Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings.
Shutterstock (2)A real Daily Double! Mayim Bialik AND Ken Jennings it will continue to divide Danger! waiting tasks.
Diversity reported on Monday, July 25, that Sony Pictures Entertainment has drawn up long-term deals that will keep the duo, who began splitting time as hosts in September 2021, locked in the joint role. According to Entertainment WeeklyHowever, nothing has been officially signed yet.
The beloved game show has spent nearly two years searching for the perfect host following the death of Alex Trebek in November 2020. Many stars, including LeVar Burton, Aaron Rodgers, Katie Couric, Anderson Cooper and more — have spent time as guest hosts. ex Danger! Executive producer Mike Richards was originally set to be the new permanent host until he resigned in August 2021 after controversial comments he made resurfaced.
Last month, executive producer Mike Davies said Diversity that the franchise is planning “multiple versions” of the show — meaning “multiple hosts.”
“With all our plans for Danger! – which is more Danger!not less, more versions — we’re going to need a lot of hosts to represent the entire audience, to represent the entire country, in order to move this franchise forward,” he said at the 2022 Daytime Emmy Awards.
One of those iterations is Celebrity Jeopardy!which will premiere in the fall and will be directed by Bialik, 46. The Big Bang Theory The alum certainly has her hands full this TV season as season 3 of her hit show Call me Kat will also be broadcast in September.
With such intense exposure, however, comes criticism – which Flowering alum has taken bulk since her time as a temp Danger! host. In addition to being called an “anti-vaxxer” and “anti-feminist” — terms the actress called especially “hurtful because they’re untrue,” she said. glamor in September 2021 — viewers have also taken issue with some phrases she uses on the show, including calling the first round “Single Jeopardy” instead of just “Jeopardy.”
“People care too much, I see!” Bialik said Yahoo! earlier this year. “And I’m sorry. I’m doing my best!” Although she defended her use of “Single Jeopardy” — Trebek used it on occasion — she promised fans she wouldn’t say it again. “I will never do it again! Even if it is in this scenario, I won’t say it,” she declared.
For his part, Jennings – whose winning streak continues Danger! gave him the most consecutive victories with 72 — took a break from his hosting duties in May, telling fans via Twitter that he was “handing the keys over to Bialik” for a few months, noting that he ” would return”. before the end of the season”.
