The executive producer of Jeopardy, Mike Richards is in advance continuous talks with Sony Pictures Television to be the permanent host of popular quiz show, which was earlier hosted by Alex Trebek for a very long time. Trebek hosted the show for 36 years with more than 8,000 episodes, but the long-lasting host Trebek died calmly at the age of 80 in November 2020. Post his death Sony presented a progression of guest presenters, some of whom expected to procure the permanent spot.
As per the reports, Richard had joined as executive producer, simply a year prior, satisfied Sony Pictures executives with his dominance of the speedy game and laid-back live attitude. Sony Pictures spokesperson talks is still ongoing with many several potential candidates. The representative remained silent about Richards’ status. In spite of the fact that Richards is clearly the front-runner, a source near the situation focused on that there is no assurance that they would agree on Richard, and that different competitors are as yet in the running.
As per Variety, other guest that have fronted the show since the final Trebek episodes that was broadcasted in January, which included Mayim Bialik, Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, Bill Whitaker, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Ken Jennings, George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, Savannah Guthrie, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Aaron Rodgers and former competitor Buzzy Cohen.
Mike Richards, has previously hosted reality series “High School Reunion” on The WB network and “Beauty and the Geek” on The CW. Earlier in 2018, he turned into a co-executive producer on “The Price Is Right.” He was elevated to executive producer in the following year, and he additionally delivered as executive producer in the sale of the CBS revival of “Let’s Make a Deal.” Richards had hosted nearly 4,000 hours of game shows when he dominated “Jeopardy.”
