"Jeopardy! EP Teases Announcement of 'Multiple Hosts' Very Soon
The search for a Jeopardy! host to replace Alex Trebek after his 2020 death was extended after an "awkward" controversy involving former executive producer Mike Richards"
"Who is the new host of Jeopardy? Sorry, we were looking for new hosts."
"Executive producer Michael Davies said the long-running game show hopes to have a hosting announcement very, very soon." .
"But with all of our plans for Jeopardy! — which is more Jeopardy!, not less, more versions — we're going to need multiple hosts to represent the entire audience, to represent the entire country, in order to take this franchise forward," Davies told Variety at Friday's 49th Daytime Emmy Awards.
This makes me curious about what versions Davies is intending to implement. As far as we know, the National College Championship aired in primetime back in February, and Mayim hosted the event. And Celebrity Jeopardy! is coming back, but also in primetime because of the success of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune. Here is what I am wondering what Davies intends to do with expanding Jeopardy as well as each version's respective host:
- Ken Jennings becomes the permanent host for the daily syndicated series (including the Professors Tournament, Second Chance Tournament, and the Tournament of Champions)
- Mayim Bialik hosts Celebrity Jeopardy!
- Jeff Probst hosts the National College Championship
- The Teen Tournament is also brought back but airing in primetime and possibly rebranded and reformatted, Eric Newhouse or Jeff Probst hosts
- Kids Jeopardy is revived, but airs on Saturday mornings. A rule from Jep! (the first kids spinoff) is carried over, where everyone plays the Final Jeopardy! round, even when finishing Double Jeopardy! with zero or a negative score; in the case where a player finishes DJ! with 0 or negative, he or she is given a nominal score of 1000 with which to wager in the final round. Bob Bergen hosts