Mayim Bialik Steps Past Her Own Controversy To Take Over As Jeopardy! Host -- For Now Anyway!
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perezhilton.comWell, at least they had an understudy waiting in the wings… It seems completely ridiculous that Jeopardy! had so long to look for a replacement host — with the late, great Alex Trebek discussing his impending retirement (and suggesting possible successors!) years ago, even before he was diagnosed with stage IV cancer.
And yet we ended up in the position where one of the executive producers not only chose himself to be one of the guest hosts in the weeks of televised auditions but also somehow won out over several more popular options.
Not only that, it seems Sony didn’t have even put forth the time and effort to vet Mike Richards — whose past lawsuits and gross podcast musings painted a pretty indelible image of a sexist jerk.
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