JEOPARDY! fans have spotted a new “sign” that the permanent host has officially been decided for the game show.
Viewers have revealed that they think they know exactly who has been chosen between guest hosts Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik.
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After Jeopardy! won at the Daytime Emmys on Friday, fans realized that only one of the hosts appeared in the clip that played as part of the win.
Ken was that host.
One fan pointed out: “I wonder if it’s telling in any way that the show sent a Ken-hosted episode for the academy’s consideration”
Another said: “Notice that they show clips of Ken and not Mayim?
“FFS just make him the permanent host.”
A third wrote: “Hopefully this is a sign that’s [Mayim’s] gone next season.”
The award show posted the Jeopardy! clip, which featured only moments of Ken hosting, to its Twitter to announce to its followers that the show had won Outstanding Game Show.
Ken re-shared it to his own page, writing with it: “Don’t call it a comeback! Congrats to the hard-working team at @Jeopardy.”
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Previously, fans had spotted a few other possible clues that the gig will be going to Ken.
One of those is the fact that Mayim already has her other show – a Fox sitcom named Call Me Kat.
The network recently released its fall TV schedule, which revealed that the 46-year-old’s comedy series won’t be held for a midseason debut, as it had its first two seasons.
Both seasons 1 and 2 premiered in the month of January, but season 3 is set to start airing in September this time around.
Fans on Reddit pointed out that this is usually reserved for more popular shows and ones that the network wants to have the best chance of continuing to do well.
Plus, season 1 had 13 episodes and season 2 had 18 episodes, but with Call Me Kat’s earlier start this year, they believe season 3 will have even more episodes than before.
With this news, Jeopardy! viewers believe the decision for the game show host’s new permanent host has already been decided.
And they think Ken is the one who will be taking over the mantle for good.
“That’s got to seal the deal for Ken hosting the syndicated episodes full time now,” one Redditer wrote.
They continued: “I’d guess Call Me Kat’s production would require a pretty demanding schedule if it’s going to resume this early and for more episodes.
“There would have to be some serious scheduling rearrangements by both parties for Mayim to tackle both her sitcom and Jeopardy.”
Another said: “At the very least, Call Me Kat – long considered to be an obstacle to Mayim taking the Jeopardy! job full time – will be resuming production earlier than usual.
“That likely poses a hindrance to her availability, as it did for several months this season.
Mayim and Ken have been sharing hosting duties in the wake of legendary host Alex Trebek‘s passing in 2020.
Aside from Mayim’s Fox show, one Reddit user put together other clues from various sources that seemed to point to the permanent hosting gig being announced “soon.”
During the recent installment of his podcast, Omnibus, Ken revealed he has been scheduled for tapings in June.
The Jeopardy! fan assumed Ken might be hosting episodes for the upcoming fall.
Plus, a producer for the game show recently teased that Mayim might be tapped as the host for the upcoming spinoff, Celebrity Jeopardy!
Fans don’t believe she would be chosen to host both of the versions of the show.
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