Ken Jennings: Last News

Jeopardy! has unveiled brand new details about the hosting situation for the forthcoming 39th season.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“Jeopardy!” is holding on to both its hosts while reaching to conquer new ground.The venerable game show confirmed that it has signed long-term deals with both current co-hosts Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings, who will continue to co-host the show as Sony Pictures Entertainment and executive producer Michael Davies plan to expand the franchise.“The fact is, we have so much Jeopardy! to make, and so many plans for the future, that we always knew we would need multiple hosts for the franchise and we are just so grateful that Mayim and Ken stepped in and stepped up to put the show in a position to succeed,” said Davies in a memo to staff Wednesday.Jennings will host as the show kicks off its new season in September, and will preside over an inaugural “Second Chance” competition as well as the program’s Tournament of Champions. His initial Bialik, meanwhile, will host “Celebrity Jeopardy!” on ABC in primetime.

Executive producer Michael Davies assured viewers in a statement that the show “will not flip flop the hosts constantly,” as the team is aware fans “value consistency.”The nod to flip-flopping comes after news broke Monday that the pair would be crowned hosts, despite Sony declining to confirm.“I write today with the exciting news that we have closed and signed deals with Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings to be the hosts of ‘Jeopardy!’ moving forward,” Davies wrote on Wednesday. “The fact is, we have so much ‘Jeopardy!’ to make, and so many plans for the future, that we always knew we would need multiple hosts for the franchise and we are just so grateful that Mayim and Ken stepped in and stepped up to put the show in a position to succeed,” he continued.

These interim “Jeopardy!” hosts will continue to share hosting duties on the beloved TV game show.

 moving forward has finally been answered. In a press release from Jeopardy! EP Michael Davies, it was announced that the show has closed and signed deals with Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik to be the permanent hosts of .In his note, Davies shared his excitement at bringing the pair on as permanent hosts, and the impact they've made on the long-running game show since stepping in to host last year.«The fact is, we have so much to make, and so many plans for the future, that we always knew we would need multiple hosts for the franchise, and we are just so grateful that Mayim and Ken stepped in and stepped up to put the show in a position to succeed.

"Jeopardy!" has found their new co-hosts in Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings, the show announced on Wednesday.  The duo has been confirmed as permanent replacements for the late Alex Trebek.The duo has been serving as guest hosts since October. "Please join us in welcoming the official co-hosts of Jeopardy!,@kenjennings and @missmayim! We couldn’t be more thrilled," the show's tweet announcing the news read. Last month, Michael Davies, the show's executive producer, told Variety, '‘We hope to have a hosting announcement very, very soon." Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings are co-hosts of the game show "Jeopardy!" (Getty Images) On top of the new permanent hosts, the show is launching three new initiatives including a topical weekly podcast.

It’s official: Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings are the permanent hosts of Jeopardy! going forward. The game show’s executive producer Michael Davies announced the completion of deals with the The Big Bang Theory star and former Jeopardy! champion to continue to split hosting duties in a note (You can read it in full below).

A true Daily Double! Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will continue sharing Jeopardy! hosting duties.

reports that Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik will continue to split hosting duties after Sony Pictures Entertainment entered into long-term deals with both of the show's current leads.It was announced in September 2021 that Bialik and Jennings would host the game show through the calendar year. The news came shortly after after Mike Richards -- the show's former executive producer who was initially named as Alex Trebek's successor after the longtime host died in 2020 — stepped down as host after apologizing for making sexist comments about women in his past. In March, Bialik spoke to ET about what an honor it is to host the program in which she's «lived season to season, since I was about 13 years old.»“I think being a female is its own mark,” she explained.

These interim “Jeopardy!” hosts will continue to share hosting duties on the beloved TV game show.

Variety. Jennings, meanwhile, will also stay on so that Bialik can continue to film her Fox sitcom “Call Me Kat,” according to the Daily Mail.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAt last, there’s a solution to the ongoing question of which host — Mayim Bialik or Ken Jennings —  will ultimately lead “Jeopardy!” The answer: Both.Sony Pictures Entertainment has entered into long-term deals that will have the two hosts continue to split duties on the popular syndicated game show, according to a person familiar with the matter, while retaining Bialik to host primetime editions of the show as well as the new “Celebrity Jeopardy!” show expected to start up at ABC. With Sony eager to boost more versions of the program, this person says, more than one host was required.

Jeopardy! has finally made a decision about the hosting situation on the trivia game show.

Jeopardy! would be sticking with its two-host formula. According to sources, Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings are in negotiations to continue to share hosting duties on the venerable syndicated game show’s upcoming Season 39. A source for Sony Pictures TV, which produces Jeopardy! would not comment on specualtion.

Fans of Taylor Swift aren’t such big fans of a few Jeopardy! contestants this week.

Taylor Swift fans were left shocked when Jeopardy! contestants were unable to recognize the lyrics to her hit song You Need To Calm Down.The track was used as a clue on the latest episode of the game show but contestants remained silent after host Ken Jennings, 48, recited a portion of the lyrics, off-tune.'I really wish this was Johnny [Gilbert] reading these. This was You Need To Calm Down By Taylor Swift,' Jennings said.

A Taylor Swift clue on "Jeopardy!" left all three contestants stumped on Wednesday night's show. Contestant Matt Mierswa chose a clue in the "Title That Completes the Rhyme" category for $400, and it just happened to be Swift-related. "And I’m just like oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh, you need to just stop, like can you just not, step on my gown?" Host Ken Jennings read off the clue card.

“Jeopardy!” fans, who also appear to be fans of Taylor Swift, slammed the show’s contestants of Wednesday’s episode.

tweeting, ” Everyone who makes it on to #Jeopardy clearly has a crown in my book, but I cannot calm down when there is a triple stumper Taylor Swift clue.”“Taylor goes unanswered at the top of the board! I think you could throw around “You Need to Calm Down” in a lot of different ways regarding #Jeopardy,” another wrote.“None of the jeopardy contestants got the Taylor Swift clue shut the whole show down,” a third fumed.Another added, “NOBODY GOT THE TAYLOR SWIFT QUESTION ON JEOPARDY??? boooooooooo.”Despite the hiccup, Mierswa still managed to come in first place with $26,644 worth of winnings during Wednesday’s episode.It comes as fans of the long-running trivia show also went wild over Jennings’ crude joke on air during the July 18 episode.

Twitter posted a side-by-side photo of the two contestants, writing, “#Jeopardy this didn’t count, but then this one did??”Goldberger’s answer was: “Who is Harriet Tubman?”“Apparently according to #Jeopardy producers, one of theses [sic] says ‘Waiting for Godot’ while the other does NOT say ‘Harriet Tubman.’ #MakeItMakeSense,” another viewer chimed in.#jeopardy this didn’t count, but then this one did?? pic.twitter.com/xsr2RUBLv3The official “Jeopardy!” website states that written answers to the Final Jeopardy! clue don’t have to be spelled the right way in order to win, “but they must be phonetically correct and not add or subtract any extraneous sounds or syllables.”One person suggested the show goes digital in the future. “I don’t quite get why contestants don’t have keypads for Final Jeopardy.

Ken Jennings is showing off his sharp sense of humour.