Sony TV
- News & Opinion
Showing 16 - 30 of 82 articles tagged "Sony TV"
-
Posted Friday 8/27/21 at 12:38PM EDT
Sony reportedly expected to name Ken Jennings Jeopardy! host before his controversy over offensive old tweets
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony TV executives last year saw Jennings as the "ideal successor" to Alex Trebek.
-
Posted Thursday 8/26/21 at 10:29PM EDT
Jeopardy! alum Arthur Chu: The celebrity audition process "trampled" on Alex Trebek's directive that the host get out of the way
Chu, who became a Jeopardy! villain during his 11-game winning streak in 2014, recalled Trebek telling contestants that his advice...
-
Posted Wednesday 8/25/21 at 4:45PM EDT
It appears Sony is sticking with Mike Richards as Jeopardy! executive producer
Despite speculation that Sony will remove Richards as executive producer after he stepped down as Jeopardy! host last week, Sony’s...
-
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,...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Posted Thursday 8/19/21 at 8:39PM EDT
Actress sues, accusing The Young and the Restless boss of sexually harassment
Briana Thomas, who played a background role of a barista on the CBS soap opera, has filed suit against Sony...
-
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...
-
The optics of Jeopardy!'s hosting announcement look bad: Were the guest-host auditions all for show?
Jeopardy! champion James Holzhauer was quick to roast Sony Pictures Television's decision to name Mike Richards the regular host of...
-
Jeopardy! names Mike Richards the new host, but Mayim Bialik will helm primetime specials
Sony Pictures Television announced today that Jeopardy! executive producer Richards will succeed the late Alex Trebek as host of the...
-
Bob Odenkirk hospitalized after collapsing on the Better Call Saul set
TMZ reports and The Hollywood Reporter and other outlets have confirmed that the 58-year-old Odenkirk collapsed Tuesday morning while he...
-
Posted Tuesday 7/20/21 at 8:03PM EDT
A Malcolm X series based on his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz books is in the works
Sony Pictures Television’s TriStar is developing the potential series on the iconic African American activist with Shabazz.