C’mon, LeVar Burton was right there
Photo: Sony Pictures Well, that’s done. The search for the heir to beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek came to an anti-climatic end on Wednesday, when Sony Pictures Television named the game show’s executive producer Mike Richards the new regular host starting next month. Sony also announced that The Big Bang Theory alumna and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik will be the show’s first female host, taking over prime-time specials and spinoffs.
The announcement was met with mixed reactions. It’s hard not to sigh at Richards’s selection as the daily host when, over the past seven months, Jeopardy! has auditioned a slate of guest hosts that could have done an excellent job at succeeding Trebek. There was legendary former contestant Ken Jennings, internet favorite and award-winning host LeVar Burton, and the iconic Katie Couric, among others.
Richards’s background has raised more than a few eyebrows. While he was an executive producer of The Price Is Right in 2010, multiple women sued the show for harassment and pregnancy discrimination. Former model Brandi Cochran said Richards reacted negatively when she announced she was pregnant with twins, and that she was terminated after trying to come back from maternity leave.
For some Jeopardy! fans, Richards’s appointment feels like a classic bait and switch. When asked point-blank in May, “Was all of this just a ruse so that you could choose yourself at the end, like Dick Cheney running for vice-president?” he demurred and said the choice didn’t fall on him.
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