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‘Jeopardy!’ EP Mike Richards On Alex Trebek’s Final Episode, Successor Search & Late Host’s Love Of Comedy (And Those ‘SNL’ Spoofs)

The final Jeopardy! episode hosted by Alex Trebek, which airs Friday, will be remarkably unremarkable, with no farewell by the veteran host or any kind of personal message to viewers in his opening statement. That is because “Alex didn't think that was going to be his last episode,” Jeopardy executive producer Mike Ric…

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Jan 7, 2021 10:26 am
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‘Chain Reaction’ Revival Set At Game Show Network With Returning Host Dylan Lane; Mike Richards Set As EP

EXCLUSIVE: Game Show Network is bringing back an old favorite. The network has given the green light to a new version of Chain Reaction, the word-association format that launched during the 1980s and GSN aired in 2006-07 and again in 2015-16. Dylan Lane, who hosted the 2000s edition, is returning for the new Chain Reac…

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Mike Richards To Executive Produce ‘Jeopardy!’ & ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ When Harry Friedman Exits Next Year

Mike Richards, the veteran executive producer of The Price is Right and Let’s Make A Deal, will take the helm as executive producer of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! when the shows’ long-time EP/showrunner Harry Friedman departs next year. Friedman announced on August 1 that he would be stepping down when his contract…