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The United States Postal Service had a couple of special guests on hand to celebrate their latest commemorative forever stamp honoring the late Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, who passed in 2020 Joining the ceremony were current host Ken Jennings and Alex Trebek's widow Jean Trebek While Jeopardy! began on network TV, the syndicated version Trebek[...]

The United States Postal Service will be honoring one of TV's most beloved game show hosts, the late Alex Trebek, who hosted Jeopardy for 37 years from 1984 until his passing in November 2020 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 80 His final show aired on January 8th, 2021 The series' current host, Ken[...]

Second, just how badly everyone and their mother seemed to cluster-f**k the process to find someone to replace the late Alex Trebek as host We're talking a "Spinal Tap"-honoring "11" on a ten-point cluster-f**k scale From a guest host "audition" process that appears to have been more than a bit shady from the start to[...]

Richards' comments coming to light was just the latest in a series of clouds surrounding his selection and the legitimacy of the process that was rolled out to find a successor to the late Alex Trebek- with reports that Sony felt it could not move forward with someone to take on the mantle of host[...]

Richards' comments coming to light was just the latest in a series of clouds surrounding his selection and the legitimacy of the process that was rolled out to find a successor to the late Alex Trebek- with reports that Sony felt it could not move forward with someone to take on the mantle of host[...]

Richards' comments coming to light was just the latest in a series of clouds surrounding his selection and the legitimacy of the process that was rolled out to find a successor to the late Alex Trebek- with reports that Sony felt it could not move forward with someone to take on the mantle of host[...]

Jeopardy! host Mike Richards is having to answer for past comments deemed offensive while hosting The Randumb Show podcast from 2013-2014.

Jeopardy! now has two hosts: EP Mike Richards will host daily and The Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik will host specials & spinoffs.

As part of a series of guest hosts for season 37 to succeed late host Alex Trebek, Sony Pictures Television is looking to finalize talks with executive producer Mike Richards to serve as the next permanent host Upon learning the news, the Star Trek: The Next Generation actor took to Twitter to address disappointed fans[...]

With the passing of legendary game show host Alex Trebek, Jeopardy! has been hosting a series of guests that have included LEVAR BURTON, Mayim Bialik, Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, Bill Whitaker, Dr Mehmet Oz, Ken Jennings, George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, Savannah Guthrie, Dr Sanjay Gupta, Aaron Rodgers, and former contestant Buzzy Cohen During that time,[...]

There's no question, there's been an insurmountable void left behind since Jeopardy host Alex Trebek passed on November 8 after a long battle with cancer As well-intentioned as Sony's plans with the long-running game show, the guest host format since largely been met with mixed reaction One possible permanent solution that emerged is Reading Rainbow[...]

Though he passed away from stage 4 pancreatic cancer at the age of 80 in November 2020, late Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek had one final message of love and hope to share with viewers on Monday Before the first of his final run of episodes (set to air through Friday, January 8), Trebek took a[...]

With the final episodes of the late Alex Trebek's run as host of Jeopardy! set to air next week (kicking off with a message from Trebek and wrapping up at the end of the week with a tribute to the beloved host who passed away at age 80 from pancreatic cancer), a number of names[...]

It's hard to believe Alex Trebek was the face of Jeopardy! for over 36 years The long-time host passed at the age of 80 from pancreatic cancer on November 8 As far as becoming such a staple and its place in pop culture history, there plenty of instances where the game show was parodied Most[...]

The world was saddened to learn on Sunday morning that beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80 News of Trebek's passing was announced via the long-running game show's Twitter account with the following statement: "Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home[...]

Originally conceived by Norm MacDonald to use his Burt Reynolds impression, Will Ferrell played the straight role as skit's Alex Trebek The three contestants usually consisted of MacDonald's Reynolds or Hammond's Connery, another cast member, and the host playing other "celebrities." Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery in "Celebrity Jeopardy" on Saturday Night Live Image courtesy of[...]

Oliver continued breaking down the conspiracy video Plandemic. Alex Trebek, Billy Porter, Catherine O'Hara, John Cena, and Paul Rudd appear on news PSA for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Images courtesy of WarnerMedia "[Plandemic] is a pseudo-documentary with a hodgepodge of conspiracies," Oliver describes "In one week (citing the New York Times), it was viewed more[...]

Sony Pictures Television's long-running syndicated series are moving forward with the decision for three primary reasons: ● Concern for the health of Jeopardy host Alex Trebek, whose battle against stage 4 pancreatic cancer has left him with a compromised immune system. ● The studio audience for both shows tend to skew older, a demographic vulnerable to contracting[...]

One year after long-time Jeopardy host and pop culture icon Alex Trebek took to the game show's YouTube channel to announce that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, we are getting an update on his health – directly from the source. Taking to the show's social media accounts on Wednesday, Trebek opened up[...]

Before we get to Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, a bit of personal perspective… First thing you need to know is that it's never the news itself You get used to that. In fact, when you've been running the treatment-check-up-waiting game long enough, your brain develops a way to key in on and process the important words and[...]

Long-time Jeopardy host and pop culture icon Alex Trebek took to the game show's YouTube channel to announce that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer Sources close to Trebek say he will begin chemotherapy treatments immediately, and will attept to finish out the remainder of the game show's season. Having hosted the popular[...]

Also involved were Alex Trebek, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Johnny Gilbert I'm not sure what kid would care about any of these people outside of Nye, but 1996 was a magical year of weird. For the most part, after the Ellen movie, the ride was largely unchanged The animatronics were still amazing, and they even added[...]