what do you think about Mike Richards, who is guest hosting "Jeopardy"?

[CTyankee]

We are huge fans of the show. I thought I'd never see anyone else but Alex as the host but I am warming up to Richards, who happens to be an executive producer of the show.

Any suggestions?

[ret5hd]

1. To me, he comes off as a used car salesman.

But I'm not sure that I will be satisfied with a replacement. Alex just had a certain way about him.

[CTyankee]

4. Well, don't let the perfect stop the good. But I get your point.

I'm still not over Alex's death, but that occasionally happens when you grieve. You have to get to "acceptance."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Forty years of hosting game shows will do that for you.

Alex just had a certain way about him.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. He's slick and attractive but.... I was getting to like nerdy Ken J.

[CTyankee]

5. I love that Ken wore brown shoes with his dark blue suit. Only a beloved nerd would do that.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Meh. Who else have they got for us?

[CTyankee]

7. Anderson Cooper is one. Ugh. But there are women (I think Katie Couric is one).

Frankly, I'd like to see what a woman would do with the show. Where is it written that it has to be a male?

[In_The_Wind]

10. I like Katie Couric. I think she would do an excellent job.

The right person could be male or female.

[jimfields33]

11. I like Katie couric

But since she’s left NBC, the shows she has tried has not been successful. Not really sure why that is, but maybe an established show could be different.

[musette_sf]

6. I liked Ken's style better.

I am finding Richards to have less warmth than Ken. Ken isn’t Alex but he brings a similar sense of caring and empathy. Having been a contestant also informs Ken’s style. Personally I am not looking forward to the celebrity hosts, and I hope that Ken gets the gig. I was not predisposed to him and didn’t expect to like him in the job, so I was pleasantly surprised.

[SharonClark]

9. I grew up with Art Fleming as host.

He was the original host March 30, 1964, to January 3, 1975, and again from October 2, 1978, to March 2, 1979.

Fleming was asked to reprise his role as Jeopardy! host when Merv Griffin began developing a revival of the show in 1983. He declined,later stating in 1989 that he did not like the direction the show had gone in moving the show to Hollywood (being partial to his native New York, he felt that the Hollywood setting made the show dumber and less realistic). As a result, Alex Trebek (a personal friend of Fleming's) took the position instead and continued to host the program until his death in 2020. Fleming and the staff of the modern Jeopardy! had a somewhat public feud over the nature of the show's clues, as Fleming believed that the writers were inserting hints into the clues to make the correct question seem obvious and easy to guess.

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