Jeopardy! Boss Breaks Silence on Mayim Bialik Firing, How Ken Jennings ‘Really Won the Job’
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Speaking to reporters Saturday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, the game show’s boss — who last May maintained publicly that the actress-turned-emcee had his “full support” — said that while Bialik is “a superb host,” in the end “Ken really won the job.”
“When I took over the show” in the wake of the Mike Richards controversy, “we were forced into that [multi-host] situation, because of everything that had happened before with the guest-hosting period,” Davies explained.
“But over the past 2-1/2 seasons, what we’ve heard a lot from our television stations and other interested parties is they were looking for more consistency, they wanted a single host,” Davies continued.
In the May 2023 Vulture interview, Davies had stated that there was “zero difference” in the ratings for Bialik-hosted episodes vs. Jennings’, adding that there were no “absolute” data that points to one being more popular than the other.
It was back on Dec. 15 that Bialik broke the Internet when she announced on Instagram, “Sony informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!”
For his part, Jennings says he was as surprised as everyone else by Bialik’s ouster, telling The Hollywood Reporter last month, “It took me off guard, because I loved working with my Mayim and I’m gonna miss her.”
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Screw, tin man.
The ratings might not have been different (Prob because its a habit show for many), but the overwhelming majority agreed Ken is a better host. Glad to see they've settled on him.
I think there's more to it than that because at the same time the pharmaceutical "Neuriva" replaced her as it's spokesman with Alton Brown.
https://ctwatchdog.com/business/false-advertising/jeopardy-co-host-mayim-bialik-promotes-fake-brain-supplement-neuriva
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/neuriva--partners-with-alton-brown-to-inspire-consumers-to-think-bigger-301625405.html
Because he defeated Alex Trebek and as such took his place on the throne, everyone knows this!
The TLDR is she left abruptly in the season to support the writers strike and Ken scabbed in. The strike went on too long and Sony just let Ken have it.
Nope. That’s not what happened.
Lmao read your own clickbait article bro:
Despite your gratuitous use of bold text, the relevant part of that article was SAG-AFTRA confirming he was a not part of the strike. He was already the co-host of the show. Mayim dropped out in solidarity but he wasn't "scabbing in" just because you want to believe he was. He kept working because he - and the show weren't part of the strike. You can argue until you're blue in the face but SAG-AFTRA doesn't support your claim, bro.
Well yeah, if you go on strike when your union says you shouldn't, you're going to lose your job.
https://insidethemagic.net/2024/02/jeopardy-reveals-the-return-of-mayim-bialik-nk1/
Interesting turn of events!