When 1980’s Airplane! proved to be a massive hit, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of the year – up there with The Empire Strikes Back and Best Picture winner Kramer vs. Kramer – it was inevitable that it would get a sequel. But how often are comedy sequels good anyway? When have they ever really recaptured the magic and the laughter of the original? Well, Airplane II: The Sequel gave it a go…by basically being the same movie. Except this time around, Zaz wisely opted out, leaving the production without the strong leaders who reinvented the spoof genre. Instead, they got the guy who wrote Grease 2, one of the most notoriously awful sequels ever! So, strap in – no, not to an airplane but a space shuttle – as we find out: Wtf Happened to This Movie?!…The Sequel!
1980’s Airplane! did incredibly well upon release, making just under $85 million on a $3.5 million budget,...
1980’s Airplane! did incredibly well upon release, making just under $85 million on a $3.5 million budget,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the January 29 episode of Jeopardy!] Fan-favorite Jeopardy! champion Martha Bath was going for, as she put it, “the core” of the apple in the latest episode of the game show. But did she get it? Martha, a retired Cpa from Seattle, Washington, faced off against Andy Tirrell, a political science and international relations professor from San Diego, California, and Lloyd Sy, a professor of American literature originally from Rockford, Illinois in the semifinals of Champions Wildcard. Prior to this latest tournament, she’d appeared twice, first in 1972 (on the daytime version hosted by Art Fleming), then in 2022. A win in this semifinals would mean advancing to the finals to possibly secure a spot in the Tournament of Champions. At the first break, in the middle of the Jeopardy! round, Martha was leading with $3,800, and during her interview, host Ken Jennings ...
- 1/30/2024
- TV Insider
Jeopardy!‘s Champions Wildcard competition keeps bringing the drama, as Thursday’s (January 18) episode saw fan-favorite Martha Bath soar to victory after one of her opponents blew two Daily Doubles. The Wildcard tournament sees brief champions from Season 39 returning to the Alex Trebek Stage for a second shot at glory, all with the hopes of earning a coveted spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions. Bath previously won one episode in Season 39 and instantly became a fan-favorite when she revealed she’d appeared on the show 50 years earlier when Art Fleming was the host. The retired Cpa from Seattle, Washington, said she won $40 and a set of encyclopedias during her original appearance. Having won her Season 39 episode with $30,800, Bath returned to Jeopardy! on Thursday but was up against tough opponents in Nik Berry and Kendra Westerhaus. Berry earned his spot in the Wildcard competition after winning an audio-only play-in game,...
- 1/19/2024
- TV Insider
I’ll take Jeopardy! hosts that didn’t make the cut, Ken… Mayim Bialik, who shared hosting duties of the iconic answer-and-question game show since 2021, is officially out, leaving Ken Jennings as the sole host.
In an Instagram post over the weekend, Mayim Bialik announced, “As the holiday break begins in Hollywood, I have some Jeopardy! news. Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!.” She noted that she continues to be grateful for being nominated for the inaugural Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show – with Jennings also competing, no less. She also thanked those who continued to champion her pursuing such a coveted gig. “For all of you who have supported me through this incredible journey and to the fans, contestants, writers, staff and crew of America’s Favorite Quiz Show, thank you.”
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In an Instagram post over the weekend, Mayim Bialik announced, “As the holiday break begins in Hollywood, I have some Jeopardy! news. Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!.” She noted that she continues to be grateful for being nominated for the inaugural Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show – with Jennings also competing, no less. She also thanked those who continued to champion her pursuing such a coveted gig. “For all of you who have supported me through this incredible journey and to the fans, contestants, writers, staff and crew of America’s Favorite Quiz Show, thank you.”
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- 12/17/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Jeopardy! is one of the most popular game shows on daytime television. The show has a wide range of topics that regularly change; each category has a different color. Many viewers find it easy to play along and guess the correct answer. However, the series that has been a staple for decades may not return in 2023.
‘Jeopardy!’ is still airing after almost 60 years
Jeopardy! is one of the longest-running game shows in television history. The series started airing in 1964 on NBC and has enjoyed a strong viewership over the decades. Fans watch contestants pick a category and a number. Unlike other quiz shows, the host presents the answer.
The contestant must respond with the right question to score points. This reversal of the traditional format helped keep the show on the air. It comes to no fan’s surprise that Jeopardy! has won many awards during its long run.
In fact,...
‘Jeopardy!’ is still airing after almost 60 years
Jeopardy! is one of the longest-running game shows in television history. The series started airing in 1964 on NBC and has enjoyed a strong viewership over the decades. Fans watch contestants pick a category and a number. Unlike other quiz shows, the host presents the answer.
The contestant must respond with the right question to score points. This reversal of the traditional format helped keep the show on the air. It comes to no fan’s surprise that Jeopardy! has won many awards during its long run.
In fact,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Suse Forrest
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It’s a big day for fans of “America’s favorite quiz show.” On this day in 1964, Jeopardy! debuted on television. And while many are celebrating JeoparDAY (the show’s 59th birthday), the show actually went off the air for five years. The hiatus occurred between 1979 to 1984. And, according to Alex Trebek, it wasn’t until the ’80s that hopeful contestants could start earning huge cash prizes for their accomplishments on the show.
‘Jeopardy!’ hosts Alex Trebek and Ken Jennings | Jeopardy Productions via Getty Images Alex Trebek was not the original host of ‘Jeopardy!’
In many ways, Trebek has become synonymous with Jeopardy! Because he hosted the show for so long, many fans associate him with the game. But Trebek actually wasn’t Jeopardy!’s original host. The show was first hosted by Art Fleming from 1964 to 1979. However, Trebek became the face of the new, revitalized, Jeopardy! He began his...
‘Jeopardy!’ hosts Alex Trebek and Ken Jennings | Jeopardy Productions via Getty Images Alex Trebek was not the original host of ‘Jeopardy!’
In many ways, Trebek has become synonymous with Jeopardy! Because he hosted the show for so long, many fans associate him with the game. But Trebek actually wasn’t Jeopardy!’s original host. The show was first hosted by Art Fleming from 1964 to 1979. However, Trebek became the face of the new, revitalized, Jeopardy! He began his...
- 3/30/2023
- by Abeni Tinubu
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jeopardy! has only been back for two weeks, and already, this season has been hit with surprising moments and controversial decisions. But perhaps the most heart-warming moment so far came during the (September 21 episode, when one contestant revealed an amazing secret. Martha Bath, a retired Cpa from Seattle, Washington, came from behind to win Wednesday’s game, but something more incredible happened before that. During the Q&a segment, host Ken Jennings prompted Bath when he asked, “This is not your first rodeo.” That’s when she revealed her decades-old connection to the long-running game show. “That is correct,” she said. “Fifty years ago this spring, I was on the original daytime show with Art Fleming in New York.” “Wow,” Jennings replied as Bath continued, “I won 40 and a set of encyclopedias, and I still have them.” “You still have the encyclopedias – or the 40?” Jennings joked before adding, “We’re...
- 9/22/2022
- TV Insider
LeVar Burton hosted "Jeopardy!" Monday night, and his performance as quizmaster prompted fans of the show to say that he should be the quiz show's permanent host.
Burton, a veteran actor, former "Reading Rainbow" host and star in "Star Trek," will be the "Jeopardy!" guest host for the next week. He taped his episodes several months ago, which spurred some considerable hype leading up to it. Burton had been gunning for the spot of at least guest host on "Jeopardy!" for some time now as well. He signed a fan petition to make him the show's next host in 2013 and said three years ago that "there is only one game show I’ve ever wanted to host... This Is Jeopardy!"
"Jeopardy!" has been without a permanent host since the beloved emcee -- and host of 37 seasons since 1984 -- Alex Trebek passed away last November. The show has rotated through guest...
Burton, a veteran actor, former "Reading Rainbow" host and star in "Star Trek," will be the "Jeopardy!" guest host for the next week. He taped his episodes several months ago, which spurred some considerable hype leading up to it. Burton had been gunning for the spot of at least guest host on "Jeopardy!" for some time now as well. He signed a fan petition to make him the show's next host in 2013 and said three years ago that "there is only one game show I’ve ever wanted to host... This Is Jeopardy!"
"Jeopardy!" has been without a permanent host since the beloved emcee -- and host of 37 seasons since 1984 -- Alex Trebek passed away last November. The show has rotated through guest...
- 7/27/2021
- by Samson Amore
- The Wrap
We always watched “Jeopardy!” in my house when I was growing up. We watched Art Fleming do it when Don Pardo was the Vo. We used to play the home game. Later, when Alex Trebek hosted, my brother was on the show and lost, which was hilarious. He’s a comedian, and the Final Jeopardy! category was “Comedians.” And he lost.
So it was always a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
Trebek was a great host because of his confidence. You could easily be a smug jerk in that job, knowing all the answers and reading them off cards. But so rarely did he do that. He was so unassailably nice. That’s what was fun about Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds hating him so much in the “Celebrity Jeopardy!” sketch on “Saturday Night Live” — not really hating him so much as just wanting to fuck with him.
So it was always a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
Trebek was a great host because of his confidence. You could easily be a smug jerk in that job, knowing all the answers and reading them off cards. But so rarely did he do that. He was so unassailably nice. That’s what was fun about Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds hating him so much in the “Celebrity Jeopardy!” sketch on “Saturday Night Live” — not really hating him so much as just wanting to fuck with him.
- 11/11/2020
- by Steve Higgins
- Variety Film + TV
Alex Trebek, the long-running host of the iconic trivia gameshow “Jeopardy” has died, the show announced Sunday afternoon. He was 80.
Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex. pic.twitter.com/Yk2a90CHIM
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 8, 2020
Trebek had been courageously documenting his life with cancer after being diagnosed in March 2019. He attended the TCM Classic Movies Film Festival in April of that year, giving a heartfelt and emotional introduction to the feature “Wuthering Heights.” He celebrated one year of fighting cancer — prognosis for survival after 12 months is usually 18% — in March 2020. Because of the global health pandemic, and to protect Trebek, the game show filmed without audiences before production was suspended indefinitely.
Alex Trebek was born George Alexander Trebek in Ontario, Canada on July 22, 1940. He started working at the young age of 13 as a...
Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex. pic.twitter.com/Yk2a90CHIM
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 8, 2020
Trebek had been courageously documenting his life with cancer after being diagnosed in March 2019. He attended the TCM Classic Movies Film Festival in April of that year, giving a heartfelt and emotional introduction to the feature “Wuthering Heights.” He celebrated one year of fighting cancer — prognosis for survival after 12 months is usually 18% — in March 2020. Because of the global health pandemic, and to protect Trebek, the game show filmed without audiences before production was suspended indefinitely.
Alex Trebek was born George Alexander Trebek in Ontario, Canada on July 22, 1940. He started working at the young age of 13 as a...
- 11/8/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Alex Trebek, the beloved host of gameshow “Jeopardy!” since its 1984 debut in syndication, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 80.
The official “Jeopardy!” Twitter account announced the news on Sunday morning.
” ‘Jeopardy!’ is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends.”
Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex. pic.twitter.com/Yk2a90CHIM
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 8, 2020
Trebek revealed in March 2019 that he had been diagnosed with Stage Four pancreatic cancer. “I have lived a good life, a full life and I’m nearing the end of that life,” he told USA Today in October. Sony Pictures Entertainment, which has owned the show since its predecessor Columbia Pictures Television acquired Merv Griffin Enterprises in 1986, has confirmed that “Jeopardy!” episodes hosted by Trebek will air through Dec.
The official “Jeopardy!” Twitter account announced the news on Sunday morning.
” ‘Jeopardy!’ is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends.”
Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex. pic.twitter.com/Yk2a90CHIM
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 8, 2020
Trebek revealed in March 2019 that he had been diagnosed with Stage Four pancreatic cancer. “I have lived a good life, a full life and I’m nearing the end of that life,” he told USA Today in October. Sony Pictures Entertainment, which has owned the show since its predecessor Columbia Pictures Television acquired Merv Griffin Enterprises in 1986, has confirmed that “Jeopardy!” episodes hosted by Trebek will air through Dec.
- 11/8/2020
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Even with a Canadian host, Jeopardy! has become an American institution. The show, just celebrated its 56th birthday, and is still as popular as ever. Alex Trebek has been the game’s emcee for the past 36 years — far surpassing the show’s original 15-year run under Art Fleming — and he doesn’t see the allure [...]
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- 3/31/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Can any series beat “Jeopardy” for Best Game Show at the Daytime Emmys? The long-running trivia program hosted by Alex Trebek has won the top prize five times in the last seven years and a whopping 16 times overall, more than twice as many as the next most awarded show, “The Price is Right,” which has prevailed seven times. And “Jeopardy” is the defending champ in the category.
“Jeopardy” has been on the air in one form or another since 1964. Hosted by Art Fleming, it originally ran on NBC for 11 years until 1975, and then again from 1978-1979. That original run earned two nominations for Best Game Show (1974-1975), but it lost to “Password” and “Hollywood Squares,” respectively. The syndicated series known to viewers now with Trebek as host began in 1984 and has been nominated for Best Game Show every year since with one exception: it didn’t make the cut in...
“Jeopardy” has been on the air in one form or another since 1964. Hosted by Art Fleming, it originally ran on NBC for 11 years until 1975, and then again from 1978-1979. That original run earned two nominations for Best Game Show (1974-1975), but it lost to “Password” and “Hollywood Squares,” respectively. The syndicated series known to viewers now with Trebek as host began in 1984 and has been nominated for Best Game Show every year since with one exception: it didn’t make the cut in...
- 3/26/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Lin Bolen, the first female VP of programming at a TV network and an influential force in daytime television fare, has died. She passed away on January 19 in a hospital in the San Fernando Valley, according to friend and former game-show host Jim MacKrell. She was 76.
Bolen worked for NBC in the 1970s and was responsible for commissioning the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune. She also is credited with bringing long-form narrative to soap operas, expanding them to hour-long formats.
It was long rumored that the ruthless Faye Dunaway character of Diana Christiansen in the 1976 satirical film Network was based on Bolen, something Bolen denied.
She was appointed VP of daytime programming at NBC in 1972, rising to become the VP of programming in Sept. 1975. NBC thrived under her leadership, becoming the No. 1 network in ratings.
She launched NBC soap opera How to Survive a Marriage in 1974, extended Another World...
Bolen worked for NBC in the 1970s and was responsible for commissioning the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune. She also is credited with bringing long-form narrative to soap operas, expanding them to hour-long formats.
It was long rumored that the ruthless Faye Dunaway character of Diana Christiansen in the 1976 satirical film Network was based on Bolen, something Bolen denied.
She was appointed VP of daytime programming at NBC in 1972, rising to become the VP of programming in Sept. 1975. NBC thrived under her leadership, becoming the No. 1 network in ratings.
She launched NBC soap opera How to Survive a Marriage in 1974, extended Another World...
- 2/5/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
'A Hatful of Rain' with Lloyd Nolan, Anthony Franciosa and Don Murray 'A Hatful of Rain' script fails to find cinematic voice as most of the cast hams it up Based on a play by Michael V. Gazzo, A Hatful of Rain is an interesting attempt at injecting "adult" subject matters – in this case, the evils of drug addiction – into Hollywood movies. "Interesting," however, does not mean either successful or compelling. Despite real, unromantic New York City locations and Joseph MacDonald's beautifully realistic black-and-white camera work (and the pointless use of CinemaScope), this Fred Zinnemann-directed melodrama feels anachronistically stagy as a result of its artificial dialogue and the hammy theatricality of its performers – with Eva Marie Saint as the sole naturalistic exception. 'A Hatful of Rain' synopsis Somewhat revolutionary in its day (Otto Preminger's The Man with a Golden Arm,* also about drug addiction,...
- 5/11/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose booming baritone became as much a part of the cultural landscape as the shows and products he touted, including Saturday Night Live, died Monday in Arizona. He was 96.
Pardo died at his home in Tucson, where he moved after retiring from SNL, said his daughter, Dona Pardo. Executive producer Lorne Michaels asked him to continue with the show, so he flew back and forth to New York for many years. In recent years, he recorded his introductions from his Tucson home.
Few recognized the face of Pardo, a handsome man with...
Pardo died at his home in Tucson, where he moved after retiring from SNL, said his daughter, Dona Pardo. Executive producer Lorne Michaels asked him to continue with the show, so he flew back and forth to New York for many years. In recent years, he recorded his introductions from his Tucson home.
Few recognized the face of Pardo, a handsome man with...
- 8/19/2014
- by Associated Press
- People.com - TV Watch
Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose booming baritone became as much a part of the cultural landscape as the shows and products he touted, including Saturday Night Live, died Monday in Arizona. He was 96. Pardo died at his home in Tucson, where he moved after retiring from SNL said his daughter, Dona Pardo. Executive producer Lorne Michaels asked him to continue with the show, so he flew back and forth to New York for many years. In recent years, he recorded his introductions from his Tucson home. Few recognized the face of Pardo, a handsome man with...
- 8/19/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Don Pardo -- the man who famously announced "It's Saturday Night Live!" starting from the very first episode of "SNL" in 1975 -- passed away Monday night at the age of 96 ... NBC officials confirm. Pardo reportedly died in his sleep in Tucson, Az. The man with the booming voice was hand-picked for the "SNL" job by creator Lorne Michaels -- and was featured on 38 of the 39 seasons (he missed season 7). He also missed 2 eps in 2013 after suffering a broken hip.
- 8/19/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Alex Trebek could be a trivia question on his own game show now. On Friday, June 13, the Jeopardy! host set a Guinness World Record for "most game show episodes hosted by the same presenter (one show)." As of Friday, Trebek, 73, had hosted 6,829 episodes of Jeopardy!, which is now in its 30th season. He signed on to the show when it relaunched in 1984. (Earlier versions of Jeopardy in the 1970s were hosted by Art Fleming, with Don Pardo and John Harlan as announcers.) "It's an honor [...]...
- 6/16/2014
- Us Weekly
Washington -- It was one of the most iconic moments in the history of daytime TV: With a shout of "The streak is over!" Susan Lucci, after 19 nominations, won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Fourteen years later, the pale pink dress and bedazzled Manolo Blahnik shoes Lucci wore that night in 1999 are officially part of American history. At a ceremony Thursday to mark a new partnership between the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Lucci's Emmys outfit, along with other artifacts of classic daytime TV, were added to the museum's culture collection.
Other inducted items include memorabilia from "Jeopardy!" and an original "Barney" script.
Trebek, who donated "Jeopardy" category cards, a contestants' buzzer, final reveal panels and a 1984 script, told the Los Angeles Times that he had stored the Final Jeopardy question panels, from...
Fourteen years later, the pale pink dress and bedazzled Manolo Blahnik shoes Lucci wore that night in 1999 are officially part of American history. At a ceremony Thursday to mark a new partnership between the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Lucci's Emmys outfit, along with other artifacts of classic daytime TV, were added to the museum's culture collection.
Other inducted items include memorabilia from "Jeopardy!" and an original "Barney" script.
Trebek, who donated "Jeopardy" category cards, a contestants' buzzer, final reveal panels and a 1984 script, told the Los Angeles Times that he had stored the Final Jeopardy question panels, from...
- 5/9/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
All it took was one phone call from Jeopardy! Senior Publicity Coordinator Susie Eun, and I was off and running recently to catch up with Glenn Kagan and some new potential Jeopardy! candidates who were already in a neat formal line, ready for their 9 a.m. session to begin. These candidates had already been screened, and had passed the online test before they even got to the Doubletree. However, they would now have to go through the more formal in-person Jeopardy! test and audition process. How they would fare today would depend on their knowledge; cool, wit, personality, and perhaps to some degree a combination of all the aforementioned.
I caught up with Glenn Kagan, the Contestant Coordinator for Jeopardy!, and asked him how long he has been with Jeopardy!, a show whose origins date back to Merv Griffin and the year 1964 when Lyndon B. Johnson was president.
Q --...
I caught up with Glenn Kagan, the Contestant Coordinator for Jeopardy!, and asked him how long he has been with Jeopardy!, a show whose origins date back to Merv Griffin and the year 1964 when Lyndon B. Johnson was president.
Q --...
- 6/14/2012
- by Robert Gagnier
- Aol TV.
During an interview set to air Sunday (May 6) on Fox News, longtime "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek reveals to Chris Wallace that he's considering retiring after 28 years of having all the answers on the famous game show.
"Yes, I have been thinking of retiring," he says. "But I'm torn because I enjoy doing the show so much. A lot of people have been telling me, 'Alex, you've got to go for at least 30. You've just done 28. Now at least do two more.' So that has a nice ring to it. Put in your 30. And go help people."
Trebek, 71, has been the face of "Jeopardy!" since 1984. A reboot of the original hosted by Art Fleming in the '60s and '70s, "Jeopardy!" was expected to only last for six or seven seasons, according to its late creator Merv Griffin, and now 28 seasons, 6,000 shows and 13,000 contestants later, the quiz-show and its host are household names.
"Yes, I have been thinking of retiring," he says. "But I'm torn because I enjoy doing the show so much. A lot of people have been telling me, 'Alex, you've got to go for at least 30. You've just done 28. Now at least do two more.' So that has a nice ring to it. Put in your 30. And go help people."
Trebek, 71, has been the face of "Jeopardy!" since 1984. A reboot of the original hosted by Art Fleming in the '60s and '70s, "Jeopardy!" was expected to only last for six or seven seasons, according to its late creator Merv Griffin, and now 28 seasons, 6,000 shows and 13,000 contestants later, the quiz-show and its host are household names.
- 5/4/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Is Alex Trebek retiring from "Jeopardy!"? The longtime game show host told Fox News's Chris Wallace that the thought has crossed his mind.
“Yes, I have been thinking of retiring," Trebek told Wallace in an interviewing airing on Sun., May 6 as part of "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace." "But I’m torn because I enjoy doing the show so much. A lot of people have been telling me -- 'Alex, you’ve got to go for at least 30. You've just done 28. Now at least do two more.' So that has a nice ring to it. Put in your 30. And go help people.”
In 2010, "Jeopardy!" was renewed for four more years, keeping it on the air until 2014 and Trebek extended his deal with Sony, which seemingly aligns with his wishes of reaching 30 years.
In February 2011, Trebek hinted to Newsweek that his time with the series may be coming to a close.
“Yes, I have been thinking of retiring," Trebek told Wallace in an interviewing airing on Sun., May 6 as part of "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace." "But I’m torn because I enjoy doing the show so much. A lot of people have been telling me -- 'Alex, you’ve got to go for at least 30. You've just done 28. Now at least do two more.' So that has a nice ring to it. Put in your 30. And go help people.”
In 2010, "Jeopardy!" was renewed for four more years, keeping it on the air until 2014 and Trebek extended his deal with Sony, which seemingly aligns with his wishes of reaching 30 years.
In February 2011, Trebek hinted to Newsweek that his time with the series may be coming to a close.
- 5/4/2012
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Is Alex Trebek retiring from "Jeopardy!"? The longtime game show host told Fox News's Chris Wallace that the thought has crossed his mind.
“Yes, I have been thinking of retiring," Trebek told Wallace in an interviewing airing on Sun., May 6 as part of "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace." "But I'm torn because I enjoy doing the show so much. A lot of people have been telling me -- 'Alex, you've got to go for at least 30. You've just done 28. Now at least do two more.' So that has a nice ring to it. Put in your 30. And go help people.”
In 2010, "Jeopardy!" was renewed for four more years, keeping it on the air until 2014 and Trebek extended his deal with Sony, which seemingly aligns with his wishes of reaching 30 years.
In February 2011, Trebek hinted to Newsweek that his time with the series may be coming to a close.
“Yes, I have been thinking of retiring," Trebek told Wallace in an interviewing airing on Sun., May 6 as part of "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace." "But I'm torn because I enjoy doing the show so much. A lot of people have been telling me -- 'Alex, you've got to go for at least 30. You've just done 28. Now at least do two more.' So that has a nice ring to it. Put in your 30. And go help people.”
In 2010, "Jeopardy!" was renewed for four more years, keeping it on the air until 2014 and Trebek extended his deal with Sony, which seemingly aligns with his wishes of reaching 30 years.
In February 2011, Trebek hinted to Newsweek that his time with the series may be coming to a close.
- 5/4/2012
- by Chris Harnick
- Aol TV.
Game shows used to flood the dial of my TV back in the 1980s and '90s. And that was when my TV could only pick up eight channels, three depending on the weather.
Back then, almost everything from daytime fare to the occasional prime time bit of airtime starred game show hosts. Their purpose on television was solely to wear smart suits, make sure their teeth reached the optimum level of whiteness and keep the game moving but entertaining.
Now that game shows are making a slow but steady return to television, it seems the traditional role of "host" has turned away from the traditional "game" emcee like Chuck Woolery, Wink Martindale, Bob Barker and Art Fleming and more towards lively hosting personalities from other walks of entertainment life like Drew Carey, Wayne Brady, Howie Mandel and Guy Fieri. Does this mean that the role of the traditional TV...
Back then, almost everything from daytime fare to the occasional prime time bit of airtime starred game show hosts. Their purpose on television was solely to wear smart suits, make sure their teeth reached the optimum level of whiteness and keep the game moving but entertaining.
Now that game shows are making a slow but steady return to television, it seems the traditional role of "host" has turned away from the traditional "game" emcee like Chuck Woolery, Wink Martindale, Bob Barker and Art Fleming and more towards lively hosting personalities from other walks of entertainment life like Drew Carey, Wayne Brady, Howie Mandel and Guy Fieri. Does this mean that the role of the traditional TV...
- 3/26/2010
- by Danny Gallagher
- Aol TV.
Don Pardo, the longtime announcer who has contributed Saturday Night Live's opening credit wails even after claiming he'd quit in 2009, turns 92 today. Darrell Hammond can't even understand that level of commitment. Since his career began in (ahem) 1938, Pardo has announced for the original versions of The Price is Right (with Bill Cullen), the original Jeopardy! (with Art Fleming), the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and all but one season of SNL. For a glimpse into Pardo's own comic chops, do enjoy his wicked contribution to the Weird Al Yankovic hit "I Lost on Jeopardy." Happy birthday, sir.
- 2/23/2010
- Movieline
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