Longtime followers of “Jeopardy!” threaten to boycott the present since Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings share internet hosting duties.
On Wednesday, the beloved sport present introduced that the 2 interim hosts would maintain their jobs, with Jennings internet hosting from September to January and Bialik taking on from January on the finish of the season.
The ‘Name Me Kat’ actress may even host ‘Celeb Jeopardy!’ and particular tournaments, whereas Jennings will host the Second Probability Event and the Event of Champions.
This was unhealthy information for some viewers, as each the historic “Jeopardy!” champ and the “Large Bang Principle” alum have confronted their justifiable share of errors — and, because of this, criticism.
The announcement on Twitter acquired a whole bunch of responses, with many expressing their displeasure on the announcement that Bialik would keep on.
“I will not watch @Jeopardy till @KenJennings turns into the primary and solely host. This swap factor sucks! #boycottjeopardy as a result of they’re run by idiots. What a waste,” one commenter said.
“Nice! I will be watching till December when Ken hosts. I will not be watching any Jeopardy host Mayim,” one particular person weighed.
“And I do not watch on a regular basis”, one other particular person declared.
“Nobody is thrilled to see Mayim co-host in any respect, in the event you hearken to folks most of us most popular Ken as our full-time host over Mayim Bialik. Watch when viewership drops when Mayim hosts after which goes up with Ken, you will remorse co-hosting shit,” one other consumer wrote.
“This lady retains me away from the present and most others I do know agree she’s a large number as a number,” one viewer mentioned. joked.
Nevertheless, others mentioned Jennings was the issue.
“Mayim is a lot better as a number”, a consumer wrote. “Ken will not be a public speaker not to mention a tv host. Trivia nerds and Twitter nerds are the one Jeopardy viewers preferring Ken, who’s a small section of Jeopardy’s viewers.
“If Ken was nearly as good as social media says he would have been Sony’s decide alone,” one other declared. “Mayim wants observe. I agree. However she has a far superior Jeopardy voice for studying clues like Alex did. That is why they selected Mayim.
“It is a successful host workforce that Alex [Trebek] can be so proud. Jeopardy is extra in style than ever and may have the very best future, together with prime time,” one other said of the deceased longtime host.
In different “Jeopardy!” scandal, social media was surprised final week when the three contestants missed a query about Taylor Swift, winner of 11 Grammy Awards, and her hit track “You Have to Calm Down”.
The present’s thirty ninth season begins filming subsequent week.
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