Mayim Bialik has confronted her closing “Jeopardy!” Two years after stepping in as a everlasting host for the beloved recreation present following the demise of its long-running emcee Alex Trebek, Bialik is exiting her common position on the sequence. In an announcement posted to Instagram on Friday afternoon, Bialik shared that producer Sony Footage Tv had knowledgeable her that she is going to not have internet hosting duties on the sequence starting in 2024.
“As the vacation break begins in Hollywood, I’ve some ‘Jeopardy!’ information. Sony has knowledgeable me that I’ll not be internet hosting the syndicated model of ‘Jeopardy!’” Bialik wrote within the submit. “I’m extremely honored to have been nominated for a primetime Emmy for internet hosting this yr and I’m deeply grateful for the chance to have been a pat of the ‘Jeopardy!’ household.”
“For all of you who’ve supported me by means of this unimaginable journey and to the followers, contestants, writers, employees and crew of America’s Favourite Quiz Present, thanks,” Bialik’s assertion concludes.
A spokesperson for the sequence at Sony launched the next assertion to Selection later within the afternoon: “Mayim Bialik has introduced she is going to not be internet hosting the syndicated model of ‘Jeopardy!’. We made the choice to have one host for the syndicated present subsequent season to take care of continuity for our viewers, and Ken Jennings would be the sole host for syndicated ‘Jeopardy!’. We’re really grateful for all of Mayim’s contributions to ‘Jeopardy!’, and we hope to proceed to work along with her on primetime specials.”
Following Trebek’s demise in November 2020, Bialik was one in all a number of rotating superstar visitor hosts to affix the sequence within the following yr. After standing govt producer Mike Richards had negotiated a contract to take over as everlasting host of “Jeopardy!,” a subsequent unraveling of scandals shortly led to his ousting from this system. Bialik took over as a visitor host through the turbulent interval, quickly after changing into a everlasting host, alternating duties with Ken Jennings, who first confirmed his “Jeopardy!” mastery as a contestant in 2003 and has turn out to be the highest-earning American recreation present contestant in historical past by means of his return journeys to the sequence.
Solely Jennings has been internet hosting as of this fall’s Season 40. In August, Selection reported that Bialik had declined to host the second season of “Superstar Jeopardy!” in observance of the then-ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Each Bialik and Jennings earned Emmy Award nominations for excellent host of a recreation present on this yr’s inaugural version of the class. Steve Harvey, Pat Sajak and Keke Palmer additionally acquired nods. A winner can be introduced on the strike-delayed Emmy Awards in January.
