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Jeopardy Viewers Demand Mayim Bialik Is Fired

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Published 12:35 2 Aug 2022 GMT+1

Jeopardy Viewers Demand Mayim Bialik Is Fired

Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings are Jeopardy co-hosts for season 39

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

Many Jeopardy! viewers are calling for Mayim Bialik to be fired from the show.

Since Alek Trebek's death in 2020, the American game show has been struggling to find a replacement host.

The 80-year-old, who began hosting Jeopardy! in 1984, passed away after a long battle with cancer.

Recently, it was announced that Mayim and Ken Jennings would turn from temporary into permanent co-hosts for season 39.

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Ken will start hosting the show next week and Mayim will take over in January and host the show until the end of the season.

Some Jeopardy! viewers want Mayik Bialik fired from the show.
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Amid the news, some fans were calling for Mayim to lose her job.

One social media user wrote: "@Jeopardy In both rounds @missmayim

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judged clues correct that were clearly wrong. She needs to be fired and @embassydavies needs to either do his job or also be let go. Stop dumbing down the game! @SPTV."

A second person added: "Mayim is a good actress but not a good host. She makes too many mistakes.

"Instead of asking to be more specific which Alex & Ken did/do she just says wrong. There have been quite a few instances that the judges should've corrected her mistakes but didn't & the contestant lost."

Someone else commented: "Ken is fantastic. I'm not a fan of Mayim delayed responses and the most infuriating thing is how a contestant is deemed wrong for not putting the answer in the form of a question yet she is the only guest host who doesn't. I'm waiting for a frivolous lawsuit."

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Ken will start hosting the show next week and Mayim will take over in January and host the show until the end of the season.
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However, not everyone was disappointed with The Big Bang Theory star, with one person writing: "Love her. She’s smart, sassy and genuine. If you don’t like her, I’m sure you can find some of the previous 37 seasons of Jeopardy! somewhere.

Another added: "I say “good riddance” to those that threaten to boycott! Get over it. It is a game show. She does a fine job as does Ken.

"Watch the show—or don’t. But grow up!"

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Someone else thought: "Hmm! To each his own, but I think she does a great job hosting!"

"Mayim is a good actress but not a good host. She makes too many mistakes. "
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Executive producer Michael Davies said that there is a 'need' to have multiple hosts.

Back in June, he explained: "With all of our plans for Jeopardy!— which is more Jeopardy!, not less, more versions — we’re going to need multiple hosts to represent the entire audience, to represent the entire country, in order to take this franchise forward."

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Featured Image Credit: CBS Media Ventures/Jeopardy/Instagram

Topics: US News, Film and TV, Celebrity

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish has an MA in Multimedia Journalism and is passionate about delivering sarcastic/mildly amusing content. After studying business at undergrad, Anish realised that he’d much prefer getting paid to rant about a topic, rather than to find a solution to it. Apart from that, he loves the ‘Four F’s’, as he calls it - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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