Actress Mayim Bialik has announced her departure as the host of the popular game show “Jeopardy!”


On Friday, Mayim Bialik revealed that she will no longer serve as the host of “Jeopardy!”

On a social media post, the actor from “The Big Bang Theory” announced that he received news from Sony stating that he will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!

The 48-year-old Bialik did not elaborate on what led up to her departure. She said she was “honored” to have received an Emmy nomination this year for outstanding host of a game show, and said she “was deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the Jeopardy! family.”

Both Bialik and Ken Jennings, who holds the record for most wins on the game show “Jeopardy!”, have been named permanent hosts of the show and will share hosting responsibilities.

They were two of many guest hosts. the

who had completed the

alternatinglyfollowing the death

Alex Trebek, who had been the host for a long time, passed away from cancer in 2020.

In August 2021, there was a significant change in the popular game show “Jeopardy!” when its former executive producer Mike Richards was announced as a permanent host alongside Bialik. However, he resigned from the position just a week later.

following previous inappropriate remarks

The information he had created became available on the internet.

During the month of May, Bialik made the decision to not host the last week of the 39th season of “Jeopardy!” as a show of support for the Hollywood writers’ strike.

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Source: cbsnews.com