JEOPARDY! star Mayim Bialik has shown off her stunning new look in a teaser for the upcoming celebrity edition of the game show.
The spinoff has set its premiere date for September 25th, and it will air on Sundays to avoid interferring with regular episodes.
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Mayim, 46, and Ken Jennings, 48, were officially announced as Jeopardy!’s dual hosts, with the latter running the show now and the former taking over later in the season.
While Ken is busy hosting the first batch of new episodes, Mayim is busy getting ready for the premiere of Celebrity Jeopardy!, which she’s hosting ahead of her time on the flagship program.
On Friday, Mayim stunned in a new teaser for the game show, which also gave a first look at the A-listers set to compete.
In the new promo video, Mayim rocked a cobalt blue blouse with a loose bow tied at the neck.
She paired it with a crisp white blazer, which had a pin at its collar.
The host wore large black frames, a red lip, and her hair in a smooth side part.
In the short clip, she stood in front of the game show board and said: “Celebrity Jeopardy! Is the perfect combination of brain power and star power.
“Let’s hope they’ve been reading more than screenplays.”
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Last month, a large group of celeb contestants was announced, including Marvel actor Simu Liu, Crazy Rich Asians star Constance Wu, comedian Iliza Shlesinger, and Ray Romano.
Also playing – all for charity – is Who’s Line star Aisha Tyler, Patton Oswalt, Superbad’s Michael Cera, The Office’s B.J. Novak, and WNBA’s Candace Parker.
Fans slammed the line-up, with some saying they’ve “never heard of” most of the contestants.
On Facebook after the announcement, one posted: “Am I the only one who has never heard of any of these celebrities? Just Patton Oswalt and Ray Romano.”
Another agreed: “I only know Ray Romano, who are the rest?”
A third sadly replied, “Apparently ‘celebrities.'”
And a fourth: “Never heard of them.”
Earlier this week, it was revealed that there’s a massive payday for the show’s winner and that even more A-listers will be participating than expected.
On this week’s episode of the show’s official podcast Inside Jeopardy!, Executive producer Mike Davies and “Clue Crew” member Sarah Foss finally “pulled back the curtain” on the celeb-teeming tournament.
Sarah revealed the spinoff will be a three-round tournament worth $1M.
She shared: “It’s a championship and at the end, a $1 million grand prize will go to the celebrity who wins and the chosen charity of their choice.”
EP Mike said: “We have two people we’ve had before – and that’s Andy Richter and Aisha Tyler, and they’ve actually played and won on Jeopardy! Before.”
“Everyone else is a shot in the dark but we weren’t disappointed,” he added, as the first day of shooting intensive four-hour episodes have already wrapped.
Execs also revealed 27 stars will be playing, which is major since only eight had been announced before the new podcast episode.
Celebrity Jeopardy! first aired in 1992, and the last tournament took place in 2015.
It will return with a new season on September 25.
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