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Mayim Bialik would jump at the chance to host full-time.  “I would love that,” the star told ET’s Lauren Zima on the 27th Critics' Choice Awards red carpet on Sunday. “I like to say, I’ve lived season to season, since I was about 13 years old.

invaded that country on Feb. 24.Host Ken Jennings read the $800 clue in the category “Bordering Russia”: ”The Kerch Strait — along with serious border issues — separates Russia from this country on the Black Sea.”The answer, of course, was Ukraine.The 1.9-mile-long strait separates Russia from Crimea to its west and Ukraine to the north. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and subsequently built a bridge across the strait to connect the two in 2018.

A powerful moment took place on the Feb. 28 episode of Jeopardy!, when host Ken Jennings spoke with the current champion, Christine Whelchel. “If you watched last week, you might notice that Christine looks a little bit different today. Tell us about your look,” said Jennings. Christine, looking sharp with pink-rimmed glasses and a cute polka-dot top, said that she decided she “didn’t need to hide behind the wig anymore, and normalize what cancer recovery looks like.”

pic.twitter.com/ftd53zxnzFThe news comes less than a month after Schneider announced she was leaving her day job following her amazing run on Her streak on the iconic game show came to an end in January after 40 games. She first made headlines in December after setting the record for the most consecutive wins by a woman at 21, beating Julia Collins' 20 wins. The next month, Schneider made history when she surpassed Matt Amodio as the second-most winning contestant on the long-running game show.

came to an end last month after 40 games. She first made headlines in December after setting the record for the most consecutive wins by a woman at 21, beating Julia Collins' 20 wins. The next month, Schneider made history when she surpassed Matt Amodio as the second-most winning contestant on the long-running game show.

winningest woman Amy Schneider, who took home nearly $1.4 million during her 40-game streak on the show in January, is making big moves, the 42-year-old former software engineer said on Tuesday.In an update to her 127,000 followers on Twitter, the Oakland, Calif. resident said, “Some of you may have heard, but I quit my day job yesterday!”“It’s a bit nerve-wracking to pivot from software engineer to… public figure, I guess?” Schneider continued.

Amy Schneider has a few big plans on deck now that her run on Jeopardy! has come to an end. The 42-year-old contestant revealed that she’s not rushing to spend all of her $1.4 million winnings at once, but she does have a few big purchase in mind to treat herself after the historic run. Amy revealed that she has travel on the mind in a Thursday February 2 interview with The New York Post.

came to an end Jan. 26.

Amy Schneider's winning streak on has come to an end.The software engineering manager lost to Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, during Wednesday's episode. Schneider finished in second place with $19,600, while Talsma came in first with $29,600.At the end of her history-making run, Schneider's total winnings add up to $1,382,800.

made history when she won her 39th game and became No. 2 on the game show’s consecutive wins list — and the winningest woman.

Amy Schneider is making  history!Schneider claimed her 39th win Monday, surpassing Matt Amodio as the second-most winning contestant on the long-running game show. Ken Jennings, who partnered with Mayim Bialik to take over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, still holds the top spot, after he won 74 back-to-back games in 2004.Schneider's winnings are piling up too, with the 42-year-old software engineering manager collecting $1,319,800 in prize money thus far.«It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement after her 39th win.

has been hosting the show during Schneider’s winning streak. Schneider makes history as the most successful woman in the show’s history, the show’s first transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions and the highest-performing transgender person in the show’s history. “I think that the best part for me has been being on TV, you know, as my true self, expressing myself and representing the entire community of trans people,” she told “Good Morning America.” “Just being, you know, a smart, confident woman and doing something super normal like being on ‘Jeopardy!’”Schneider, who has also said that said her classmates voted her most likely to be a “Jeopardy!” contestant when she was in eighth grade, will now face off against Matt Amodio, who is No.

Speaking Monday on “Tamron Hall,” Coates, who had social media rally behind her cause last summer, said she “asked for the opportunity when it came time, when they were looking for people to possibly fill in.”Eager to be considered among the likes of current Season 38 hosts Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik, along with other fan favorites like LeVar Burton and Aaron Rodgers, Coates said she “certainly raised [her] hand and knocked on doors and found them closed.”“And I asked for the opportunity. I was told ‘no.’”The Post has reached out to Coates and representatives for the show for comment.The show’s initial decision of awarding the gig to executive producer Mike Richards horrendously backfired after alleged sexist comments from the short-time host were revealed last summer.

different hosts.Season 38 of the long-running trivia show will premiere sometime in 2022 with Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings at the helm as hosts.“We are delighted to let you know that Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will continue to share hosting duties through the end of Jeopardy! Season 38, and Michael Davies will remain as executive producer,” Sony recently said in a statement.

Tuesday interview of her fifth consecutive game win, which qualified her for the “Tournament.” “Once I got it, it was a great feeling, mostly because I was having fun and I didn’t want to stop. By qualifying for the fifth one, I knew I would come back.”She’s since won even more shows, bringing her streak up to nine.

spoke to USA Today ahead of what’s bound to be an emotional episode of America’s beloved game show Monday night. He spoke about his touching relationship with Trebek, feeling “just terrified” of hosting and the state of the show itself following a summer of scandals, including the removal of ex-producer and onetime host Mike Richards.Returning to the show for the first time since February, Jennings said he was unaware his first episode back was slated for the one-year anniversary of Trebek’s death from pancreatic cancer.“Apparently, everyone was aware that we were going to air [this episode] on the anniversary and nobody told me,” Jennings told the publication.

LeVar Burton thought he wanted to host — until he did it.The 64-year-old actor got candid about not being selected to host the long-running game show. While talking to Trevor Noah on, he admitted that guest-hosting made him realize he didn't want the job.«I made it public that I wanted it for myself, that it made sense to me, and [the fans] were all about it.

third spot for another hall of fame record, the most money won, with his tally now an incredible $775,401.This week he also took the third spot for consecutive wins, having surpassed Julia Collins, who won 20 games in 2014, which at the time had been the second best run.“Jeopardy!” called him a “superchamp” as it noted that only James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings have won more since 1984, when the syndicated show debuted.Despite his incredible winning streak, Amodio still has a way to go to catch them — with Holzhauer having won 32 games in 2019, and GOAT Jennings an incredible 74 games in 2004.The two champs are also the only ones to have won more money than Amodio — with Holzhauer’s $2,462,216 just behind Jennings’ $2,520,700.Amodio had

and. The news comes after he already stepped down as the new host of following his apology over sexist comments he made in the past.The news was announced to and staff on Tuesday. Embassy Row's Michael Davies will take over as executive producer on an interim basis.«I'm writing to let you know that Mike will no longer be serving as EP of and effective immediately,» Suzanne Prete, EVP, Business and Strategy,  and  said in a note to staff.

will still be hosted by Mike Richards.Richards may have stepped down as the new host of the classic game show, however, ET has learned that five episodes of were taped on Thursday with Richards as host. Those new episodes will air as scheduled.News of Richards no longer hosting broke Friday morning.

interview with the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, the New Haven, Connecticut, native revealed he keeps his answers consistent in style so he can concentrate on the root of the clue.“I have a strategy where I form all of my questions with a ‘What’s’ at the beginning, then I can focus on the rest of the clue,” he said. “Other people have been very upset about me being robotic instead of forming a question differently each time.”He continued, “I was glad that ‘Jeopardy!’ said this was perfectly within the rules.