Actress Mayim Bialik, best known for playing Amy Farrah Fowler in the popular series "The Big Bang Theory," announced that the producers at Sony Pictures Entertainment had decided to let her go. She will not stay on to host the next season of "Jeopardy!" on NBC. She announced the decision on her social media accounts, revealing that she had found out just a few hours earlier:
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Mayim Bialik was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her work as host on 'Jeopardy!'
She explains in the post that her work as a host earned her a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Awards. She shared the nomination with Ken Jennings who, unlike Bialik, will stay on to host "Jeopardy!"
Sony Pictures Entertainment told The Hollywood Reporter that Bialik's dismissal had no compelling reason. They simply prefer to have a single host and not alternate, as Bialik and Jennings did last season:
Mayim Bialik has announced she will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of 'Jeopardy!'. We made the decision to have one host for the syndicated show next season to maintain continuity for our viewers, and Ken Jennings will be the sole host for syndicated 'Jeopardy!' We are truly grateful for all of Mayim’s contributions to 'Jeopardy!', and we hope to continue to work with her on primetime specials.
Bialik began hosting, along with Ken Jennings, the NBC show "Jeopardy!" in 2021, just after the sudden death of the legendary game show host Alex Trebek.
However, neither she nor Jennings were direct replacements for Trebek. That role was taken on by the show's former showrunner, Mike Richards. However, his time as host was short-lived and a week after accepting the position, and due to a series of discrimination lawsuits that were uncovered by several media outlets, he was fired.
He was replaced by Mayim Bialik and Kenn Jennings. Both alternated as hosts. Next year, Jennings will appear as the regular host of "Jeopardy!"
