I felt it was very important to not choose someone right away, because we are all still mourning Alex, we all still miss him. Richards: Perhaps sooner. We’re going to look at the guest hosts, we want to see how the community reacts, how people feel. Q: Any sense of when you would like to settle on a permanent replacement? Would that be someone you'd introduce next season? Richards: Yes, absolutely. I think we want to look at everyone.
Q: Will he be considered as a permanent replacement? I'm proud of Ken because I know he was very nervous, but also very up for it. And they’re very strict confines: 61 clues in 22 minutes will never be done again on television, and it’s part of its beauty.
And what you’ll see with all the guest hosts is they’re not distracting from the game they pay homage to Alex, but they are also getting to show their unique talents within those confines. Our fans, our staff and crew are all familiar with him. He came out, said the right things, was humbled by the situation, addressed the elephant in the room right away and said no one’s going to replace Alex, and they’re not. It’s a fool’s errand. I think he was the perfect person to come onto the stage after Alex. He did better than I thought, and my expectations were incredibly high. Richards: Ken did an amazing job that’s why we picked him to do it. Q: It seems an impossible task to replace Alex the week after his final shows, but how do you think Ken did? That’s of course the last thing you hear when you start to walk out. It hit me like a ton of bricks when Johnny Gilbert announced my name. It was very fun humbling doesn’t begin to describe the feeling. Plus, I also only owned one suit, so there was a little bit of scrambling there.
I didn’t know I was going to be doing it until three days before, and so I had not prepared myself to host in the way that I know other guest hosts are. Watch Video: Ken Jennings doesn't want to permanently host 'Jeopardy!' Richards, 45, who joined the show last summer, answers our burning questions about what's next. Some of these hosts will be considered for the permanent slot, but "Jeopardy!" will take its time and may not replace Trebek until the show begins its 38th season in syndication in September. The challenge is to plan for the long term, because the show's longevity isn't in doubt: "Let’s make sure we get someone we are going to feel even better about in a decade than we do this year," Richards says. Sanjay Gupta, "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker and Mayim Bialik, who stars in the Fox sitcom "Call Me Kat." Each will have a two-week stint and taped their 10 episodes over two days in January. Future guest hosts include CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, "Today" host Savannah Guthrie, neurosurgeon and CNN medical adviser Dr. Green Bay Packers quarterback (and 2015 "Celebrity Jeopardy!" champion) Aaron Rodgers fills in on April 5. Starting Monday, executive producer Mike Richards steps behind the lectern for two weeks' worth of episodes, to be followed by the first group of celebrity guest hosts.įormer "Today" and "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric takes a turn starting March 8, followed by Dr. "Greatest of All Time" champion Ken Jennings completed his six-week hosting gig on Friday, the first after Trebek's death in November of pancreatic cancer. It's been six weeks since Alex Trebek's last episode of "Jeopardy!," one of TV's top-rated game shows. Watch Video: 'Jeopardy!': The latest on Mike Richards and the next permanent host
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