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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-jeopardy-board-for-determining-who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy


On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 1:43 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote:

> “The Hollywood Reporter” suggests that *le grande debacle* was merely
> some 4D chess by Sony: “nobody can replace Alex, but anybody can replace
> Mike Richards (not Kramer, but the other one).”
>
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mike-richards-jeopardy-hosting-debacle-critics-notebook-1235000610/
>
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> On Aug 23, 2021, at 14:20, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The new plan: air the one week of Richards shows, followed by three weeks
> of Mayim, and then back to the guest host format until Sony (without the
> input of Richards) picks the new replacement host.
>
>
> https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/23/media/mayim-bialik-jeopardy/index.html
>
> On Friday, August 20, 2021 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-5 PGage wrote:
>
>> And now he pulls the trigger…
>>
>>
>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/08/20/mike-richards-jeopardy-quit/
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 6:49 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Matt Belloni is reporting that his sources are saying that the taping if
>>> the first shows with Richards, that started yesterday, were extremely
>>> awkward, with lots of staff unhappy with the choice. He also reports that
>>> the Sony CEO was caught of guard by the Ringer article, and that while he
>>> is still hoping it will blow over, is prepared to replace Richards if it
>>> does not.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 at 5:50 PM Diner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Woah.
>>>> Mike Richards joked about the physical appearance of women, Jews, and
>>>> Asians across a series of podcasts he hosted. When confronted about it,
>>>> Richards wiped the entire podcast series from the internet. His bosses at
>>>> Sony had never heard about it.
>>>> Excellent reporting from Claire McNear at The Ringer.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/18/22631299/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-search-process-past-comments
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 11:24:56 PM UTC-4 Pete wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Ken Levine's podcast, Joe Buck talks about guest hosting Jeopardy.
>>>>> I liked where he said by the end of his run, he had 3 mistakes on his clue
>>>>> readings. But he was told that's about the same as Alex.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://hollywoodandlevine.libsyn.com/ep236-meet-joe-buck-part-1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 1:13 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 9:26 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The elephant in the room with the ratings is that the show was on a
>>>>>>> steady decline throughout the guest host period.  Even with an 18-game 
>>>>>>> (and
>>>>>>> counting) winner to end the season.  Slight upticks for the Tournament 
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> Champions, Aaron Rodgers, and Bill Whittaker.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe this process stanched the bleeding ratings, but I doubt Mr.
>>>>>>> Empty Suit will do better when he starts next month than he did back in
>>>>>>> February.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Whatever Mr. Burton did to hurt you, Dave, I'm sorry.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The ratings always decline when summer comes. It's just not fair to
>>>>>> compare the ratings of January/February with July/August no matter who 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> host was. It's summer, prime time is in reruns/burnoffs/AGT BB and fewer
>>>>>> people tune in. Having a chance to do stuff in the evenings after what we
>>>>>> went through last year was probably also a factor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I saw a lot of the media writers and twitter chatter about how LeVar
>>>>>> Burton was the ideal host for Jeopardy, even before he hosted, and I just
>>>>>> ignored it. It's another reminder that reality doesn't come from media
>>>>>> writers and twitter folks. I still think it would be an epic troll to 
>>>>>> start
>>>>>> a petition to have him become the new host of Wheel of Fortune.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I liked Joe Buck's week. He didn't treat it as an audition and it
>>>>>> made him looser and it gave him good energy. I wouldn't want to see him 
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> a host for more than a week but I enjoyed the job he did.
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