John Oliver Dismayed Over New ‘Jeopardy!’ Host Mike Richards
deadline.comJohn Oliver isn’t too pleased about the new host of Jeopardy! either.The HBO Max host noted his disgruntlement on today’s episode of Last Week Tonight while discussing school mask mandates.Early in the episode, Oliver played a clip of an angry mob accosting a school board member over mask mandates with a man screaming, “We know who you are.”“It is genuinely hard to imagine a five word phrase less welcome than ‘we know who you are’ aside from obviously ‘new Jeopardy host Mike Richards,'” Oliver quipped.The news of Mike Richards and actor Mayim Bialik succeeding the late Alex Trebek has been the focus of much internet scrutiny after fan favorite LeVar Burton was ultimately passed for the hosting gig.Richards boasts a solid game show-laden CV.
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