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“Jeopardy!” followers tuning in Monday could have been stunned to see Ken Jennings wasn’t internet hosting the quiz present.
How lengthy is Mayim Bialik internet hosting ‘Jeopardy!’?
On Might 1, Jennings’ “Jeopardy!” co-host Mayim Bialik started a internet hosting stint that can final by the rest of the thirty ninth season, which concludes in late July, the Deseret Information beforehand reported.
Each Jennings and Bialik have been named the present’s co-hosts in July 2022.
“The actual fact is, we've got a lot ‘Jeopardy!’ to make, and so many plans for the longer term, that we at all times knew we would wish a number of hosts for the franchise and we're simply so grateful that Mayim and Ken stepped in and stepped as much as put the present ready to succeed,” “Jeopardy!” govt producer Michael Davies mentioned in a assertion on the time, including that viewership had gone up “significantly” as Jennings and Bialik break up internet hosting duties for the present’s thirty eighth season.
Bialik hosted the “Jeopardy!” Excessive Faculty Reunion Event earlier this season. That event noticed 27 former Teen Event contestants — who at the moment are in school — competing for $100,000 and a spot within the 2023 Event of Champions, the Deseret Information beforehand reported.
Will Ken Jennings be again on ‘Jeopardy!’ this season?
Though Bialik is internet hosting for the remainder of the season, viewers can catch Jennings internet hosting the upcoming “Jeopardy!” Masters event — which can characteristic six of the quiz present’s highest-ranked contestants competing in opposition to one another, per the Deseret Information.
The stacked lineup contains: 40-game champion Amy Schneider, who's No. 2 for many consecutive video games received in present historical past; 38-game winner Matt Amodio and 32-game champ James Holzhauer, who're No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, for many video games received; Mattea Roach, a 23-game champ who's the youngest super-champion in “Jeopardy!” historical past; Sam Buttrey, who received the inaugural Professors Event in 2021; and Andrew He, a five-game champ who beat Roach in the course of the semifinal spherical of the 2022 Event of Champions to compete in opposition to Schneider and Buttrey within the finals (Schneider ended up successful).
The event airs Might 8-10 on ABC at 7 p.m. MDT, and also will be out there for streaming on Hulu.
Every hourlong episode will characteristic totally different mixtures of the six contestants competing in two video games, based on The Hollywood Reporter. The event will finish with the crowning of a “Jeopardy!” “grasp.”