Jeopardy! is getting a major change as a result of the ongoing Writers’ Guild of America strike. On Thursday, reports revealed that Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik has walked away from hosting the final week of episodes for Season 39, in order to stand in solidarity with the writers’ strike. Ken Jennings, who also hosts episodes of the iconic game show, will reportedly step in to host Bialik’s episodes, which will be filmed between Tuesday, May 16th and Friday, May 19th. While Jeopardy! is technically a WGA production, the contributions of questions from WGA writers were written in advance of the strike.
Bialik and Jennings have shared hosting duties of Jeopardy! following the passing of original host Alex Trebek. Jennings hosted the batch of episodes from August through…
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