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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumswhat do you think about Mike Richards, who is guest hosting "Jeopardy"?
We are huge fans of the show. I thought I'd never see anyone else but Alex as the host but I am warming up to Richards, who happens to be an executive producer of the show.
Any suggestions?
ret5hd
(20,511 posts)But I'm not sure that I will be satisfied with a replacement. Alex just had a certain way about him.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I'm still not over Alex's death, but that occasionally happens when you grieve. You have to get to "acceptance."
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,583 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Frankly, I'd like to see what a woman would do with the show. Where is it written that it has to be a male?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)The right person could be male or female.
jimfields33
(15,931 posts)But since shes left NBC, the shows she has tried has not been successful. Not really sure why that is, but maybe an established show could be different.
musette_sf
(10,204 posts)I am finding Richards to have less warmth than Ken. Ken isnt Alex but he brings a similar sense of caring and empathy. Having been a contestant also informs Kens style. Personally I am not looking forward to the celebrity hosts, and I hope that Ken gets the gig. I was not predisposed to him and didnt expect to like him in the job, so I was pleasantly surprised.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)He was the original host March 30, 1964, to January 3, 1975, and again from October 2, 1978, to March 2, 1979.
Fleming was asked to reprise his role as Jeopardy! host when Merv Griffin began developing a revival of the show in 1983. He declined,later stating in 1989 that he did not like the direction the show had gone in moving the show to Hollywood (being partial to his native New York, he felt that the Hollywood setting made the show dumber and less realistic). As a result, Alex Trebek (a personal friend of Fleming's) took the position instead and continued to host the program until his death in 2020. Fleming and the staff of the modern Jeopardy! had a somewhat public feud over the nature of the show's clues, as Fleming believed that the writers were inserting hints into the clues to make the correct question seem obvious and easy to guess.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Fleming