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Mayim Bialikmay have hostedCelebrity Jeopardy!last season, but things will be looking a little different this time around.
This isn’t the first time that Jennings, 49, has stepped in for Bialik as host. He did the same for her in May after the actress walked off theJeopardy!setin solidarity of the strikeduring the last week of filming for season 39.
When the trivia competition show was in search of a new host afterthe death of beloved hostAlex Trebekat the age of 80 in 2020, Bialik was one of manycelebrity guest hosts to make an appearance.
She would later come on board as a permanentJeopardy!co-host alongside Jennings.
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She was then tapped to hostCelebrity Jeopardy!‘sfirst season and hosted the spinoff seriesJeopardy! National College Championship.
“I’ve been saying it’s reallyone of the most iconic things I think that I’m ever going to doin my career,” she told PEOPLE in 2021 prior to her appearance. “It’s going to feel likeForrest Gumplike I’ve been inserted into theJeopardy!set.”
“There’s a lot of responsibility that falls on the host,” she said. “I think also there’s a lot of iconic pressure. When I was looking over some of the scripts, I was thinking, how would Alex [Trebek] say this? And that’s probably not who I’m expected to be, Alex Trebek, but in my head, I am Alex Trebek — that’s who I want to be.”
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Per its website, theWriters Guild of America (WGA)“is a labor union representing thousands of members who write content for motion pictures, television, news, and online media” and currently consists of more than 6,000 members.
Ahead of the strike, members of SAG-AFTRA had been seeking pay and residual increases, higher caps on pension and health contributions as well as regulating the use of artificial intelligence, among other things.
Thestrike remains ongoing. Many Hollywood stars have since hit the picket lines to support the strike, includingMariska Hargitay,Hilary Duff,Francia Raisa,Bryan CranstonandJason Sudeikis.
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The upcoming season ofCelebrity Jeopardy!is set to premiere on Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
source: people.com
