Ken Jennings took over hosting duties in 2021, a year after Alex Trebek died from pancreatic cancer in 2020. Jennings co-hosted the show alongside Mayim Bialik for two years before becoming its sole host in 2023.
"The last host worked into his 80s. Traditionally, it’s not a job you retire from," Jennings explained.
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He concluded, "I really feel very lucky that I’m still part of the Jeopardy! family after all these years. And I have, I have no plans to hang it up."
Before his historic winning streak, Jennings was a longtime fan of the game show, which originally premiered in March 1964 with Art Fleming as host. The show aired in various formats until 1979, before being relaunched in 1984 with Trebek at the helm.
He quipped, "I’m very nostalgic for that sound effect. I feel like our ratings would probably double just from that. I’m not an expert, but I’m just spitballing. I think we would double our ratings if we had the dollar amount sound effect back."
Jeopardy! airs weeknights in syndication.
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