ABC has dropped the important thing artwork for Celebrity Jeopardy! Season 2, and Ken Jennings is taking heart stage.
The promotional picture comes lower than two weeks after ABC revealed Jennings could be taking up the primetime version of the enduring recreation present.
Bialik was initially set to stay as host, however after stepping away from the syndicated sequence earlier this 12 months, the sequence is forging forward with out her.
The Big Bang Theory alum introduced she would depart the thirty ninth season early to face in solidarity with placing writers amid the WGA strike.
Jennings and Bialik have shared internet hosting duties in the previous, with Bialik usually being the face of the primetime editions… till now.
There’s no telling at this stage whether or not Bialik plans to return, however a brand new report has alleged it may not be in the close to future.
“Mayim is choosing to stand with the actors like she did the writers and won’t cross the picket lines,” a supply advised the Messenger.
“She hopes to return to ‘Jeopardy!’ as soon as the strike has been resolved.”
The insider added, “She wasn’t fired.”
“She’s choosing to stand with her union, and because of that, she was told it is unlikely she will return for the rest of the year, even if the strike is resolved before then.”
The daytime version is ready to return on September 11, 2023, however Jennings will proceed as the only real host of that model for now.
Executive producer Michael Davies introduced some important adjustments to the sequence.
For one, the present will proceed with recycled questions and contestants because of the strike.
“I believe, principally, that it would not be fair to have new contestants,” Davies stated on the Inside Jeopardy podcast earlier this month.
“Making their first appearance on the Alex Trebek stage, doing it with non-original material or, as we’ll talk about, a combination of non-original material and material that was written pre-strike.”
“And so we decided that really we needed to invite back and give a second chance in general to players who probably thought that their chance to come back and play on the Alex Trebek stage had gone forever.”
“We’re going to open the season with a second chance tournament for players from Season 37 who lost their initial game,” he confirmed.
“Winners from that will advance to a Season 37 and Season 38 Champions Wildcard.”
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