Jeopardy! saga, it turns out that late host Alex Trebek expressed interest in having CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates replace him.
This isn’t news to us at ESSENCE—we reported this in 2018. But video footage went viral this week of Trebek explicitly nominating Coates, the former prosecutor and radio show host, to take over for him in the long-running game show.
Coates, along with sports broadcaster Alex Faust, were his top choices. Today, the recently appointed host Mike Richards announced he is stepping down.
Though Twitter can claim credit for many things, the resurfaced interview footage may not be the primary factor in Richards’s resignation.
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