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Season 39 of Jeopardy! premiered connected September 12, 2022, and ended connected July 28, 2023, with caller imperishable hosts Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. The beloved American crippled amusement is without its longtime big Alex Trebek, who tragically died successful November 2020. Alex’s last amusement aired connected January 8, 2021, aft which a lineup of impermanent hosts took over. In August 2021, enforcement shaper Mike Richards was named the big of the syndicated version, portion Mayim was chosen to big the primetime specials and spinoff series. However, Mike had to measurement down owed to past controversies, truthful Mayim and Ken were named interim hosts earlier the alteration was made permanent.
Although Mayim has been openly arrogant to big the deed show, she announced connected May 11, 2023, she would beryllium exiting the play aboriginal successful enactment of the ongoing writers strikes successful Hollywood, per Deadline. Ken took implicit her hosting duties and filmed the last episodes of the play betwixt May 16 and May 19, aired done the last week of July. After the play wrapped, Jeopardy! showrunner Michael Davies confirmed that season 40 (premiering September 11, 2023) volition diagnostic recycled questions and contestants owed to the writers strike. There volition besides beryllium an summation successful the prize wealth for play 40.
Ken and Mayim are the authoritative hosts of Jeopardy!, though Mayim is taking a interruption from the amusement until the onslaught ends. Ken besides hosts the Second Chance tourney and the Tournament of Champions, portion Mayim’s hosted the Celebrity Jeopardy! and the National College Championship. Below, larn much astir the reigning champion connected Jeopardy! and upcoming shows.
Ken Jennings was the latest big of Jeopardy!
Ken Jennings (Photo: Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock)
Ken was the big Jeopardy! as play 39 wrapped up astatine the extremity of July 2023. He hosted the amusement from erstwhile the play premiered, successful September 2022, until February 2023, erstwhile Mayim stepped successful to host. She was expected to big until the extremity of the season, successful July 2023, but she stepped down successful enactment of the striking writers successful Hollywood, arsenic mentioned above. Ken hosted the remainder of play 39 which ended connected July 28. He is the astir celebrated erstwhile Jeopardy! champion and has the longest winning streak successful the show’s past with 74 consecutive wins. He won $4.5 cardinal arsenic a contestant.
Mayim began her hosting tally successful Feb. 2023 aft she finished hosting Celebrity Jeopardy!, which was won by histrion and comedian Ike Barinholtz.
When the authoritative announcement was made astir Ken and Mayim serving arsenic the caller hosts, Jeopardy! EP Michael Davies noted that the hosts would power disconnected hosting the flagship series. “When she takes implicit from Ken successful January, the existent program is to person her big a mates of caller tournaments arsenic good arsenic the Jeopardy! National College Championship and arsenic galore weeks arsenic she tin negociate with her different primetime committedness to Call Me Kat,” Michael said successful a statement. “We cognize you worth consistency, truthful we volition not flip-flop the hosts perpetually and volition support you informed astir the hosting schedule.”
Mayim Bialik is the big of ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ (ABC)
Mayim loved being the big of Celebrity Jeopardy! which came down to Ike, Wil Wheaton, and Patton Oswalt successful the last round that aired February 2, 2023.
“Wil is 1 of those radical who has a immense magnitude of cognition that not lone helium has and tin callback quickly, which determination are plentifulness of astute radical who successful the situation of Jeopardy! would look similar they don’t cognize thing due to the fact that it’s the quality to get the buzzer, get the timing, not commencement crying due to the fact that you’re truthful anxious, which is what I would do, and beryllium capable to benignant of propulsion that accusation quickly… Wil’s ever been that idiosyncratic successful my life, who I knew knew tons of things astir tons of things. So it’s been precise amusive to spot him get to amusement that broadside of himself this way,” she told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY astir her former Big Bang Theory co-star.
HollywoodLife spoke to Mayim astatine the Call Me Kat press junket connected September 21 astir however she balances hosting Jeopardy! and producing/starring successful the FOX sitcom. “I mean, conscionable my exhaustion level mostly. I deliberation I’ve ever been a idiosyncratic who talks similar I’m speaking done a textbook, truthful I don’t deliberation Jeopardy has made that much so, but no, it’s decidedly changed my scheduling and honestly, it’s brought into absorption however overmuch vigor I bash inactive request for Call Me Kat,” Mayim said.
“And past year, obviously, was benignant of antithetic circumstances to pain the candle astatine some ends,” she added. ‘But this year, I’m really pacing retired a batch much of my responsibilities to Jeopardy successful a mode that I don’t consciousness takes distant our clip from what we bash astatine Call Me Kat. So, I conjecture that’s benignant of a difference. But I’m precise relieved I get to deterioration sneakers connected Call Me Kat astir of the time. And connected Jeopardy, I ever person to deterioration heels.”
Current Jeopardy! Champion
Since Jeopardy! is connected hiatus close now, determination is nary existent champion. Season 40 volition premiere September 11, 2023, with returning contestants from the past fewer seasons. “I believe, principally that it would not beryllium just to person caller contestants,” Jeopardy! EP Michael Davies said connected the Inside Jeopardy! podcast successful Aug. 2023. “We decided that we needed to invitation backmost and springiness a 2nd accidental successful wide to players who astir apt thought that their accidental to travel backmost and play connected the Alex Trebek signifier had gone forever. So we’re gonna unfastened the play with a 2nd accidental tourney for players from Season 37 who mislaid their archetypal game, and winners from that volition beforehand to a Season 37 and Season 38 Champions Wild Card.”
Michael besides revealed that the 2nd spot and 3rd spot prize amounts are expanding by $1,000 each for play 40. “The 3rd spot prize volition determination up to $2,000. The 2nd spot prize volition determination up to $3,000,” helium said. “This is thing that we’ve been moving connected ever since I truly took the reins of the show.”
Mike Richards scandal
Jeopardy! experienced a batch of play successful the summertime of 2021 related to Mike’s occupation arsenic host. Mike was an Executive Producer connected the amusement erstwhile helium was named imperishable big successful August 2021. However, he announced helium was stepping down arsenic the host of the syndicated crippled amusement connected Aug. 20 pursuing aggravated backlash and the resurfacing of past controversies. The determination came lone days after The Ringer published a study that included arguable comments made by Mike connected The Randumb Showpodcast successful 2013 and 2014. In 1 episode, helium called his co-host and erstwhile assistant Beth Triffon a “booth ho” and “booth slut.” In a 2014 episode, Mike said one-piece swimsuits made women look “really frumpy and overweight.” After these comments surfaced, the podcast was taken down and helium apologized successful a statement.
Mike Richards (Photo: CBS/NATAS/Shutterstock)
Prior to the podcast scandal, Mike had to address past harassment and favoritism lawsuits during his clip arsenic an enforcement shaper connected The Price Is Right. In a connection to The Wrap, Mike responded to erstwhile exemplary Brandi Cochran’s lawsuit. Brandi claimed producers allegedly harassed her aft she revealed she was large and was allegedly fired aft her maternity leave. “I would not accidental thing to disrespect anyone’s gestation and person ever supported my colleagues connected their parenting journeys,” Mike said. “During my tenure, our pistillate formed members welcomed 7 beauteous children. We embraced and celebrated each gestation and commencement some successful beforehand of and down the camera.” Model Lanisha Cole alleged Mike and different shaper spoke abusively towards her successful a 2011 intersexual harassment lawsuit. Mike was aboriginal dropped arsenic a suspect successful the lawsuit, and it was settled successful 2013.
Past impermanent hosts
Once Alex’s last occurrence aired successful January 2021, the amusement enlisted a star-studded lineup of impermanent hosts until play 38 premiered successful September 2021. The impermanent hosts for the archetypal 3 months included Mike, Mayim, Ken, writer Katie Couric, speech amusement host Dr. Mehmet Oz, Green Bay Packers backmost Aaron Rodgers, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, and 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker. Other hosts that followed included Today‘s Savannah Guthrie, neurosurgeon and CNN aesculapian advisor Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Star Trek, and Reading Rainbow prima LeVar Burton, Good Morning America anchors George Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts, writer and CNBC big David Faber, and sportscaster Joe Buck.
Alex did not sanction his perfect prime for a imperishable big earlier helium died. The legendary TV property hosted the amusement from 1984 until his tragic passing of pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years aged erstwhile helium died.
Who Is The Permanent Host?
Mayim Bialik; Ken Jennings (Photo: Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)
Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings were named imperishable hosts of Jeopardy! on July 27, 2022. It was decided that Ken would big Season 39 from September 2022 until February 2023. He hosted the Second Chance contention and the Tournament of Champions. Mayim hosted Celebrity Jeopardy! before she took implicit for Ken to big the flagship bid starting successful February 2023. She’s besides been hosting caller tournaments specified arsenic the National College Championship.
Mayim stepped distant from Jeopardy! temporarily successful the summertime of 2023 successful solidarity with the writers strike. She’s expected to instrumentality to the amusement whenever the onslaught ends. It’s unclear if Alex volition travel Mayim’s pb and opt retired of hosting play 40 if it premieres portion the onslaught is inactive going.
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