Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards announced the newest lineup of guest hosts, listing Anderson Cooper, Savannah Guthrie, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Sanjay Gupta as the latest television personalities set to helm the trivia game show.
Joining Bill Whitaker, Mayim Bialik, Katie Couric and Aaron Rodgers, the newly announced guest hosts will take over the emcee slot following the death of Alex Trebek. As part of each host’s time on the show, Jeopardy! will make a donation to a charity of their choice. The amount donated will equal the cumulative winnings of contestants that compete during the weeks they serve as guest host.
“We look forward to each guest host bringing their unique abilities to the show and to our contestants winning a lot of money that we can match for charity,” Richards said.
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Though a majority of the newly announced hosts have not appeared on the trivia show themselves, Cooper is previously competed in Jeopardy!‘s Power Players Tournament back in 2012 and 2016.
After Trebek’s death in November, Jeopardy! alum Ken Jennings and Richards alternated as hosts. Jennings initially joined the current season as a consulting producer.
I have watched Jeopardy for 40 yrs. If you degrade this intellectual show with celebrities we will not watch. Ken Jennings is the only choice
I will never again watch Jeopardy if anderson or savannah host jeopardy after. Fourth years of watching jeopardy they ruin the whole Idea of fairness and good sportsmanship. That and thirty of my friends and their friends will not watch either
I’m not going to watch Guthrie and Cooper if you allow them to guest host the show. Very bad choice on Jeopardy‘s part. Check out their ratings and you’ll see.
You are making a big MISTAKE.
WILL NOT WATCH KATIE COURIC, ANDERSON COOPER BIG LOOSER WHEN HE ON 60MIN.DON’T WATCH, SAVANNA GUTHRRIE I QUIT WATCHING THE TODAY SHOW BECAUSE OF HER.
THESE PEOPLE THINK WE CARE WHAT THEY THINK WE DON’T WE DON’T NEED THEIR OPINIONS.
Hi everybody at jeopardy, truly i missed ALEX, i always felt as one of my friend,but life…he is in the good hand.My comment is about the current host,he is excellent, don’t need another familiar face,please don’t replace him with another celebrity, he great.