Worst ‘Jeopardy!’ performance ever taints LaVar Burton’s long-awaited guest debut

Is it time to start a petition to get LeVar Burton on The View? While the Reading Rainbow/Star Trek star didn’t get the job replacing Alex Trebek on Jeopardy! – Mike Richards and Mayim Bialik landed the gig, BTW – he might have a shot joining Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines at the table.

Mayim Bialik wore a Jewish star while she filmed all of the "Jeopardy!" episodes that she co-hosted.  Bialik was announced as one of the new permanent hosts of the game show Wednesday.The "Big Bang Theory" star and executive producer Mike Richards will take over the role previously held by Alex Trebek, who died last November.  "Here’s a fun secret: I wore a Jewish star in every episode of ‘Jeopardy!’ that I guest hosted," Bialik told the Jewish Journal.

interview with the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, the New Haven, Connecticut, native revealed he keeps his answers consistent in style so he can concentrate on the root of the clue.“I have a strategy where I form all of my questions with a ‘What’s’ at the beginning, then I can focus on the rest of the clue,” he said.

Who is pissed about Alex Trebek’s replacement Jeopardy! hosts? Quite a lot of people, actually!

jeopardy.News broke on Wednesday that after a long and exhaustive search for the new host of the iconic game show, its executive producer, Mike Richards, and actress Mayim Bialik both scored the coveted job, with Richards in the daily hosting seat and Bialik helming spinoff interations. But fans aren’t happy with the two taking over for the late Alex Trebek.The “Big Bang Theory” star, 45, tweeted out a response to the news: “IT’S TRUE!!! Been waiting a long time to tell you all.

The new hosts of “Jeopardy!” have been announced.

LOS ANGELES -- Eight months after the death of beloved “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, the daily syndicated quiz show chose its executive producer, Mike Richards, as Trebek’s successor over a field of celebrity candidates.But after fan backlash to a selection process that turned messy in recent weeks, producer Sony split the pie by naming another guest host, actor Mayim Bialik, as emcee for “Jeopardy!” primetime and spinoff series, including a new college championship.In another nod to “Jeopardy!”

Alex Trebek's successors! After 37 seasons of Trebek being the face of, the beloved CBS program announced that executive producer Mike Richards will be the permanent host.

controversial executive producer Mike Richards, as well as “the Big Bang Theory” actress Mayim Bialik, will host primetime and spin-off specials.Trebek hosted “Jeopardy!” for 36 years and 8.200 episodes up until his untimely death in November 2020. The Canadian native passed away at the age of 80 following his cancer battle.Richards, 46, had been rumored for weeks to be the likely new host.

Mike Richards, the rumored new “Jeopardy!” host as well as the game show’s resident executive producer, has spoken out about his role in past discrimination lawsuits from a decade ago. Richards, 46, was previously an executive producer on “The Price is Right” when the CBS show was slapped with two bias suits in 2010 and 2011.

. Nine months after the death of longtime host Alex Trebek, reported that Richards, who is the executive producer of and guest hosted a few episodes in February, was a frontrunner in becoming Trebek's successor.In a staff email sent Monday morning, Richards admits, «It is true that I was asked if I would consider hosting the show.

Replacing an icon on a beloved show is a daunting task. For Jeopardy!, it has become virtually a mission impossible as a legion of passionate fans, still grieving over the death of host Alex Trebek, has been measuring up potential successors against their idol.

Who is Mike Richards? No, seriously!

LeVar Burton is happy to be a part of the “Jeopardy!” family.

might be taking over the show as its permanent host to replace the late Alex Trebek.

Fans are so upset that LeVar Burton, the fan favorite choice to host Jeopardy! after the tragic death of Alex Trebek last year, seems to have been passed over in favor of Mike Richards.

might have its new permanent host following the death of its iconic host of 36 years, Alex Trebek. reports that the show's executive producer, Mike Richards, is in advanced negotiations to be the show's new host.The outlet reports that a source close to the situation says 46-year-old Richards is the front-runner to be the new permanent host, though other candidates are still being considered.