LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” is back to guest hosts after the resignation of Mike Richards, and actor Mayim Bialik will return as the first one up.
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Sony Pictures Television announced Monday that Bialik will take the podium long occupied by the late Alex Trebek for three weeks of episodes.
The 45-year-old “Big Bang Theory” and “Blossom” actor was one of many guest hosts who filled in for two-week stints in the past season after the death of Trebek, who hosted the show for 37 seasons. Trebek died in November at age 80 of cancer.
When Richards was announced as the new host on Aug. 11, producers also revealed that Bialik would have an ongoing role as emcee for “Jeopardy!” prime-time and spinoff series, including a new college championship.
Sony’s news release Monday said other guest hosts would follow Bialik and made no mention of a permanent replacement.
Richards, the show’s executive producer, had been announced as host just nine days earlier when he stepped down Friday after a report of past demeaning comments he had made about women, homeless people and others on a podcast. Richards selection after a parade of celebrity contenders was met by a chorus of criticism.
The episodes that Richards taped last week will air when the show returns for its 38th season starting Sept. 13.
Nice news. Ms Bialik is also a neuroscientist, with a degree from UCLA.
Sweet revenge on Juila Haart. I hope she makes it
Such a nice role model. A talented, intelligent actress who is a Baalat Teshuva. Unlike those other women , She embraced Yiddishkeit
כל כבודה בת מלך פנימה
My wife and I enjoy Jeopardy! We think Bialik was the most joyful of the guest hosts and we hope she gets the full-time gig.
An echter yiddishe kup!!
Orthodox….
The leftist mob is now trying to take her down.
Not frum. Just your average liberal Jewess.
My understanding is that she was identified as female at birth and considers herself female. The proper title thus should be actress, not actor as in the first sentence..
She is Chareidi
She’s not Orthodox, she’s Orthodox-aspirant. But she makes a kiddush Hashem, that is for sure.
I’m sure she’s a well meaning jewish balas teshuvah. However, please dont tell any existing frum jew to be inspired by her. Frum/Orthodox has basic definitions which i dont think she meats at a level to inspire existing true frum jews. Hope she finds her way to total frumkeit and true orthodox Judaism.