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Bialik begins stint as Jeopardy! host

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Mayim Bialik made her debut as the host of Jeopardy! this week after a summer of drama, which led to the dismissal of executive producer Mike Richards.

Richards and Bialik were hired as the quiz show’s permanent hosts, following the death of Alex Trebek late last year, but the executive producer was fired last month, after controversial old podcast posts surfaced.

It was recently announced that former Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings will share hosting duties with Bialik until the end of 2021.

She stepped onto the Jeopardy! stage on Monday and said, “Welcome. I am so honoured to be part of the Jeopardy! family. There is no place I’d rather be.”

The Big Bang Theory star made no mention of the summer’s drama, but in an essay she wrote for Newsweek, Bialik stated:

“Of course I was in touch with Mike as he was my boss ... and I don’t wish ill on him, or anyone ... My first response, when all of this went down, was to say to the Jeopardy! team, ‘How can I help? Because I am part of this family.’ ”

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