‘Jeopardy!’ EP On Why Mayim Bialik Was Fired & How They “Hope To Continue Working With Her”
deadline.comMichael Davies, Jeopardy! EP, is opening up about Mayim Bialik‘s departure from the game show after she announced it in December.
Speaking to reporters at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Saturday, Davies said that when he “took over the show, we were forced into that situation from everything that had happened before, the guest hosting period.” “Mayim was left hosting the primetime versions.
I brought in Ken [Jennings] to guest host because Mayim had her schedule, her Fox sitcom [Call Me Kat], so couldn’t host all the episodes,” he said. “Over the past two and a half seasons, what we’ve heard a lot from our television stations and other interested parties is they were looking for more consistency.
They wanted a single host,” he continued. “Mayim is a superb host on Jeopardy! We hope to continue working with her on primetime versions [and] other spinoffs of the show.
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