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Jeopardy! has made a hosting update. Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will continue to share hosting duties through the end of the venerable syndicated game show’s current Season 38. Additionally, Michael Davies will remain as executive producer. Bialik, who previously was announced as host of the Jeopardy! primetime and…

Just one week after he became only the third contestant in Jeopardy! history to win more than $1 million, Matt Amodio took ownership of another record. Tonight, he became the player with the second-highest number of consecutive wins in the show’s history. Amodio’s streak is now 33, placing him behind only Ken Jennings…

Mayim Bialik is getting her temporary gig as host of the syndicated Jeopardy! extended. The actress and host of Jeopardy!‘s primetime specials and spinoffs, will share hosting duties with former champion Ken Jennings. The two will host shows that will air through the end of the calendar year. Bialik, who guest hosted…

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. The high stakes led to intense scrutiny where candidates…

Friday’s show marked the last Jeopardy! appearance by guest host Ken Jennings, the first replacement since the death of longtime moderator Alex Trebek. Trebek was not forgotten as Jennings’s stint drew to a close. “That's a wrap on my six weeks of @Jeopardy guest hosting,” Jennings wrote in a tweet. “Thanks for…

On Monday, former Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings debuted as the show’s first post-Alex Trebek guest host. Jennings paid tribute to Trebek just after he walked out on stage. “Sharing this stage with Alex Trebek was one of the greatest honors of my life,” he said. “Not many things in life are perfect, but Alex did…

Even the greatest of all-time can get it wrong sometimes. Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings — who earlier this year won the game show’s tournament to determine the best champion of all-time — has issued a tweeted stream of apology for insensitive social media posts he has made in the past. Jennings’s tweeted apologies…

Late Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek was left off the nominees list for the 2021 Grammy Awards, despite his memoir Alex Trebek–The Answer Is…receiving a nod in the Best Spoken Word Album category. Instead of Trebek, who died of pancreatic cancer on November 8, Ken Jennings received the nomination for Trebek’s memoir. “This…

Former champion Ken Jennings will be the first of several guest hosts on Jeopardy! when it resumes production at the end of the month. It will be the first episodes shot on the game show since longtime host Alex Trebek died earlier this month at age 80 after a long fight against pancreatic cancer. Jennings earlier…

Who is Ken Jennings? Jeopardy! announced Thursday that the all-star player will join host Alex Trebek and the rest of the team for season 37 of the beloved trivia game. Jennings, also known as the Jeopardy! G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time), will join the Sony game show as a consulting producer when the season starts…

Game show The Chase is one of the most consistent hits on British broadcaster ITV. The show is now finally coming to broadcast television in the U.S. with ABC remaking it with the stars of Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time. Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter are in talks to become “The Chasers” in the…

What is, “a primetime TV hit years in the making?” Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time tournament, featuring the three highest-earning Jeopardy! contestants, Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, and James Holzhauer, has dominated ratings this week. With the trio taking primetime by storm, it might not be the last time we see…