Mayim Bialik Out as ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

Mayim Bialik, who acquired an Emmy nomination for her work on “Jeopardy!” after the dying of longtime host Alex Trebek, stated on Friday that she wouldn’t return to the favored sport present, leaving Ken Jennings as the only host.

Bialik started internet hosting “Jeopardy!” on an interim foundation in 2021, and on a everlasting one final yr. She has not appeared on this system or its “Celeb Jeopardy!” offshoot for the previous few months. In Might, the leisure information web site Deadline reported that she had stepped away from “Jeopardy!” in solidarity with the Hollywood writers’ strike.

“Sony has knowledgeable me that I’ll not be internet hosting the syndicated model of Jeopardy!” Bialik wrote on social media on Friday, referring to the agency that produces the present. “I’m deeply grateful for the chance to have been a part of the Jeopardy! household.”

She didn’t point out the strike, which ended within the fall.

Sony confirmed Bialik’s departure in a separate assertion, saying solely that the choice for Jennings to proceed alone was made “to keep up continuity for our viewers.” The corporate thanked Bialik for her contributions and stated that it hoped to proceed to work together with her on prime time specials, with out elaborating.

The shake up at “Jeopardy!” is the most recent for a present that struggled to discover a substitute for Trebek after his dying in November 2020. Following a string of superstar hosts, together with LeVar Burton and Mehmet Oz, and a botched plan for government producer Mike Richards to take over, Bialik crammed in as a short lived host and break up duties with Ken Kennings, a former champion.

Bialik, who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and is finest identified for starring in “The Massive Bang Concept,” a tv present, made it clear when she stepped in as interim host in 2021 that she needed the place to change into everlasting.

Some critics questioned her impartiality. Trebek had been celebrated for having a impartial and neutral air, whereas Ms. Bialik was outspoken on matters similar to vaccines.

However in July 2022, Bialik and Jennings had been named everlasting joint hosts, and each had been nominated this yr for an Emmy for “Excellent Host for a Sport Present.”