After Trebec, why can't a woman be considered to host Jeopardy?

[CTyankee]

Anybody have some suggestions?

[lapfog_1]

1. Alex even predicted that a Woman would follow him...

but didn't name names

[Mosby]

53. I nominate Leslie Jones.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Someone cerebral. Maintain the fun but also the gravitas and intellectual aspect.

[Sneederbunk]

3. Sarah Huckabee Sanders

[Rebl2]

4. Please.

He hasn’t even been gone 24 hours.

[CTyankee]

6. I know and believe me, I loved him. But as long as we're speculating (and sadly, we were warned)

it seems only fair to ask.

[Gothmog]

5. There was a clip from a while back with Trebec stating that the next host should be a woman

This season the show hired Ken Jennings and I suspect that Jennings is the front runner for this show

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Sort Of Makes Sense

If he took on an air of someone who knows all the answers, people would believe it. He knew a huge % of the answers while under the pressure of playing the game.
But, I'm ok with pretty much anybody.
They hit a home run with Alex. I'd give them another at-bat. It's different people to be sure, but the ethos is probably unchanged.

[CTyankee]

9. I like Ken but he doesn't really have the showmanship, as well as smarts, as Alex did...

but we love Ken a lot, and he is a co-producer of the show, so that's something to consider. And people know him from his past successes.

[Chainfire]

14. Oh come on, not to disparage the dead

but Alex was so damn smart because he had the answers in his hand. I was under the impression that they had been grooming Jennings for years for the job. I quit watching Jeopardy because I could no longer look at Alex without wanting to ask about the three Ps. What's the three Ps Alex......

[CTyankee]

16. Well, for one thing, Alex had the damn pronunciation of just about every foreign language

word question. I get it that he spoke French, but damn, his German and Italian pronunciations were extremely well done (now, I am guessing at the German but I do know Italian and he was spot on).

Of course, he knew the questions already, but he could pull it off like he knew them himself, Pretty good acting, no?

[DrToast]

10. It's kind of hard to imagine someone better that him

He’s funny and charismatic. And obviously he’s already part of the family.

[Me.]

13. I Didn't See Your Post Before I Did Mine

He's my guess too and not one I would appreciate. Would love James but don't think he's a good fit.

[Brother Buzz]

29. A woman was Alex Trebec's second choice - CNN legal analyst Laura Coates

But his FIRST choice is another Alex, LA Kings announcer Alex Faust

Alex Faust is sharp as a tack, Baby!

[LisaM]

8. Ted Allen.

I've thought for a long time he would be perfect.

[Codeine]

22. That's a damned good suggestion. nt

[bdamomma]

11. Past winners or contestants

Buzzy Cohen

or

Austin

[Totally Tunsie]

23. oooooooo, oh my...no thanks!

[bdamomma]

25. really

not a good suggestion?

who would you suggest?

But Alek was the best going to miss him.

[Totally Tunsie]

30. I'd certainly take Ken before either of these two.

James Holzhauer would be another choice, if we're choosing from previous winners. I like Julia Collins also, but she needs to be more outgoing.

Bucky and the bartender wouldn't rank in my top thousand. Bucky has the personality of a used car salesman, and Austin is just obnoxious.

ETA: Just added Jennifer Granholm to my list. See #33 below.

[bdamomma]

31. well we

shall see.

James would be humbled but I don't think he would accept.

[CurtEastPoint]

38. oh they were both obnoxious

[Me.]

12. I'm Afraid THey Might Pick Ken Jennings

Which would be a non starter for me

[dem4decades]

17. Why? He deserves it.

[Sugarcoated]

21. He's got no charisma

A host has to have some of that

[dem4decades]

28. Isn't that what got us in our mess? Trump had charisma, Hillary deserved it.

[former9thward]

36. Its a TV show.

Not government policy making. TV shows need to have people watching them or they go off the air. If a host doesn't have charisma and is likeable people will not watch.

[Chainfire]

52. I never thought of Trebek as being Charismatic

Arrogant, maybe, but not charismatic.

[Chainfire]

54. Who ever is chosen to replace Trebek

will be based on the calculation of who will be the most likely to increase revenues. They may go through several before another long-term host is selected.

[Chainfire]

55. I never thought of Trebec as being Charismatic

Arrogant, maybe, but not charismatic.

[Me.]

37. Why...Simply Because He Won?

THat doesn't have anything to do with hosting

[LisaM]

51. I don't care for him either.

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I hope he's not the choice. He turned the show from a fun game you could play along with at home to a show where the contestants became more important than the game.

I don't watch to see winning streaks or big paydays. I watch to test my own knowledge.

[Me.]

59. ...

[Beakybird]

15. They'll get a robot who will vaporize the losers. Ratings come first.

[icwlmuscyia]

18. There is a woman on Game Show network that hosts Master minds and The Chase

Brooke Burns. She is pretty good and I believe could do the job well.

Trebec was a game show host first who was hired for Jeopardy.

[countingbluecars]

19. I agree. n/t

[Rebl2]

26. I remember her

from a couple of Hallmark movies.

[Roland99]

20. Would be funny if it was Ellen DeGeneres (or Jamie Curtis)

Fans of Disney’s Epcot will get it

[Buckeye_Democrat]

27. Hey, Trump's return to TV!

He's so smart and knowledgeable, after all.



I might have made myself a little sick with that joke.

[Codeine]

32. Bring Rachel Riley over from Channel Four.

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She’s funny, she’s telegenic, she’s very experienced in the quiz/game show format, and she’s got a degree in mathematics from Oxford, so intellectually she’s all there.

Look up an episode of Nine Out of Ten Cats Do Countdown to see her in action — the whole show is amazingly funny.



Edited because I’m an imbecile.

[muriel_volestrangler]

44. FWIW, Countdown is on Channel 4, not the BBC

(it was the very first programme the channel showed, in the early 80s, and is still running).

If you want someone from the BBC, there's Victoria Coren Mitchell:

Coren Mitchell is the host of Only Connect, where contestants find connections between unconnected clues in possibly the hardest game show on TV, and has presented Radio 4 comedy series Heresy since 2008.

In her broadcasting career, she has presented several BBC documentaries on topics on everything from language and surrealist art to Mary Poppins and P.L. Travers. She is also a regular on Radio 4, having previously hosted Fourth Column and Off The Page.

For someone in the funny business, Victoria has a surprisingly good poker face. She became first woman to win an event on the European Poker Tour, the first player to win both a televised professional tournament and a celebrity televised tournament and the first player to win two European Poker Tour Main Events. She even won the tidy sum of £500,000 from winning her first European Poker Tour title in London in 2006.
...
She has also written several books, including Love 16, Once More, With Feeling and For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker and still writes columns for The Observer, GQ and Elle magazine.

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-12-02/who-is-victoria-coren-mitchell/

and corpsing:

[Codeine]

45. D'oh! I even watch it on the Channel Four YouTube channel.

[Totally Tunsie]

33. Jennifer Granholm would be wonderful in this role,

but she's already very gainfully employed in her move to California in recent years. I always enjoy her appearances on CNN, and would like to see her in a very public spotlight again.

I'm fairly certain, however, that this probably isn't on her bucket list.

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https://www.jennifergranholm.com/about

[roamer65]

34. I want her as Secretary of Education.

[Totally Tunsie]

35. Interesting choice!

[nolabear]

39. Mayim Biyalik? Gina Davis? Danika McKellar?

They’re all brilliant and would be good. I don’t know who’d want to be off on that track though.

[Codeine]

46. Those are great choices! nt

[kairos12]

40. Aubrey Plaza

[Hassin Bin Sober]

41. I don't know if she would do it but what about Hillary Clinton?

[KentuckyWoman]

42. Retire Jeopardy with respect.

In a year or two debut something new for smarties. New set. New name. New host.

[Polybius]

49. Agreed

It would be like Wheel Of Fortune without Pat Sajak and Vanna White.

[Tikki]

43. I like Mona Chalabi for the new hosting.

Maybe you know her as the Statistics lady.

Tikki

[Totally Tunsie]

47. Here's a thought: How about Marilu Henner

with her hyperthymesia, a"highly superior autobiographical memory", whereby she can recall every moment of her life from birth? A condition like that would mesh well with the Jeopardy! content.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthymesia

[Takket]

48. As a Star Trek fan i'd love to see Levar Burton

And he has expressed interest in the past

As for a woman? I find Jane Lynch to be wonderful. She’s hosting The Weakest Link right now.

[Karma13612]

50. Not sure, but I thought

From the obvious way they treat Ken Jennings with such reverence that he would follow in Alex’s footsteps.

Again, not sure.

The show doesn’t seem to want to have a typical TV personality type. They are more interested in someone who treasures knowledge and a certain level of geekness.

From what I could see, Alex was quite fond of Ken. Yea he had fun with James and Austin (was he the bartender from NYC?), but he seemed to revere Ken.

Anyway, lets give it a few beats.
RiP Alex, you really gave it your all in the show and really fought your cancer. Say Hi to RBG for us!! The world of intellectuals will not be the same without you two.

[Chainfire]

56. The selection will be based upon perceived marketability.

The producers will make the decision base upon projected profits.

[malaise]

57. Trebek started out as a newsman

so maybe we should look at the women in the news and see who we think would be successful. There really aren't many women in the quiz show sphere.

[Arthur_Frain]

58. This is what they hate about us you know?

Not even cooled yet.

[CTyankee]

62. Well, then "they" must hate Trebek because he raised the question himself.

I presume he did so because he wanted people to think about it and discuss it.

[Oneironaut]

60. I think people want another Alex. It's not going to happen.

He was one of a kind.

I think they should retire and reboot, personally.

[Totally Tunsie]

61. Didn't see this one coming:

George Stephanopoulos’ Rep Lobbies For Him to Become Next Host of ‘Jeopardy!’

Stephanopoulos has his eye on the lucrative position and that his agent was lobbying hard at ABC, where he serves as ABC News’ chief anchor and political correspondent.

https://www.thewrap.com/george-stephanopoulos-pushing-next-host-jeopardy-alex-trebek-abc-news/