At 63, Burton is too old. I highly doubt they'll pick someone over 50. They want someone who can last for decades, the way Trebek did.
Alex was 44 when he took over Jeopardy. At TPIR, Barker was 48 and Carey was 49. On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5:20:54 AM UTC-5 Dave Sikula wrote: > Burton strikes me as a terrible choice; one that I assume is driven by Gen > Xers who remember him from Reading Rainbow. > > While I think either a woman or a POC would be a great idea, I don't think > he's the one. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 2:51:59 PM UTC-8 [email protected] > wrote: > >> >> https://www.today.com/popculture/who-will-replace-alex-trebek-jeopardy-here-are-7-contenders-t198450 >> >> >> There's a online petition for LaVar Burton and he has tweeted that he >> covets the job. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c1f24ee6-b3ed-4dde-acae-afa53854fcf1n%40googlegroups.com.
