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Jeopardy! perked up in its return to originals during syndication’s premiere week with a 5.1 household rating. The week of Sept. 13 included the five episodes with Mike Richards as a permanent Jeopardy! host that were taped during his first and only day of filming before he stepped down amid multiple…

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver dragged Jeopardy! once again in the HBO series’ first episode back since Sept. 12. Oliver likened the abysmal response to the Del Rio immigration scandal that saw border patrol agents in Texas riding on horseback whipping Haitians seeking asylum last week to the controversial hiring…

Mike Richards’ head-spinning string of humiliations continued tonight with the first day of his last week as Jeopardy! host airing in syndication, all the proof needed that even without the recent resurfacing of sexist and crude past comments the blink-and-miss-him replacement for Alex Trebek never was destined for…

Mike Richards is out as executive producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Sony Pictures Television just told staff. See the full note below. It comes after a turbulent few weeks for the long-running syndicated program, which saw Richards, who joined Jeopardy! as exec producer in 2020, ousted as host after one day…

First, a reality check: We are living in a state of social and sexual angst, and nothing can be written about it without further raising the tension level. Everyone seems permanently pissed off. I find myself thus avoiding these topics, but certain mundane questions still nag at me. Who actually takes the time to…

Following a turbulent last two weeks for Jeopardy! that culminated in Mike Richards’ ouster as host of the syndicated program after one day of production, the staff and crew of the venerable game show were summoned for a Microsoft Teams meeting this morning, sources tell Deadline. Jeopardy! executive producer Richards…

Mayim Bialik, who earlier this month was announced as host of the Jeopardy! primetime and spinoff series, will fill in as host of the mothership syndicated program following the abrupt exit of Mike Richards as host after one day of tapings. (He remains an executive producer of the franchise.) Bialik, who guest hosted…

John Oliver wasn’t finished throwing shade at Mike Richards. Following last week’s quip, this week’s title sequence featured the recently-resigned Jeopardy! host in the final card which reads “Postus Hostus” with Richards’ name labeled beneath an animation of his photo dissolving into gray. Oliver continued the visual…

Ryan Reynolds has thrown his support behind LeVar Burton’s ongoing campaign to host Jeopardy!, following EP Mike Richards’ exit from the podium. The actor said as much—albeit in oblique fashion—in a post published to Twitter on Friday. In it, he shared how he relates to Burton’s experience, given the time he himself…

I’ll take snarky comments for $100. That’s the attitude displayed so far by Hollywood reactions to the news that Mike Richards has stepped down as the host of Jeopardy! after one show. Richards, a controversial choice ever since he was announced as the host that would replace longtime face of the show Alex Trebek…

Mike Richards will not host the syndicated Jeopardy! after multiple controversies from his past emerged in the last few weeks. He just announced his exit in an internal memo. The show already had started production, which has been canceled for today as the search for a permanent host resumes. Meanwhile, guest hosts…

The heat on new Jeopardy! host Mike Richards increased today, following news that the Anti-Defamation League has called for an investigation into his "pattern" of offensive comments. The ADL published the following statement today on Twitter: "New Jeopardy! host Mike Richards' disparaging remarks about Jews, women…