‘Jeopardy!’ ”Seaman, a law

"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.

Following the death of TV icon Alex Trebek last year, producers of “Jeopardy!” have been bringing in a rotating array of guest hosts until deciding on a permanent replacement.

according to the Wrap, just before Alex Trebek’s final episodes — taped before his death in November 2020. Ratings during those last few weeks reflected some of the highest the show sees in a season at 6.6.

A good sport. Aaron Rodgers‘ field goal kick moment was the best part of his first Jeopardy episode. The Green Bay Packers player hosted his first Jeopardy episode on Monday, April 5, and one contestant didn’t waste any time to troll him for his NFL team’s recent mistake.

Aaron Rodgers is officially campaigning to be the permanent host of "Jeopardy!"  The NFL star is one of many guest hosts tapped to run the show in the absence of its late longtime regular host, Alex Trebek.Trebek died in November 2020 after battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer for more than a year.