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When “Jeopardy!” made its official host announcement last year, the show was clear that viewers would see a lot of both Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. They would take turns hosting the regular show, in addition to hosting special tournaments — Jennings, the Tournament of Champions; and Bialik, “Celebrity Jeopardy!”
But when “Celebrity Jeopardy!” makes its season premiere Sept. 27 on ABC, it’ll be Jennings standing behind the hosting lectern.
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Bialik, known for her roles in sitcoms like “The Big Bang Theory” and “Call Me Kat,” is continuing to sit out as host amid the ongoing writers and actors strikes.
The actress initially opted to step down from hosting during the final week of filming the regular “Jeopardy!” season, the Deseret News previously reported. Jennings took over and filmed the final 20 episodes of the season, according to The Jeopardy Fan website.
The clues for those “Jeopardy!” games were written in advance of the season and writers strike, according to Deadline.
“Our last week of shows was already locked,” Jennings previously told the Deseret News. “We could be above board and just shoot the last week of scripts that had already been written.”
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“Jeopardy!” was one of the first game shows affected by the writers strike, Deadline reported.
The strike — representing more than 11,000 writers in the entertainment industry — began on May 2 and is seeking higher pay and job security amid the rise of artificial intelligence.
“The unions are demanding pay increases, as well as minimums on the number of writers on a show and minimums for the number of weeks writers are employed per contract, and have also expressed concerns that writers could be replaced by artificial intelligence,” Forbes reported.
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