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Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik, in solidarity with striking WGA writers, stepped down from hosting the hit quiz show this week. Ken Jennings, Jeopardy!‘s alternate host and past champion, then stepped up to take on hosting duties for the season’s final week of filming from May 16 to 19. In doing so, he crossed the writers strike picket line. Disappointing!

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Jeopardy!, which is produced by Sony Pictures Television, is a WGA show and features contributions from WGA writers, but the questions were written in advance of a season and the strike.

Bialik and Jennings have shared hosting duties this season; Jennings hosted the first stretch of episodes between August and December with Bialik starting in January. Jennings will now host the last…

While plenty of films and TV shows have been impacted by the writers strike, it looks as though ‘Jeopardy!’ may be the first game show to be affected.

This comes after host Mayim Bialik decided she won’t host the final week of filming for Season 39, showing solidarity with the Writers Guild of America as per Deadline.

However, production for the final few episodes of the season are moving forward as Ken Jennings will take over the remainder of Bialik’s filming.

The show is a WGA show and features contributions from WGA writers, though the questions for the season were written in advance.

The final episodes of the season will be filmed at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City from Tuesday, May 16 to Friday, May 19.

Bialik and Jennings and their hosting duties

Bialik and Jennings have…

It’s a hosting switcheroo on “Jeopardy!”

According to Deadline, Ken Jennings will host the show’s final week of episodes in season 39, taking over from Mayim Bialik, who is standing with Writers Guild of America strikers.

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The final episodes, which are set to be filmed between May 16 and May 19, were set to be hosted by Bialik, but she reportedly declined her hosting duties in solidarity with the WGA.

“Jeopardy!” is a union show, with contributions and questions written by WGA members in advance of the season and the current…

JEOPARDY’s Ken Jennings has shared that he thinks dual hosting duties with Mayim Bialik is “good variety” for viewers.

Ken joined Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on Tuesday’s episode of Live with Kelly and Mark to talk about the long-running game show.

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Kelly and Mark had plenty of questions to ask Ken about his time as Jeopardy!’s host.

“The secret of Jeopardy! is that we do like five in a day,” Ken told Kelly and Mark.

“Now that’s a schedule!” Kelly exclaimed.

“It is pretty cushy,” Ken agreed.

Kelly asked Ken how the hosting split with Mayim actually works.

“It’s really a 50/50 split,…