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Posted Wednesday 8/25/21 at 1:25PM EDT
Journalist Claire McNear went from writing a Jeopardy! history book to becoming part of the show's history after Mike Richards stepped down as host
Last year, McNear's book Answers in the Form of Questions: A Definitive History and Insider's Guide to Jeopardy! was released,...
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Posted Wednesday 8/25/21 at 12:45AM EDT
Mike Richards briefly became Jeopardy! host by taking advantage of an institutional and power vacuum
Sony Pictures Television used to be prepared for the loss of Alex Trebek as host of Jeopardy! In fact, Sony...
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Posted Tuesday 8/24/21 at 1:57AM EDT
Mike Richards apologizes to the staffs of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune as Sony TV promises more diversity
Richards was accompanied by Sony's top TV executive Ravi Ahuja, Chairman of Sony Global Television Studios, at Monday morning's virtual...
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Posted Monday 8/23/21 at 3:06PM EDT
Mayim Bialik will fill in as Jeopardy! guest-host for three weeks
Bialik, who was tapped to host Jeopardy!'s primetime specials, will guest-host the second through fourth weeks of the syndicated game show's new...
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Ken Jennings is considered the favorite to replace Mike Richards as Jeopardy! host
CNN's Brian Stelter reports that Jennings looks like the new full-time host based on his conversations with "this year's guest...
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Posted Sunday 8/22/21 at 3:06PM EDT
Mike Richards fiasco was an indictment of the Jeopardy! hiring process and a betrayal of the show's fact-based reputation
The bombshell report by The Ringer's Claire McNear that led to Richards' exit as host was an indictment of the...
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The Mike Richards debacle reveals Jeopardy! is facing an "existential crisis"
Richards' hiring and his exit from the Jeopardy! hosting job amid a slew of scandals is "an indictment of Sony’s...
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Posted Friday 8/20/21 at 6:42PM EDT
Ken Jennings reacts to Mike Richards' hosting exit: I hate that Jeopardy! "has to be sullied by backstage drama"
Jennings, who remains a consulting producer on Jeopardy!, tells The New York Times that the show is "one of the...
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Posted Friday 8/20/21 at 6:42PM EDT
Mike Richards' awkward The Price is Right audition surfaces following his Jeopardy! hosting exit
A YouTube channel that launched today called "Mike Richards Vid" posted Richards' attempt in 2007 to succeed Bob Barker as...
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Posted Friday 8/20/21 at 3:02PM EDT
Report: Mike Richards barred Ken Jennings and Buzzy Cohen from attending his debut Jeopardy! taping -- after meeting with staff airing their grievances
Before stepping down this morning as Jeopardy! host, Richards presided over an "emotional morning meeting" with staff on Thursday, hours...
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Mike Richards steps down as Jeopardy! host after a string of controversies
Sony Pictures TV and Richards announced he is stepping as Jeopardy! host -- but will keep his job as the...
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Stephen Colbert Blasts Ex-Jeopardy! Host Mike Richards
As controversy continues to swirl around new Jeopardy! host Mike Richards, The Late Show's Stephen Colbert chimed in with his...
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Posted Thursday 8/19/21 at 8:39PM EDT
Anti-Defamation League wants Jeopardy!'s Mike Richards investigated: "Disparaging remarks about Jews, women & Asians are no laughing matter"
The Ringer's Claire McNear's bombshell story on the new Jeopardy! host's past, including the offensive comments he made on his...
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Mike Richards apologizes for past sexist jokes as more concerns over his Jeopardy! ascension emerge
With Richards scheduled to tape his first episodes as Jeopardy! host on Thursday, The Ringer's Claire McNear, author of a book...
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Poll: LeVar Burton was No. 1 choice among Jeopardy! fans, followed by Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings
A Morning Consult Poll of 1,465 Jeopardy! viewers conducted Aug.