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I wonder if they'll reedit the announcer at the beginning of his five shows from "and now your host of Jeopardy, Mike Richards" to "and now the guest host of Jeopardy, Mike Richards".

Conan O'Brien gets noted as being a permanent host of The Tonight Show, even though it was for a very short time. I wonder if history will list Richards as a regular/permanent host of Jeopardy even though it only turned out to be five episodes.

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Looks like you are both right. The episodes will air starting 9/13 and I'm sure there will be a disclaimer of some sort.

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He's still executive producer and realizes that the best thing to do is not draw attention to the situation. I'm certain they will edit the shows to announce him as a guest host and remove any comments he made about his new job. Nobody but the most out of touch Jeopardy watchers is not aware of what happened, so no reason to ever mention it on the show, Just let these few episodes exist as an anomaly.

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He really shouldn't be the executive producer any more either. I'm sure he won't be for much longer. Having him as a contender for host of the show is like having the current Miss Maryland being the executive producer of the current Miss USA pageant.

Nobody's really talked about this, but as strange as it is not to have Alex Trebek as the host of Jeopardy, it's going to also be strange not to have Johnny Gilbert be the announcer of Jeopardy. He's 97 now. At some point fairly soon, he will no longer be able to fulfill those duties and a replacement will be need for him as well.

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I like LeVar Burton but I've always been a fan of his. People who aren't fans of his have said he did good hosting the show but not as good as Jennings. I think they need to pick who's best - no just who's internet popular today.

And I agree that Richard should be out as executive producer. I mean they did this whole trial replacement thing and then he crowned himself the winner? I'm sure there we others involved in it all but isn't he the one mostly running the show? The whole thing just kind of stinks and I don't think Trebek would be happy with the shenanigans that have gone on.

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Richards and Bialik were probably the pre-selected new hosts, and all of these "guest hosts" were just a publicity stunt. Also, it might have seemed tacky for them to just swoop in right after Trebek's passing with a new host.

Most of the guest hosts, like Anderson Cooper and Dr. Oz, already have day jobs, and probably weren't even considering the permanent gig.

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‘Jeopardy’: Mayim Bialik to Temporarily Replace Mike Richards as Full-Time Host
https://trib.al/qC7tYr7?fbclid=IwAR3...BVAmQ9hGVubCT4

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How did it take them this long to mess up the selection? This is just comical that they still don't have a replacement host.

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Because Mike Richards had probably preselected himself to be the new host and probably made every attempt to screw up anyone else's chances. He had to let Ken Jennings guest host. I don't think there was any way around that. There was so many fan requests for Levar Burton to guest host so he really needed to allow him to guest host, but it was only done for one week, so he didn't have time to improve in his second week like the other hosts. The majority of the other guest hosts like Anderson Cooper, Robin Roberts, etc. would most likely never take the job of being the permanent host because it would be seen as more of a step down for them. So Richards really never had much competition for the job other than Jennings or Burton.

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The idea that Richards is some mastermind controlling everything and sabotaging others seems a bit far-fetched. I mean people pushing that theory seem to want to claim Richards has all this power to control virtually every detail of everything and yet somehow also has no power that he needs to result to petty tactics to "win". And the pro-Burton crowd wants to push the idea he "only" got one week, clinging to the idea somehow Burton would have improved lightyears in the whole day between tapings.

I maintain the guest hosts really weren't about tryouts. It was a publicity stunt that also bought time to name a formal replacement. And really, Richards did a pretty good job. It's just he has all this baggage that no one seemed to bother to look into.

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It was being marketed as a try out for a permanent host by Jeopardy in many of the articles when all of this first started. If you're involved in a process that involves choosing someone for a job and you're one of the persons that's also in the pool of applicants, than it just comes off as a conflict of interest. He is the executive producer so he has influence on who is chosen and can work to have things set up to his advantage.

Weather Burton would have improved with a second week is up to debate, but we'll never really know the answer to that since he never got the chance. If you have a group of people taking a test and all but one can retake the test at least one more time, than that one person has a disadvantage that the others don't.

In any event, Mike Richards comes off as a slimy, unethical corporate exec type person and who would want to watch someone like that on this show Monday to Friday?

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Bialik was picked as the full time replacement but opted out of full time duties. Aaron Rodgers obviously has other commitments, as did most of the hosts on there. Burton had a middling first week when compared with the other first weeks.

In the end, it was going to be Richards or Jennings if she had said no. He was fine as host of the show which in general weighs out the rest of the stuff that people seem to think more people care about than actually do. The daytime edition caters to an older demo who care more about line delivery and lack of political stance.

This is a show that draws upwards of 10 million an episode with a median age of 65+ and maybe 14% of that is in the key 18 to 49 demo. Their audience largely does not care about the internet bullshit about it.

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Is this correct? I hadn’t read that.

And in the extensive The Ringer article, it says that Richards manipulated the focus group so that he would appear the best, deciding which episodes the focus group would see from every candidate, That’s a huge conflict of interest on his part, especially considering as the article pointed out, that it was a widely known secret that he desperately wanted to host the show.

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I thought Richards was a good host. It went from "who is this bland white guy" to "he's actually pretty good" by the end of his time. However the whole thing comes off as sketchy no matter how you slice it. Name him the replacement right out front and it would be fine, but holding "auditions" and him having a say in those auditions doesn't come off well.

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I didn't realize the source was TMZ, so grain of salt may be needed but it does make sense: https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/13/mayim...r-commitments/

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What daytime show are you referring to? Jeopardy! does not have a daytime edition.

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The syndicated version (pre-8 pm) is dubbed "Daytime", the special events are "Prime time"/nighttime, it's just the way they separate the show for ratings.

They still have Daytime Emmy awards as well, Jeopardy wins Best Gameshow most years though The Price is Right occasionally snags it.

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Did Bialik ever say why she couldn't host full time? I must have missed it.

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^ Naw, nobody has even confirmed the story. She's star/producer of a not so great show on Fox, and may of just not wanted that to be her full time gig. Or they didn't offer her enough money.

Either way, here we are with her doing both for the time being.

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I think she would be ok for the prime time show but not the syndicated version. It's had to not associate her as the Amy Farah Fowler character from TBBT. I think it would be really distracting to have her on the regular show.

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I never watch the award shows. I would have thought the "daytime" hours cutoff would have been after the last soap opera aired or when the evening news started at 5 or 6 pm. 7 pm seems rather late to qualify as a "daytime" show.

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"daytime" = "not primetime", so yeah, before 8.

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It's syndicated. Just because that's your time doesn't mean it's everyone's time. Jeopardy airs where I live at 3 pm, which doesn't seem very late to me. Since Wheel of Fortune airs at 6:30 pm in my area, should it no longer be considered a daytime show anywhere? But as stated, before prime time equals daytime.

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I have never seen her on TBBT. Not a fan of the show. She's still Blossom to me. :lol: