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Bialik has ways to go in becoming a fan-favorite, with many viewers having mixed reactions to her doing the job justice following Trebek’s death in 2020.

“Jeopardy, stop trying to make Mayim happen. It’s not going to happen,” one critic declared via Twitter, while another complained: “How is it possible that Mayim Bialik just keeps getting worse and worse at hosting jeopardy?”

A third chimed in: “I’m just getting back into @Jeopardy after a long break since the death of Alex Trebek. I wish they’d give Ken Jennings the permanent position. Mayim Bialik is out of her depth.”

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…

TGIFF. A sequel to the 2003 comedy Freaky Friday, which starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as a mother and daughter who swap bodies, is officially in the works, with Curtis and Lohan both in talks to return. Disney confirmed the news to the New York Times for a piece tied to the 20th anniversary of the film, and Elyse Hollander is writing the script. Curtis told the Times that after people kept asking her if there would be another Freaky Friday during her Halloween Ends press tour last year, “When I came back, I called my friends at Disney and said, ‘It feels like there’s a movie to be made.'” Apparently, the mouse agreed. “Jamie and I are both open to that, so we’re leaving it in the hands that be,” Lohan said, promising, “We would only make something that people would…

The co-host won’t be presenting any shows for the remainder of Season 39.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeopardy! has become one of the first game shows to be impacted by the writers strike.

Deadline understands that host Mayim Bialik decided against hosting the final week of filming for season 39, standing in solidarity with the striking writers.

However, we understand that production on the final run of episodes for the season is going ahead with Ken Jennings taking over hosting duties. The final episodes of the season will be filmed at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City between Tuesday May 16 and Friday 19 May.

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…