{"id":32041,"date":"2021-08-12T20:12:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T20:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=32041"},"modified":"2021-08-12T21:02:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T21:02:49","slug":"internet-isnt-enthused-with-the-new-jeopardy-hosts","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/internet-isnt-enthused-with-the-new-jeopardy-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet Isn’t Enthused Over The New Hosts For ‘Jeopardy!’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The search for the next\u00a0Jeopardy!<\/em> <\/a>has come to a solemn end. After cycles of celebrity tryouts for the coveted position,\u00a0 current executive producer Mike Richards and actor Mayim Bialik were officially announced as the permanent co-hosts of the beloved trivia show on Wednesday. For most of internet, which hailed LeVar Burton<\/a> as the frontrunner to succeed Alex Trebek’s enduring legacy, the news comes as a shock.<\/p>\n

Before Burton was selected to host an episode of the show this summer, fans started their own \u00a0petition,<\/a> which has amassed over 260,000 signatures to date, to elect the 64-year-old to the role \u2014 citing how how the 64-year-old’s impact \u201cshaped the minds of several generations of trivia-loving nerds.\u201d With the anticipation that rallied around his episodic tryout and his obvious fan-favorite stature, fans took to social media to lament the announcement. Among the dismayed fans who voiced their disbelief, filmmaker Ava DuVernay jokingly (or seriously) tweeted that she would now be “trying to create a show right in this moment for <\/span>@levarburton<\/a> to host and make an international hit.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, the newly-selected hosts have both also been called into question for their pasts. Richards’ selection as the syndicated host comes as an odd surprise as he already helms the show, which raises brows towards the seeming favoritism, but his allegations of discrimination are also alarming for avid watchers. During his time as an EP for The Price Is Right<\/em>, Richards was engulfed into a lawsuit where models alleged that he discriminated against them for being pregnant. In recent memo obtained by\u00a0Deadline<\/em><\/a>, Richards wrote to the Jeopardy! <\/em>staff, ”\u00a0I want you all to know that the way in which my comments and actions have been characterized in these complaints does not reflect the reality of who I am or how we worked together on\u00a0The Price is Right.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Bialik is facing the criticism from her\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/em>op-ed<\/a> where she discussed how her feminism navigates the transformative era of #MeToo. In what many saw as a vile example of victim-blaming, the 45-year-old wrote, \u201cI still make choices every day as a 41-year-old actress that I think of as self-protecting and wise. I have decided that my sexual self is best reserved for private situations with those I am most intimate with. I dress modestly. I don\u2019t act flirtatiously with men as a policy.” Although she followed the statement by noting that women should be liberated to act in a manner of their own choice, many saw the comments as ascribing to the notions that victims of sexually predatory behavior are naive.<\/p>\n

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