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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: PPatters on August 04, 2021, 06:07:21 PM
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In what I imagine will come as a surprise to nearly no one, Variety (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-1235034673/) reports that Mike Richards is in advanced negotiations to be the next host of Jeopardy!.
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After Mike made it clear he wanted the permanent host to put this show first, I knew it would be him, although I held out hope for someone else. The best hosts had other obligations (Anderson Cooper on CNN, Mayim Bialik's sitcom, Ken Jennings on The Chase), and probably didn't want to have to leave a cushy gig.
Not a fan of him planting rumors or the controversy that's followed the show this year, but it is what it is. I'll still be watching.
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In what I imagine will come as a surprise to nearly no one, Variety (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-1235034673/) reports that Mike Richards is in advanced negotiations to be the next host of Jeopardy!.
Bad, awful move. I guess this means that there'll be a new EP soon?
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Gomer Pyle time.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE....
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In what I imagine will come as a surprise to nearly no one, Variety (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-1235034673/) reports that Mike Richards is in advanced negotiations to be the next host of Jeopardy!.
Bad, awful move. I guess this means that there'll be a new EP soon?
No… I think he will still be EP. Bob was EP of Price before he retired.
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Not a shock, and he wasn’t bad- if the show still is viable in the changing TV world, I could see him doing this for 20 years..
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The more I think about it, the more I think Mike will "decide to step aside" and "offer the job" to someone who fans generally liked, esp. since the general response I've seen today on Twitter is "Who?" It just seems like such a Mike Richards move, in the realm of no such thing as bad publicity.
With the contestant who allegedly made a racist symbol during the intro, the LeVar Burton petitions, then the outdated but offensive clue (https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/jeopardy-apologizes-pots-clue/507-a00dc033-de84-48ce-b8a3-b19d4bc06c5e#:~:text=Jeopardy%20is%20apologizing%20this%20week,commonly%20referred%20to%20as%20POTS), nothing this man does or allows surprises me anymore.
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I never totally bought the reasons put out there for his hosting in the first place, that Ken was unavailable those tape days.
It is ironic that out of all the people who guest hosted, Mike was the only one who actually had hosted a few game shows before.
Nevertheless, if he gets it, I think it would be a bad move. From his voice to his demeanor, I don't think he fits as the full time host of Jeopardy.
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The more I think about it, the more I think Mike will "decide to step aside" and "offer the job" to someone who fans generally liked, esp. since the general response I've seen today on Twitter is "Who?" It just seems like such a Mike Richards move, in the realm of no such thing as bad publicity.
The two-edged sword of so much celebrity host casting, I guess. Granted it makes the months of guests just a token gesture before the inevitable. But on the other hand, do we now expect a "name" person when time comes to tap someone to host a game show?
With the contestant who allegedly made a racist symbol during the intro, the LeVar Burton petitions, then the outdated but offensive clue (https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/jeopardy-apologizes-pots-clue/507-a00dc033-de84-48ce-b8a3-b19d4bc06c5e#:~:text=Jeopardy%20is%20apologizing%20this%20week,commonly%20referred%20to%20as%20POTS), nothing this man does or allows surprises me anymore.
If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, it certainly wouldn't be the first Mike Richards who was, erm, not very sensitive.
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The more I think about it, the more I think Mike will "decide to step aside" and "offer the job" to someone who fans generally liked, esp. since the general response I've seen today on Twitter is "Who?" It just seems like such a Mike Richards move, in the realm of no such thing as bad publicity.
With the contestant who allegedly made a racist symbol during the intro, the LeVar Burton petitions, then the outdated but offensive clue (https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/jeopardy-apologizes-pots-clue/507-a00dc033-de84-48ce-b8a3-b19d4bc06c5e#:~:text=Jeopardy%20is%20apologizing%20this%20week,commonly%20referred%20to%20as%20POTS), nothing this man does or allows surprises me anymore.
If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, it certainly wouldn't be the first Mike Richards who was, erm, not very sensitive.
No. That's not what I'm thinking. I just think he's getting some buzz.
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The more I think about it, the more I think Mike will "decide to step aside" and "offer the job" to someone who fans generally liked, esp. since the general response I've seen today on Twitter is "Who?" It just seems like such a Mike Richards move, in the realm of no such thing as bad publicity.
With the contestant who allegedly made a racist symbol during the intro, the LeVar Burton petitions, then the outdated but offensive clue (https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/jeopardy-apologizes-pots-clue/507-a00dc033-de84-48ce-b8a3-b19d4bc06c5e#:~:text=Jeopardy%20is%20apologizing%20this%20week,commonly%20referred%20to%20as%20POTS), nothing this man does or allows surprises me anymore.
If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, it certainly wouldn't be the first Mike Richards who was, erm, not very sensitive.
No. That's not what I'm thinking. I just think he's getting some buzz.
Aha.
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How sad is it that I spent years complaining about former sitcom stars being hired to host game shows over career hosts, and now that a career game show figure is likely to be the new host of Jeopardy, I would much rather have Mayim Bialik?
Side note - it took me ages to memorize that MIKE Richards is the now-former Executive Producer of TPIR and LMAD and host of GSN Pyramid and Divided, MATT Richards is the current host of HQ Trivia (he replaced Scott Rogowsky), and MARK Richards was the original host of Starcade in 1982 (Geoff Edwards replaced him).
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In what I imagine will come as a surprise to nearly no one, Variety (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-1235034673/) reports that Mike Richards is in advanced negotiations to be the next host of Jeopardy!.
Could this report have been planted by none other than Mikey himself? Who else would be privy to these "advanced negotiations"?
It strikes me as similar to the way Helen Kushnick steamrolled the less-than-talented Jay Leno into TNT.
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Mike has always wanted to be an on-camera talent first. It'd be a little shady to me that the EP suddenly ends up host of the show they're EP'ing, but if he in fact gets it, it won't be because he didn't work to get into the room. Even when he wasn't hosting, he was still producing, and I'm sure that kept him in the right people's orbit.
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Bad, awful move. I guess this means that there'll be a new EP soon?
Not necessarily. Alex was a producer for the first couple of seasons Of J!. And Jack Barry had 2 or 3 shows going while he hosted Joker's Wild. (He also had Dan Enright but the point stands that you can host and produce at the same time.)
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With the door seemingly closed, Pat Kiernan took to Twitter today to post that he and his agent pushed for a Jeopardy audition- he also posted the sizzle reel he sent to them.
He was my first choice for host, and while I'm sure a bunch of people's agents made calls to the show, this is one I really wish they would have considered.
https://twitter.com/patkiernan/status/1423136058271694851?s=20
/did not realize how many films he's been the fake/real newscaster in
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"I'm sorry, Bob, you won't be around for Final Jeopardy. We thank you for your participation."
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Oh, that’s a pity.
/I wonder if any contestants still have their silver ring.
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Paul Harris has some interesting things to say about this development: http://www.harrisonline.com/he-put-himself-in-jeopardy/ (http://www.harrisonline.com/he-put-himself-in-jeopardy/)
Some of the highlights:
I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed. When Richards guest-hosted for a couple of weeks early this year, I thought he came off as, well, a sterotypical TV game show host — slick, smarmy, and somewhat robotic.
With Richards both as a potential full-time host and as the guy leading the replacement search, he was effectively the Dick Cheney of “Jeopardy!”
[After saying he preferred Jennings, Cohen, or Bialik] Yet it appears we’ll be stuck with Richards who, among his other sins, has overseen a dumbing-down of the clues on “Jeopardy!” since taking over as executive producer. I wouldn’t put it past him to have “leaked” the story to Variety, either.
Which may be why the response that best fits him won’t appear anywhere on the game board: “What is Machiavellian?”
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I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed. When Richards guest-hosted for a couple of weeks early this year, I thought he came off as, well, a stereotypical TV game show host — slick, smarmy, and somewhat robotic.
One could argue that Trebek acted that way early on before he mellowed out into the more professorial tone he had later on. If Mike holds the position long-term, I could see the same happening to him.
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One could argue that Trebek acted that way early on before he mellowed out into the more professorial tone he had later on. If Mike holds the position long-term, I could see the same happening to him.
It's interesting that whomever takes the reign of Jeopardy! is going to go through the *exact* same thing that Trebek himself went through when he took over. No matter how they perform, there will be a section of fans who will never accept them or take a long time to do so. It's just now that everyone has a LOUD opinion. Imagine if technology today existed then, we'd probably be hearing the same thing.
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Yes. I'm still upset Art Fleming didn't get the 84 revival
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No matter how they perform, there will be a section of fans who will never accept them or take a long time to do so. It's just now that everyone has a LOUD opinion. Imagine if technology today existed then, we'd probably be hearing the same thing.
Yup. The same could probably be said for TNPiR in 1972. I'm sure there were fans that were upset Bill Cullen didn't get to host the revival.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the Burton "diss" is going just as I thought it might with some people on social media.
And no I don't think it's THAT. Nepotism, or whatever the proper word is (sorry I am drawing a blank), maybe, but....
And though Richards isn't my choice either, the "Who?" posts are getting me to think about how the casting for game show hosts have changed the last 20 years, as they need someone from Hollywood who was or is well known it seems. Are we all just used to that?
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No matter how they perform, there will be a section of fans who will never accept them or take a long time to do so. It's just now that everyone has a LOUD opinion. Imagine if technology today existed then, we'd probably be hearing the same thing.
Yup. The same could probably be said for TNPiR in 1972. I'm sure there were fans that were upset Bill Cullen didn't get to host the revival.
That guy from Tattletales? Ha! Someone get. Dr. Frankenstein to reanimate Allen Ludden, stat.
Oh boy, is he just going to ask what happens if the cards made whoopee? Bring back Jim Perry!
Ray who?
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Nepotism would mean Mike got the job because he’s related to someone important. This is just Mike allegedly appointing himself, which we still haven’t confirmed.
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In an alternate universe where Alex Trebek just wrapped up the season and Mike is rumored to be appointing himself as host of Wheel of Fortune after seven months of guest hosts, I'd be more OK with it. I don't think of him as a great fit for Jeopardy - it would work better without the sheen of stereotypical game show host smarm he brings - and i felt like he was the weakest of the three people who I thought were actually there for on-air tryouts and not just as guest hosts (Buzzy and Ken being the other two.)
I had also forgotten that his tenure at TPIR extended back to the days when former Barker's Beauties were quitting and suing left and right. That it's coming back up quite a bit in the internet circles I travel in isn't exactly winning anyone over, either.
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Could this report have been planted by none other than Mikey himself? Who else would be privy to these "advanced negotiations"?
It strikes me as similar to the way Helen Kushnick steamrolled the less-than-talented Jay Leno into TNT.
Eeeeek. I suppose Mike didn't have to sneak into a vent to listen in on the meetings.
One thing Drew and Wayne have going for them is sincerity, or at least the ability to fake it. Mike doesn't have that, although maybe he cranks it up when he's with the Sony people.
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Yes. I'm still upset Art Fleming didn't get the 84 revival
IIRC, Art was offered the '84 revival and turned it down. He didn't like the electronic look of the set. That led to Alex being offered the job.
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Yes. I'm still upset Art Fleming didn't get the 84 revival
IIRC, Art was offered the '84 revival and turned it down. He didn't like the electronic look of the set. That led to Alex being offered the job.
As Fred Wostbrock told it to me, Art wasn't even offered the 1984 version because, rightly or wrongly, the blame was laid partly on him for the failure of the 1978 run.
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I'm wondering how many people sat through that guest host-go-round and are getting an "all I got was this lousy t-shirt" feeling over the fact that Mike Richards is now the #1 pick. I'm also wondering how much of a shadow the Price Is Right allegations (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-price-is-right-brandi-cochran-1235035652/) will cast.
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Yes. I'm still upset Art Fleming didn't get the 84 revival
IIRC, Art was offered the '84 revival and turned it down. He didn't like the electronic look of the set. That led to Alex being offered the job.
As Fred Wostbrock told it to me, Art wasn't even offered the 1984 version because, rightly or wrongly, the blame was laid partly on him for the failure of the 1978 run.
This makes sense, even though there were quotes from Art that indicated otherwise. Trebek hosted both pilots in 1983.
By 1984, Art was 60 years old. Even though that's roughly the same age as Bob Barker, Monty Hall, Peter Marshall, and Tom Kennedy, Art definitely looked his age. His weight had also varied throughout his career; I believe a 1974 TV Guide article noted he'd dropped some weight to get down to 230, but he was definitely heavier for the 1978-79 Jeopardy! run and for his cameo in Airplane II.
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNThlMjUzOWUtOWI2Yy00N2ViLTk0MDEtODJhNWY0MmZmZDQ5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg)
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Yes. I'm still upset Art Fleming didn't get the 84 revival
IIRC, Art was offered the '84 revival and turned it down. He didn't like the electronic look of the set. That led to Alex being offered the job.
As Fred Wostbrock told it to me, Art wasn't even offered the 1984 version because, rightly or wrongly, the blame was laid partly on him for the failure of the 1978 run.
Interesting. Wink's Youtube channel has an interview with Art Fleming done by Bob Costas where he says he was asked to do the show "a number of years ago". He goes on to offer up some criticisms of Alex's version.
This discussion starts at about the 2:50 mark:
https://youtu.be/8E26Mz6o2oY
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Roger Dobkowitz said on FB that he thinks the news might be nothing more than something to get a reaction... doesn't mean Mike isn't being considered, but when it was announced that Rosie O'Donnell was in negotiations for TPIR, fan reaction was not favorable, and plans to do a runthrough with her were scrapped.
It might be that we get a wild card surprise like we did with Drew and TPIR, but of course I hope not. Ken might still be in the running.
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And coming out of left field... https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeopardy-set-to-announce-mayim-bialik-and-mike-richards-splitting-host-duties
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And coming out of left field... https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeopardy-set-to-announce-mayim-bialik-and-mike-richards-splitting-host-duties
Maybe they wanted Mayim full time but she couldn’t commit because of her Call Me Kat responsibility….otherwise why do this?
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And coming out of left field... https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeopardy-set-to-announce-mayim-bialik-and-mike-richards-splitting-host-duties
Me: Man, could the production team have screwed up the Jeopardy! host announcement more royally?
Sony: hold my beer
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The Washington Post has weighed in with their opinions (top choice: Jennings, Cohen, Burton, and Couric?).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/08/11/jeopardy-guest-hosts-ranked/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/08/11/jeopardy-guest-hosts-ranked/)
There's also an unscientific poll linked to the story if you're inclined to vote (you can only vote once). Leaders at this writing: Burton, Bialik, Jennings, Cohen.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/jeopardy-guest-hosts/2165fd2b-4668-4047-b5e0-1bdace579021_poll.html (https://www.washingtonpost.com/jeopardy-guest-hosts/2165fd2b-4668-4047-b5e0-1bdace579021_poll.html)
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And in a separate announcement, the College Championship will air on ABC in prime time in 2022….
https://tvline.com/2021/08/11/jeopardy-college-championship-2022-abc-date-primetime/
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And coming out of left field... https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeopardy-set-to-announce-mayim-bialik-and-mike-richards-splitting-host-duties
That ain’t left field. That’s center field at the Polo Grounds.
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And in a separate announcement, the College Championship will air on ABC in prime time in 2022….
https://tvline.com/2021/08/11/jeopardy-college-championship-2022-abc-date-primetime/
Given the wording ("each of the winning students"), it sounds as if J! is going to try that "college team format" that was announced prior to the pandemic ...
https://www.jeopardy.com/be-on-j/national-college-championship
JD
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Per Variety, it's now official ...
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-mayim-bialik-1235039354/
One tidbit of note ... apparently Sony will work on a "Jeopardy spinoff game show" hosted by Bialik.
JD
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Per Variety, it's now official ...
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-mayim-bialik-1235039354/
One tidbit of note ... apparently Sony will work on a "Jeopardy spinoff game show" hosted by Bialik.
JD
How the heck can you spin off Jeopardy? If they say they’re going to reverse the process from A&Q to Q&A, I give up…
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How the heck can you spin off Jeopardy? If they say they’re going to reverse the process from A&Q to Q&A, I give up…
No, they're going to have prime-time spin-off series and tournaments on ABC, like the Team College Championship that they were casting for before COVID hit. There was also talk of a prime-time Celebrity Jeopardy! run to go with Celebrity WOF.
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How the heck can you spin off Jeopardy? If they say they’re going to reverse the process from A&Q to Q&A, I give up…
Same way they've done it before...different contestants or more specific subjects. She could definitely do high profile tournaments, celebrity editions, maybe even a run at College Bowl. I'd love to see a scientists tournament. Or one that's more focused on pop culture. Anything is possible.
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How the heck can you spin off Jeopardy? If they say they’re going to reverse the process from A&Q to Q&A, I give up…
There have already been several spinoffs of Jeopardy hosted by people other than Alex.
You must not know much about game shows.
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This is why I didn’t jump the gun here—I completely forgot about the versions for kids, music fans or sports nuts.
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I'm surprised that Richards didn't wait for Wheel of Fortune to become available, as that show might be more in his wheelhouse. Or maybe he's planning on hosting both shows when the time comes?
In any event, poor decisions on Sony's part. Typical corporate choices, going with mostly safe and then some "celebrity." The brand goes down in my eyes; I'll watch from time to time, but not with the enthusiasm I might have had had they gone in a different direction.
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This is why I didn’t jump the gun here—I completely forgot about the versions for kids, music fans or sports nuts.
I stand corrected- I was thinking spinoff in the "take one part of a show and make it the show" ala Family Feud being a spinoff of sorts from Match Game's Audience Match...
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This is why I didn’t jump the gun here—I completely forgot about the versions for kids, music fans or sports nuts.
So JEP! IS GONNA BE NEW! N...naaaaaaaaaaaah....
As I feared, there are still people going "there" as far as why Burton wasn't chosen. Look, there were guest hosts from all walks of life who did not get the job either in favor of the guy already on J!'s staff.
(And right now is a great time for diverse hosting in the genre...you have Michael Strahan and Wayne Brady, who are at the helm of two of my favorite game revivals in general. And one of which I got to be part of this past winter. Steve Harvey...well I am not a fan of the content Family Feud now has, but he's made the show a big hit in syndication. Elizabeth Banks is doing a competent job in Peter Tomarken's shoes too)
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As I feared, there are still people going "there" as far as why Burton wasn't chosen.
The only person on this board I see going there is you. The rest of us knew from the jump that it was basically Mike's job to lose.
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As I feared, there are still people going "there" as far as why Burton wasn't chosen.
The only person on this board I see going there is you. The rest of us knew from the jump that it was basically Mike's job to lose.
I don’t think he’s simply referring to here.
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As I feared, there are still people going "there" as far as why Burton wasn't chosen.
The only person on this board I see going there is you. The rest of us knew from the jump that it was basically Mike's job to lose.
The world is bigger than this board, sir. And plenty are saying it.
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And coming out of left field... https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeopardy-set-to-announce-mayim-bialik-and-mike-richards-splitting-host-duties
Maybe they wanted Mayim full time but she couldn’t commit because of her Call Me Kat responsibility….otherwise why do this?
That’s what I was thinking.
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And coming out of left field... https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeopardy-set-to-announce-mayim-bialik-and-mike-richards-splitting-host-duties
Maybe they wanted Mayim full time but she couldn’t commit because of her Call Me Kat responsibility….otherwise why do this?
That’s what I was thinking.
It's possible. Call Me Kat started shooting before Trebek died; it was renewed before Bialik's Jeopardy! episodes put her in the hosting conversation. But it didn't get great ratings or reviews, and it has a new showrunner for season 2, which is not a good sign.
I think Bialik's inclusion in the hosting "group" is more a backup plan in case Mike Richards blows up in Sony's face, but Call Me Kat may not last either.
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Disappointment registered by CNN commentator: https://apple.news/ARQp3GO5BSQSsfNoKSZ9n6A (https://apple.news/ARQp3GO5BSQSsfNoKSZ9n6A)
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As I feared, there are still people going "there" as far as why Burton wasn't chosen.
The only person on this board I see going there is you. The rest of us knew from the jump that it was basically Mike's job to lose.
The world is bigger than this board, sir. And plenty are saying it.
Indeed.
Though I don't begrudge, and totally understand, if you want to ignore social media.
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How the heck can you spin off Jeopardy? If they say they’re going to reverse the process from A&Q to Q&A, I give up…
Same way they've done it before...different contestants or more specific subjects. She could definitely do high profile tournaments, celebrity editions, maybe even a run at College Bowl. I'd love to see a scientists tournament. Or one that's more focused on pop culture. Anything is possible.
This. I could definitely see them doing very segmented tournaments or exhibition games (like Rock and Roll or Sports Jeopardy) that don't have a direct bid to the ToC.
I think this new National College Championship is supposed to be the run at College Bowl- seems weird that they're tinkering with that tournament the way they are.
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I'm surprised that Richards didn't wait for Wheel of Fortune to become available, as that show might be more in his wheelhouse. Or maybe he's planning on hosting both shows when the time comes?
In any event, poor decisions on Sony's part. Typical corporate choices, going with mostly safe and then some "celebrity." The brand goes down in my eyes; I'll watch from time to time, but not with the enthusiasm I might have had had they gone in a different direction.
Maybe Mike will host Wheel when Pat/Vanna retires and Bialik will host Jeopardy full time.
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I'm surprised that Richards didn't wait for Wheel of Fortune to become available, as that show might be more in his wheelhouse. Or maybe he's planning on hosting both shows when the time comes?
In any event, poor decisions on Sony's part. Typical corporate choices, going with mostly safe and then some "celebrity." The brand goes down in my eyes; I'll watch from time to time, but not with the enthusiasm I might have had had they gone in a different direction.
Maybe Mike will host Wheel when Pat/Vanna retires and Bialik will host Jeopardy full time.
. I would think Mike would want to host WOF and J! simultaneously.
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I'm surprised that Richards didn't wait for Wheel of Fortune to become available, as that show might be more in his wheelhouse. Or maybe he's planning on hosting both shows when the time comes?
In any event, poor decisions on Sony's part. Typical corporate choices, going with mostly safe and then some "celebrity." The brand goes down in my eyes; I'll watch from time to time, but not with the enthusiasm I might have had had they gone in a different direction.
Maybe Mike will host Wheel when Pat/Vanna retires and Bialik will host Jeopardy full time.
. I would think Mike would want to host WOF and J! simultaneously.
No issue there. 2 studios share 1 control room, so both shows are on staggered taping schedules
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Adding more fuel to the fire- some comments on an old podcast he did in 2013-14..
https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/18/22631299/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-search-process-past-comments
from the article= "A source from Sony says that the studio was unaware of the podcast’s existence or the episodes’ removal until being notified by The Ringer." (You'd think they would have gone over everything with a fine-toothed comb before they made the final decision....and they're starting taping for the new season Thursday 8/19, so if they're having second thoughts they have to make a decision immediately)
Edit- now the AV Club is saying he should step down:
https://www.avclub.com/mike-richards-should-step-down-as-upcoming-jeopardy-ho-1847513700
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Seems Mayim isn't free from controversy either:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeopardy-host-mayim-bialiks-ugly-history-of-shaming-weinsteins-victims-and-being-an-anti-vaxxer
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Honestly, I don't think Sony has a choice but to ride this out, at least through the season. I'm sure today was a very awkward day on set for Mike, especially after he just had to issue a statement to Jeopardy staff less than a month ago.
While I don't think this is a decision that should have ever been based on the will of the people, there were so many choices that would have ranged from "perfect fit" to "they'll do" that this is looking more like the "Biff Tannen's Pleasure Palace" timeline for Jeopardy.
Kinda feel bad for Harry Friedman, who's had to sit at home and watch while The Gilded Lady crashed into the rocks.
That's enough movie references for now.
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Sounds like Mike's run may be over before it even starts. Variety (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/jeopardy-mike-richards-host-producer-podcast-1235044209/)
[M]ultiple sources close to the situation say the discovery of offensive remarks from the podcast has sparked grave concern within the studio about whether Richards’ public image may already be too damaged for him to be the face of the beloved quiz show. There’s little doubt that Sony Pictures is starting to consider alternative scenarios for the host slot even as Richards begins taping new episodes this week.
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Sounds like Mike's run may be over before it even starts. Variety (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/jeopardy-mike-richards-host-producer-podcast-1235044209/)
[M]ultiple sources close to the situation say the discovery of offensive remarks from the podcast has sparked grave concern within the studio about whether Richards’ public image may already be too damaged for him to be the face of the beloved quiz show. There’s little doubt that Sony Pictures is starting to consider alternative scenarios for the host slot even as Richards begins taping new episodes this week.
Sounds like Sony's only options at this point are either give Ken the job and just schedule the tapings around The Chase or pay off a lot of money to others to get Mayim released from her sitcom duties.
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If Richards gets pulled as host…
Does he also lose the EP job for both shows?
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Does he also lose the EP job for both shows?
If it were any company other than Sony, I'd say yes, no questions asked. But nothing would surprise me with those guys anymore.
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Historically speaking when people who've been accused of the things that Mike has been accused/proven of doing/saying lose their figurehead position but not their actual power, they then use that power to sabotage their replacement and/or their accusers.
The figure presented in the accusations, legal history, and known oral history at past shows would absolutely 1000% deliberately sabotage Jeopardy were he to remain as producer but be ousted as host.
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Sounds like Mike's run may be over before it even starts.
Remember what happened to Billy Bush?
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Sounds like Mike's run may be over before it even starts.
Remember what happened to Billy Bush?
Per Variety, the same thing will happen here.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-fired-1235045394/ (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-fired-1235045394/)
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If he has already taped some shows, I'll be interested to see how they handle that.
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If he has already taped some shows, I'll be interested to see how they handle that.
Yeah- I don't know if they can really trash them without causing issues, but at the most they did 5 eps...
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Probably just have Johnny introduce him as the guest host and remove any comments he made about being the permanent one.
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What does Sony have to gain by keeping him as EP, rather than just cutting all ties with him?
Seems at this point he’s too damaged to stay, too toxic, and not worth the headache.
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The only choice now is Levar Burton.
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What does Sony have to gain by keeping him as EP, rather than just cutting all ties with him?
Seems at this point he’s too damaged to stay, too toxic, and not worth the headache.
Press reports say he "stepped down". That's Hollywoodspeak for "booted out on his ass".
If his time at TPIR is any guide, he seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
If I were Sony I'd dump him. Both shows are well-enough established that they really don't need him IMO.
His lifelong dream of being a game-show emcee has come crashing down in flames like the Hindenburg, probably permanently. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
He could always produce porn films in Encino pseudonymously. That's more his speed.
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Probably just have Johnny introduce him as the guest host and remove any comments he made about being the permanent one.
Honestly, this has been such a public matter that I think they just air them as is. Most people are going to know that what they're seeing won't last. I could imagine comments about him being the permanent host are intertwined with mentions of the new season starting and it could be clunky to edit those out.
But the episodes have to air given where things were at the end of the season.
What a mess.
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So the Anti-Defamation League called for an investigation.
Does Sony think that’s going to go away by removing him as host, but keeping him as EP?
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Interesting they do this after Richards first taping day. Maybe yesterday didn't go so well?
From the standpoint of "talent," I think Mike Richards would have been in way over his head as the permanent Jeopardy host. He has neither the voice nor the gravitas. He should have waited for Wheel of Fortune to become available.
I would love to see them split hosting duties between Buzzy and Ken. With Sony though, they're probably looking more for a "celebrity" with much better name recognition among casual focus groups.
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What does Sony have to gain by keeping him as EP, rather than just cutting all ties with him?
Stu Shostak brought up a good point on one of his Facebook threads from today. Stu posits that he's likely on his way out via a buyout as EP as well, once they find a replacement to fill the role.
I don't know how he could stay on as EP, especially since the excellent Ringer article that details how he manipulated every aspect of the host selection process.
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I would wonder if Mike has some short monologue at the beginning of the first episode he taped. Seems entirely possible, and something that would have to be edited out to save face for everyone.
I was in the middle of a move when LaVar Burton's episodes aired, and the worst that I heard was that he was a little wobbly. My recollection was that Alex was that way in the early episodes as well. In LaVar's case, he only had one taping day, and stuffed into the most ratings-challenged week of the year. I've always felt LaVar could at least be a good transition host for a few years to maintain the gravitas Alex brought to the show.
Mike really blew his real chance, which is to host Wheel after Pat retires. He would have been more suitable as Mr. Game Show there. In an alternate universe, he would still have to address things from the past, but it's unlikely that it would have really scuttled his chances, and there likely would not have been this level of scrutiny (unearthing old podcasts, for one) for that job. That said, how do you not disappear that podcast!
Although it is not the be-all end-all, it is amazing how within a year of assuming control of an American institution that he managed to royally piss of loyal fans. Twice.
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So the Anti-Defamation League called for an investigation.
Does Sony think that’s going to go away by removing him as host, but keeping him as EP?
He still has to deal with the women who work on the two shows he runs. They are going view him less than favorably now.
Dude has a problem with women.
I can think of one show where the producer was booted upstairs to the position of "executive producer" under similar circumstances. Said producer was not allowed in the studio and the show was produced in the studio by subordinates.
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The Sony execs were "surprised" to learn about the podcast stuff- probably the same way Captain Renault was shocked to find gambling at Rick's...
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The Sony execs were "surprised" to learn about the podcast stuff- probably the same way Captain Renault was shocked to find gambling at Rick's...
How could they not know about the lawsuits against TPIR? Word gets around town.
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He could always produce porn films in Encino pseudonymously. That's more his speed.
Then he runs into lawsuits by the ghosts of Gene & Brett
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Probably just have Johnny introduce him as the guest host and remove any comments he made about being the permanent one.
Honestly, this has been such a public matter that I think they just air them as is. Most people are going to know that what they're seeing won't last.
I disagree. As complicated as it may be, I think they edit his entire week of show's from yesterday (presuming they made it through all 5 episodes) and throw in one of the other guest hosts (easy to use Mayim, since she's already been announced as a confirmed host). You can't have him host one week of shows and then disappear, even after all of this mess. Not everyone understands the taping schedule weeks in advance. So after all of today's dust settles, he still pops up on the screen as the host -- won't go over well at all.
What a mess.
That I agree with.
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Probably just have Johnny introduce him as the guest host and remove any comments he made about being the permanent one.
Honestly, this has been such a public matter that I think they just air them as is. Most people are going to know that what they're seeing won't last.
I disagree. As complicated as it may be, I think they edit his entire week of show's from yesterday (presuming they made it through all 5 episodes) and throw in one of the other guest hosts (easy to use Mayim, since she's already been announced as a confirmed host). You can't have him host one week of shows and then disappear, even after all of this mess. Not everyone understands the taping schedule weeks in advance. So after all of today's dust settles, he still pops up on the screen as the host -- won't go over well at all.
What a mess.
That I agree with.
I think you are suggesting editing a new host into the episodes just taped, my guess is that editing would make Henry Cavill's mustache removal look like a masterpiece of editing.
If the same champion won all five, I wonder if sony is considering just trashing the whole week and pretending they never happened
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One litmus test on Richards' relationship with Sony in the near-term might be whether (or how quickly) GSN pulls reruns of The Pyramid and Divided from its air schedule.
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If Mikey's shows were pulled, there is the issue of whether the contestants would be paid their prize money because those shows didn't air. In addition, if they wound up with a new champion at the end of Mikey's one and only taping, they would have to explain a new champion coming into the mix with no prior game play. Also, it would cost them money to replace the shows for which they have already paid for studio and production facilities.
The Mike Richards donnybrook is headlines now. The public knows all about it; there's no secret to keep. So just air Mikey's 5 or whatever shows from yesterday and edit out any remarks to the effect of, "Hi, I'm Mike Richards and I'm glad I hired myself as your new permanent host on Jeopardy!
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The Mike Richards donnybrook is headlines now. The public knows all about it; there's no secret to keep. So just air Mikey's 5 or whatever shows from yesterday and edit out any remarks to the effect of, "Hi, I'm Mike Richards and I'm glad I hired myself as your new permanent host on Jeopardy!
This makes the most sense, and redo Johnny's announcement to call him the executive producer rather than the host.
Assuming Matt's still the champ by Friday of the first week, who knows how many hosts he'll have played under by the end.
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Reading the updated NY Times story, it sounds like yesterday's tape date, with its staff revolts and the banishing of Ken and Buzzy to the green room as Mike taped, might have been a tipping point.
www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/business/mike-richards-quits-jeopardy.amp.html
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Reading the updated NY Times story, it sounds like yesterday's tape date, with its staff revolts and the banishing of Ken and Buzzy to the green room as Mike taped, might have been a tipping point.
www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/business/mike-richards-quits-jeopardy.amp.html
As an aside from the article- at least Sony did one nice thing in all this mess; they renamed the studio where J! tapes in Alex's honor before they started yesterday..
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Not to glorify him, but this has turned up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoQpiQYESgE
(forgive me if this isn't a new thing...)
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I can think of one show where the producer was booted upstairs to the position of "executive producer" under similar circumstances. Said producer was not allowed in the studio and the show was produced in the studio by subordinates.
Just curious, Howard Felsher?
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I say go with Vin Scully as a temporary fill-in, then Ken Jennings permanently.
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Not to glorify him, but this has turned up:
(forgive me if this isn't a new thing...)
Thanks for posting this. I was going to post today if we would ever see his Price audition surface.
All I can say is he was very robotic.
Maybe some of the others will turn up at some point
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I say go with Vin Scully as a temporary fill-in, then Ken Jennings permanently.
Ken carries some on-line baggage but has apologized, but it still could be dredged up. Have not seen Vin lately, but I would think he would look too old.
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I can think of one show where the producer was booted upstairs to the position of "executive producer" under similar circumstances. Said producer was not allowed in the studio and the show was produced in the studio by subordinates.
Just curious, Howard Felsher?
Good guess but incorrect. That's all the information I'm going to divulge publicly, sorry.
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I say go with Vin Scully as a temporary fill-in, then Ken Jennings permanently.
Vin Scully is 93 years old and retired. Not happening.
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Not to glorify him, but this has turned up:
To be perfectly honest, he wasn't polished enough to replace Barker but he's light years better than Droofus McGoofus who, it is reported, showed up for rehearsal without having bothered to learn his lines.
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Not impressed with Richards on Pyramid, less impressed with him on the Price audition. Lot of fakeness showing through. That said (and going without saying), Sony needs to finish the job and get a new EP in there. I'm not at home with the fact that a host who got axed for inappropriate comments can still keep his job as a producer. Just because we can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there. Jeopardy! deserves integrity on both sides of the camera.
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Not impressed with Richards on Pyramid, less impressed with him on the Price audition. Lot of fakeness showing through. That said (and going without saying), Sony needs to finish the job and get a new EP in there. I'm not at home with the fact that a host who got axed for inappropriate comments can still keep his job as a producer. Just because we can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there. Jeopardy! deserves integrity on both sides of the camera.
It would not shock me at all if the next workday (Monday) Mike scans his access badge at the Sony lot and his access is denied. The next time he sees the inside of those studios is with the escort of security guards and his lawyer to clear off his desk. From that NYT article, the employees don't want him around and will breathe a sigh of relief to learn he's not the EP anymore.
/Why do you need to hire from the outside when you promote a long time producer to the EP title.
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Less than 24 hours later, Mr. Richards had quit his hosting gig
Ahrrrrrrmmmmm. Ahemmmm rmmm rmmmm.
Sorry, I had to clear my throat; I've got a frog in it.
How long before Mikey decides it's time to "pursue other career options", the euphemism they use when someone is given the axe.
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Rich Fields just posted his feelings on the subject on FB, and he didn't mince words. Glad people are speaking up, but why is it taking so long for all of this to come out?
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Rich Fields just posted his feelings on the subject on FB, and he didn't mince words. Glad people are speaking up, but why is it taking so long for all of this to come out?
That same question can be perpetually asked whenever we hear about someone speaking up after no longer feeling intimidated to do so.
The first one speaks up and breaks through that seal, the rest fall into place, the offender stops evading accountability. Simple.
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When the story broke this morning that Richards would no longer be hosting J!, so many thoughts were swirling around...
Whatever one may think about his podcasts and degrading comments toward women, just the fact that he had a hand as the EP in picking the eventual host (I will never buy anyone saying he "took himself out of the selection process") smelled a bit fishy. I thought this even when the auditions were going on, but also figured that this whole guest host exercise was really just a "try some people out, then pick Ken anyway, like everyone expects".
That said, I did think he was a competent host and actually gave him a "STRONG" rating in my original list. He wasn't my top choice, but he was also the only one on the list that had actual game show hosting experience. What was surprising looking back, though, is that even with that experience, he was barely anyone's strongest candidate.
So, all in all, I'm fine that Richards is no longer the host. Let's let those that only got a week to host have a second week if they would like. Let Ken and Buzzy maybe get a couple more weeks each. Maybe there's someone else that wants to audition. All I ask is two things:
1. Pick a host that will be a competent host that lets the game and the contestants shine. If the person will outshine the game or the contestants (ahem Aaron Rodgers), that's a bad choice.
2. Don't pick a host simply because Twitter wants that person to host if there are better candidates. Sorry, LeVar Burton, I loved you in Star Trek, but I didn't love you as a Jeopardy host (too wooden).
At the very least, I'm glad that my top choice did get the hosting gig (Mayim Bialik). Though, social media is already starting on her with the anti-vax stuff (she has clarified this) and the fact that she hawks that Neuriva supplement, all while conveniently forgetting Alex hawked Colonial Penn...
Anthony
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I hope that Ken gets it, but I'd love to see Mark L. Walberg given a chance. He's expressed interest on his Twitter feed, but it hasn't really gotten any traction.
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Seconded for Mark L Walberg. Spectrum 1 NY news reporter Pat Kiernan also expressed an interest in the job, but he never got the chance to audition.
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That said, I did think he was a competent host and actually gave him a "STRONG" rating in my original list. He wasn't my top choice, but he was also the only one on the list that had actual game show hosting experience. What was surprising looking back, though, is that even with that experience, he was barely anyone's strongest candidate.
Richards actually ranked really highly for me, in my mind, as the ideal host for Jeopardy. He had a good audition, he was low-key and didn't overshadow the contestants, and just isn't all that well known by the general public. If he was not the executive producer of the show and rigging things in his favor (in my opinion, probably the biggest sin of this whole incident), I'd be pissed at his resignation.
Instead, he is and will always be "Mikey" from TPIR, and I'm glad to see karma bite him in the ass.
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I hope that Ken gets it, but I'd love to see Mark L. Walberg given a chance. He's expressed interest on his Twitter feed, but it hasn't really gotten any traction.
A HOST?!! Pish posh, what movies and TV shows did he ever star in?
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Rich Fields just posted his feelings on the subject on FB, and he didn't mince words. Glad people are speaking up, but why is it taking so long for all of this to come out?
That same question can be perpetually asked whenever we hear about someone speaking up after no longer feeling intimidated to do so.
The first one speaks up and breaks through that seal, the rest fall into place, the offender stops evading accountability. Simple.
Unfortunately, people do things when it's trendy and other people are doing it. Even standing up to bullies.
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This turn of events gives Sony a chance to audition Laura Coates and Alex Faust, whom Trebek had mentioned as his suggestions.
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Rich Fields just posted his feelings on the subject on FB, and he didn't mince words. Glad people are speaking up, but why is it taking so long for all of this to come out?
That same question can be perpetually asked whenever we hear about someone speaking up after no longer feeling intimidated to do so.
The first one speaks up and breaks through that seal, the rest fall into place, the offender stops evading accountability. Simple.
Unfortunately, people do things when it's trendy and other people are doing it. Even standing up to bullies.
I also think it's worth pointing out that they'd come out and speak their peace now because uncovered facts suddenly lend credibility to their stories.
If Roger and Rich had said anything about Mike prior to all this information coming out about him, they'd probably be dismissed as bitter ex-employees. One the predecessor and one fired by him to go in a new direction. In fact, I'm pretty sure they have both been dismissed that way in the past. Now they have other people that don't like Mike saying things and it's more plausible that those bitter ravings have some truth to them.
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Not to glorify him, but this has turned up:
To be perfectly honest, he wasn't polished enough to replace Barker but he's light years better than Droofus McGoofus who, it is reported, showed up for rehearsal without having bothered to learn his lines.
Objectively speaking, there's no way that Mike even looks on par with Drew. He has absolutely no personality, looks uncomfortable, and I have to agree with Roger that this looks like a college kid's interpretation of hosting a game show.
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In hindsight even without this host mess, Sony was better off with Trebek retiring and doing a host transition.
I never understood why Trebek kept going while in so much pain. He had enough money, so I doubt that’s it. And I know he enjoyed doing the show. But sometimes, you just have to walk away gracefully.
It came across to me as he wouldn’t voluntary give up the show unless you pried it from his hands.
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I never understood why Trebek kept going while in so much pain.
I believe he said on more than one occasion that hosting Jeopardy! was one of the few "normal" things left in his life, and it did wonders for his mental health even as his physical health started to deteriorate more and more.
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I never understood why Trebek kept going while in so much pain.
I believe he said on more than one occasion that hosting Jeopardy! was one of the few "normal" things left in his life, and it did wonders for his mental health even as his physical health started to deteriorate more and more.
This. I have seen this up close and personal from people w terminal diseases. It keeps them alive.
That said, how Sony didn't have a successor lined up before hand is just absolutely silly. They should have held Anderson Cooper to a holding deal years ago and been done with it.
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They should have held Anderson Cooper to a holding deal years ago and been done with it.
Agreed, BUT for the Trump presidency. I think a much larger swath of the game-show-viewing audience is Republican than many of us would like to believe, and their rejection of "teh LIBRUL m3dia!" since 2016 all but doomed any news personality from being seen as a credible successor.
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That rejection was long before 2016.
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That said, how Sony didn't have a successor lined up before hand is just absolutely silly.
I think they did and I think they let Mike talk them out of it.
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https://deadline.com/2021/08/jeopardy-mayim-bialik-fill-in-host-of-syndicated-show-mike-richards-exit-1234820114/
Sony's current plans:
-Mike's 5 taped episodes will air (I don't think they really had a choice about this)
-Mayim Bialik will then do three weeks of shows, then the plan is to go back to guest hosts.
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I thought Mayim was a weak host, humorless, self-absorbed, with a number of annoying habits, like chuckling almost every time a contestant got a question right.
I would rather have seen Ken or Buzzy host. It is funny though, probably one of the reasons Ken and Buzzy even got the chance to host was Mike's desire to keep the guest host pool weak, so that he, Mike, would stand out even more.
Even though they did well, I think there's little chance that Ken or Buzzy will get the permanent host gig. Sony is going to go for a "celeb" with a little more name recognition among the masses. Sony is completely in the driver's seat, more concerned with optics than quality.
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I hope that Ken gets it, but I'd love to see Mark L. Walberg given a chance. He's expressed interest on his Twitter feed, but it hasn't really gotten any traction.
I, too, would've liked to have seen Walberg get a chance at guest-hosting! I remember him moderating the high school quiz program, "Star Challenge" on cable years ago, and thought he was good at that. Just a couple of years ago, he hosted "The Price is Right--Live" show here in my area of Detroit, and he did well with that. I'd like to see him get a shot in the meantime.
Did the episodes with Richards hosting feature any major set changes?
Does anybody know whatever became of MARK Richards, whom I recall hosted "test" games w/potential contestants years ago. He ran a business where he would train wannabe contestants to reach their dream. IIRC, if anybody he trained made it onto a game show, Mark Richards would expect the contestant to pay a certain percentage of his/her winnings to him.
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Allegedly, the word at Sony Pictures Studios is that Ken is the current odds-on favorite.
https://news.yahoo.com/jeopardy-host-gig-reportedly-now-122320845.html
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And the Mike Richards apology tour has started-
https://deadline.com/2021/08/mike-richards-apologizes-jeopardy-staff-virtual-meeting-ravi-ahuja-sony-1234820439/
(The article says there were several staff people who thought he was going to quit as J! EP during the meeting but didn’t…I think it’s just a matter of time.)
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-Mike's 5 taped episodes will air (I don't think they really had a choice about this)
From what standpoint wouldn't they have a choice? I know it's substantially cheaper and easier to just edit out any references to Mike being permanent host, but I don't figure that either the logistics of getting the episodes out to stations or contestant agreements would stand in Sony's way if they wanted to disappear those episodes down the memory hole and bringing the challengers back later in the season. About the only thing that I could see being a major issue is if Matt Amodio's streak was broken and they got accused of playing favorites by giving him another chance.
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What they could do is overdub Mike with Mayim and recreate the show, excepting the contestant shots.
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What they could do is overdub Mike with Mayim and recreate the show, excepting the contestant shots.
Yeah no, I don't really want Jeopardy to have the same quality of editing as an Ed Wood movie.
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What they could do is overdub Mike with Mayim and recreate the show, excepting the contestant shots.
Yeah no, I don't really want Jeopardy to have the same quality of editing as an Ed Wood movie.
I'm not saying it would be a good idea, but they have kind of done something like this before -- several years ago, Alex had a bad cold, and they had him redo all the clues in post but left things like his entrances and the contestant interviews alone. The difference between his original audio and the edits was very noticeable, but that didn't stop them from doing it.
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Even though they did well, I think there's little chance that Ken or Buzzy will get the permanent host gig. Sony is going to go for a "celeb" with a little more name recognition among the masses. Sony is completely in the driver's seat, more concerned with optics than quality.
While Ken isn't a massive celebrity, he is a pretty big celebrity in the context of Jeopardy. The people that are fans or have an opinion about this position more than likely have a pretty good recognition with who Ken is. I don't think Sony's problem with Mike was that he was some no name to the general public (virtually a blip compared to Ken), but that he was a poorly vetted, conflict-of-interest-riddled choice.
-Mike's 5 taped episodes will air (I don't think they really had a choice about this)
From what standpoint wouldn't they have a choice? I know it's substantially cheaper and easier to just edit out any references to Mike being permanent host, but I don't figure that either the logistics of getting the episodes out to stations or contestant agreements would stand in Sony's way if they wanted to disappear those episodes down the memory hole and bringing the challengers back later in the season. About the only thing that I could see being a major issue is if Matt Amodio's streak was broken and they got accused of playing favorites by giving him another chance.
I mean, I think that's it. Matt has to be the biggest thing. There's no clean way to handle that. Even if his streak isn't broken in the first week, it's very hard to continue winning games of Jeopardy and it wouldn't be fair to Matt if he loses somewhere else along the way and his streak and place among total winnings are shorted by five shows that never aired.
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What they could do is overdub Mike with Mayim and recreate the show, excepting the contestant shots.
Yeah no, I don't really want Jeopardy to have the same quality of editing as an Ed Wood movie.
I'm not saying it would be a good idea, but they have kind of done something like this before -- several years ago, Alex had a bad cold, and they had him redo all the clues in post but left things like his entrances and the contestant interviews alone. The difference between his original audio and the edits was very noticeable, but that didn't stop them from doing it.
Didn't they also do something similar for an April Fools' episode a few years back, with various hosts at the podium throughout the episode? Surely they weren't switching out after every question, right?
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Didn't they also do something similar for an April Fools' episode a few years back, with various hosts at the podium throughout the episode? Surely they weren't switching out after every question, right?
Yeah, around 2010 or so...Neil Patrick Harris and Jeff Probst made cameos. I'm surprised neither of those two were considered, although Jeff has Survivor.
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What they could do is overdub Mike with Mayim and recreate the show, excepting the contestant shots.
Not worth the effort and expense. Just air the dang shows. I assume he didn't call any of the female contestants a "booth slut" or other epithet during his five shows.
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What they could do is overdub Mike with Mayim and recreate the show, excepting the contestant shots.
Not worth the effort and expense. Just air the dang shows. I assume he didn't call any of the female contestants a "booth slut" or other epithet during his five shows.
Agreed, but Sony did that with the movie "All the Money in the World" replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer after the film had been completed. Movies and TV, of course are different animals.
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If Mike did some big speech at the top of the show about how honored he is to be selected as the new permanent host, cut that (and leave in more of the contestant interviews!). Edit "the nnnnneeeeewwwww host" from the intro, if Johnny did that. Otherwise, run the shows. Everybody who's been following the story even a little knows what happened; no clean way to hide it.
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Joe Buck seems to be doing well: https://tvnewscheck.com/top-news/programming/article/jeopardy-scores-with-joe-buck-on-the-mound/
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Joe Buck seems to be doing well: https://tvnewscheck.com/top-news/programming/article/jeopardy-scores-with-joe-buck-on-the-mound/
I'm not the biggest fan of him as a commentator (he's grown on me over the years), but I thought he did pretty well behind the podium. That said, I doubt he leaves the NFL or MLB booth anytime soon.
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David Faber said he would take the job full time if offered. I enjoyed his week of shows
https://www.newsweek.com/jeopardy-host-david-faber-says-hed-take-job-full-time-if-he-was-offered-it-1616807 (https://www.newsweek.com/jeopardy-host-david-faber-says-hed-take-job-full-time-if-he-was-offered-it-1616807)
Fixed broken link. -knagl
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Seconded for Mark L Walberg. Spectrum 1 NY news reporter Pat Kiernan also expressed an interest in the job, but he never got the chance to audition.
i think i figured out why pat keirnan wont get the gig, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ny1-news-lawsuit.html (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ny1-news-lawsuit.html)
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David Faber said he would take the job full time if offered. I enjoyed his week of shows
[url]https://www.newsweek.com/jeopardy-host-david-faber-says-hed-take-job-full-time-if-he-was-offered-it-1616807/url]
If they're clever, they could set up David Faber to do his CNBC stuff remotely from the west coast.
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Joe Buck seems to be doing well: https://tvnewscheck.com/top-news/programming/article/jeopardy-scores-with-joe-buck-on-the-mound/
I'm not the biggest fan of him as a commentator (he's grown on me over the years), but I thought he did pretty well behind the podium. That said, I doubt he leaves the NFL or MLB booth anytime soon.
Not sure why everyone thinks hosting J! would conflict with Buck's PBP duties. I would think they could easily work around that schedule.
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Looks like Mike will hang onto his EP job, albeit on a very short leash, provided he does some "sensitivity training"...
https://kotaku.com/jeopardy-s-mike-richards-is-getting-a-babysitter-instea-1847562858
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Just pay off his contract. He's toast
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In an op-ed for The Washington Post, 11-time winner Arthur Chu weighs in on the whole mess.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/26/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-guest-arthur-chu
The disruption of rotating hosts was jarring enough for a show built on dependability, but the whole celebrity concept betrayed the secret of how “Jeopardy!” captivated us: the fantasy that you or I or anyone else could be the one in the spotlight. Anyone who’s good enough at trivia, even a schlubby nerd from Ohio, could get their turn to write the story of the show. During my streak, there was no question I was the main character, even if it was as the “villain.” Today, Matt Amodio is an 18-day champion and the third-winningest regular-season contestant in “Jeopardy!” history, but his story has taken a backseat to the drama on the host’s side of the stage.
... After the last year we’ve had — after the past five years we’ve had — is it too much to ask that just one beloved American institution not be sabotaged by shortsightedness and ego? In the world of television (and everything else), can we not have one safe space where the expectations stay consistent, everyone does their job and the little people get a chance to shine?
There can still be a place for “Jeopardy!,” so long as it centers on the contestants again, and on its own reliability. It just needs some help getting back there. So let me pass on what one child said to me back when I was playing the villain, a message that might be useful to Richards, or to interloping celebrities, or to anyone else who would steal the spotlight or shake up the show: “Why can’t you just do something else, and leave ‘Jeopardy!’ alone?”
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Past five years? Er? I was with him until that.
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lmao richards has to have a nursemaid following him around on account of his poor impulse control.
just an absolutely fine job all around in this dumpster fire.
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Does Richards have some bombshell information that he’s holding over Sony’s head for them to go through all this extra effort to keep him?
Sony is making it seem like the guy is irreplaceable.
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He's definitely positioning himself as if he has Sony over the barrel. I'm hoping for a surprise reveral of fortune.
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Past five years? Er? I was with him until that.
I think I knows what he means....that line came out of left field, shall we say.
(And yes I do wish for "safe" spaces on the television indeed. Yeah yeah I know, shows always had political jokes and etc. etc.)
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Past five years? Er? I was with him until that.
Made sense to me.
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He's definitely positioning himself as if he has Sony over the barrel. I'm hoping for a surprise reveral of fortune.
completely quasi-related reaction meme, if just for using big wheels in the background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_wEs9x7G3w
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Past five years? Er? I was with him until that.
Made sense to me.
Maybe you could learn a new skill. Perhaps it could be building bridges. You could use those bridges to get over things.
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Past five years? Er? I was with him until that.
Made sense to me.
Maybe you could learn a new skill. Perhaps it could be building bridges. You could use those bridges to get over things.
...says the person who decided to pull three words from a fairly eloquent statement to discredit it.
Perhaps most people would have skated over that statement if you decided not to make a whole thing out of it.
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Maybe you could learn a new skill. Perhaps it could be building bridges. You could use those bridges to get over things.
Yeah, so long as the health and lifestyle of myself and those I care about are in immediate danger as a result of actions taken since 2016, I'm going to go ahead and not get over it, thanks. If it was the usual high-level stuff that doesn't trickle down in any direct way to the populace, maybe you get to be flippant, but when there are masks on my desk because of a disease that won't go away because of shitbirds who would rather squeeze horse dewormer up their ass than get a known-effective vaccine on the say-so of a frozen dinner heir? No. Sit down.
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He's definitely positioning himself as if he has Sony over the barrel. I'm hoping for a surprise reveral of fortune.
completely quasi-related reaction meme, if just for using big wheels in the background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_wEs9x7G3w
*pushes glasses up nose* That's Funky Bridge, used as a prize cue.
/here's my lunch money
//ObThread: get Mike the hell away from Jeopardy! pronto. Whatever it takes.
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shitbirds who would rather squeeze horse dewormer up their ass
This is a serious question: is that how the dewormer is administered, or is it taken orally? I've never had a horse that needed deworming.
I've been vaccinated. Can I stop shoving an ultraviolet light tube up my bum as I drink my Lysol cocktail? (Not a serious question.)
So glad to be retired from a company that touts this shit on its cable network (the network that has over $4 billion in defamation lawsuits pending against it).
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This is a serious question: is that how the dewormer is administered, or is it taken orally? I've never had a horse that needed deworming.
I think the one the rubes are guzzling is the oral dispensation, but I believe there is a cream as well, and I saw something this morning about people asking if they could take it that way if they didn't like the taste. Dunno how serious it was, but we left Poe's Law in the dust way long ago on this one.
I've been vaccinated. Can I stop shoving an ultraviolet light tube up my bum as I drink my Lysol cocktail? (Not a serious question.)
You could, but why WOULD you?
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I've been vaccinated. Can I stop shoving an ultraviolet light tube up my bum as I drink my Lysol cocktail?
You could, but why WOULD you?
Because "Q" told me to? "Q" had a really bad combover and was driving around in a golf cart.
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shitbirds who would rather squeeze horse dewormer up their ass
This is a serious question: is that how the dewormer is administered, or is it taken orally? I've never had a horse that needed deworming.
arguably the horse dewormer has been used for humans, but only for river blindness. and that's not a symptom of covid last i checked.
and considering how many police unions have been railing against vaccine mandates and threatening lawsuits, i'm reminded of the song lyric that "some of those who work forces want the paste that's for horses."
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In another dimension to the story, AV Club is reporting (citing a paywalled Wall Street Journal report) that Ken Jennings is out of the running due to his "problematic tweets."
https://www.avclub.com/ken-jennings-problematic-tweets-reportedly-cost-him-the-1847572290
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jennings’ Twitter account contributed to him losing the job. One 2014 tweet in particular—“Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair”—was widely circulated in the lead-up to Jennings’ stint as Jeopardy! guest host, and also resurfaced when he came to the defense of his Omnibus co-host John Roderick during the latter’s “Bean Dad” fiasco. Jennings issued an apology on social media, but people familiar with the host-selection process told WSJ that Jennings’ image was tarnished by the tweets: Executives at Sony reportedly cooled on Jennings in response to his Twitter activity. The tweets are also said to have impacted focus groups’ reactions to Jennings. “The succession plan started unraveling” from there, the WSJ writes.
Paywalled: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-jeopardy-host-succession-plan-went-sideways-11630065609
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In another dimension to the story, AV Club is reporting (citing a paywalled Wall Street Journal report) that Ken Jennings is out of the running due to his "problematic tweets."
https://www.avclub.com/ken-jennings-problematic-tweets-reportedly-cost-him-the-1847572290
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jennings’ Twitter account contributed to him losing the job. One 2014 tweet in particular—“Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair”—was widely circulated in the lead-up to Jennings’ stint as Jeopardy! guest host, and also resurfaced when he came to the defense of his Omnibus co-host John Roderick during the latter’s “Bean Dad” fiasco. Jennings issued an apology on social media, but people familiar with the host-selection process told WSJ that Jennings’ image was tarnished by the tweets: Executives at Sony reportedly cooled on Jennings in response to his Twitter activity. The tweets are also said to have impacted focus groups’ reactions to Jennings. “The succession plan started unraveling” from there, the WSJ writes.
Paywalled: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-jeopardy-host-succession-plan-went-sideways-11630065609
Well, there go my chances of hosting Jeopardy! (like I ever had a shot).
That leaves David Faber, LeVar Burton and who else? Dr. Oz? Hey, they haven't auditioned Brian Dunkleman. Remember him?
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Let's see, Mark Walberg, Bob Goen, Todd Newton. Up until recently, Chris Harrison would have had a chance.
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Here's a hot take:
https://www.theroot.com/why-steve-harvey-should-be-the-next-jeopardy-host-1847570953
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Here's a hot take:
https://www.theroot.com/why-steve-harvey-should-be-the-next-jeopardy-host-1847570953
SNLesque "Just say PENIS" Category debuts.
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In another dimension to the story, AV Club is reporting (citing a paywalled Wall Street Journal report) that Ken Jennings is out of the running due to his "problematic tweets."
https://www.avclub.com/ken-jennings-problematic-tweets-reportedly-cost-him-the-1847572290
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jennings’ Twitter account contributed to him losing the job. One 2014 tweet in particular—“Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair”—was widely circulated in the lead-up to Jennings’ stint as Jeopardy! guest host, and also resurfaced when he came to the defense of his Omnibus co-host John Roderick during the latter’s “Bean Dad” fiasco. Jennings issued an apology on social media, but people familiar with the host-selection process told WSJ that Jennings’ image was tarnished by the tweets: Executives at Sony reportedly cooled on Jennings in response to his Twitter activity. The tweets are also said to have impacted focus groups’ reactions to Jennings. “The succession plan started unraveling” from there, the WSJ writes.
Wait a minute. So Sony decided to pass on a person who had an old tweet(s) that yes while in bad taste (they never been to an open mic night) did apologize for them months ago for someone who had a LONG SERIES of awful remarks so bad that he got fired after ONE DAY!
You know what Sony, I know what you have to do now. You have to completely remove yourself from the process and basically let the staffs of both Wheel and Jeopardy! run themselves including hiring their next hosts (EDIT: without Mike Richards as part as the decision. The day the staff choose the next host, Mike will have the day off with no communications with the staff). I would love to know the comprising info that Mike Richards has on Sony to not kick the ass (referring to both the body part and Mike Richards himself) out of the EP position. Maybe we should know it, so Sony then has to sell the shows for fear of losing all the profits from both shows.
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Nothing to do with J!,
Now I'm hearing people are eating livestock dewormer on crackers to conceal the disagreeable taste.
Mmm, good cracker! Everything's better when it sits on a Ritz. Even livestock dewormer.
For the love of Charles Darwin, how damn stupid do you have to be ...?
I'm also hearing that the dewormer is selling off the shelves in the sunbelt/slavery states.
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Maybe give T J Holmes of GMA 3 an on-air tryout.
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Bumping this for good reason.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/16/jeopardy-mayim-bialik-ken-jennings-hosts-rest-of-season/
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Just pick one already. Constantly switching back and forth trying to please everyone is going to damage the show's reputation even more.
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At this point I'm guessing the Jennings dates are to cover days where Mayim can't make it because of her other show, not because of trying to 'please' anyone in particular.
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Just pick one already. Constantly switching back and forth trying to please everyone is going to damage the show's reputation even more.
At this point, only making a deepfaked CGI Trebek will do,it seems.
/He can have Watson as a guest host.
//Or at least Malcolm.
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Jeopardy just put out their release on the matter, and they say the Bialik/Jennings arrangement is just for the rest of the calendar year, and not for the rest of the season.
https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/mayim-bialik-and-ken-jennings-host-jeopardy-through-end-year
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I feel like they want Mayim to host and they are waiting for her show to get canceled so they can offer her the job full time.
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I feel like they want Mayim to host and they are waiting for her show to get canceled so they can offer her the job full time.
They may want to see the November sweeps numbers are with her. She could be out of two jobs.