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When longtime host and legend Alex Trebek passed away in 2020, the Jeopardy! family was in shambles, with copious amounts of uncertainty surrounding who would be the next leader of the show. Though a multitude of personalities tested their skills, quizzing the daily contenders on all things trivia, it was Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik who stood out the most, leading the production team to sign them on as co-hosts.

While most fans have been happy with the work put forward by Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik, there have also been plenty of naysayers, calling for one or the other to be ousted from their gig. From blunders to reused answers and even claims of condescending tones, fans didn’t hesitate to hurl their disdain for one host or the other, layering on pressure and tension for…

Ken Jennings is breaking his silence about the departure of his former “Jeopardy!” co-host, Mayim Bialik.

Bialik, who took over shared hosting duties for the beloved game show with Jennings after longtime host Alex Trebek died in 2020, announced earlier this month that she was leaving the show. Now, Jennings is sharing that the news took him by surprise.

“It took me off guard, because I loved working with my Mayim, and I’m gonna miss her,” he said in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I can’t speak to her decision-making process or her opinions about it.”

MAYIM BIALIK OUT AS HOST OF ‘JEOPARDY!’, ACTRESS CONFIRMS

Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik were officially named “Jeopardy!” hosts last summer. (FOX via Getty Images)

Speaking on his feelings about now being the sole…

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Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings shares that he was caught “off guard” by the news that Sony and co-host Mayim Bialik had parted ways.

It seemed like an inevitability, but the heat was eventually going to come to the now-solo host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings upon the announcements of Sony and co-host Mayim Bialik of her departure on December 15th. While there’s speculation on whether this has anything to do with Bialik’s temporary leave of the show in support of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes earlier this year is up in the air, but the decision now makes Jennings the permanent host of the syndicated game show with Sony leaving the door open for Bialik to host…

Jennings took over Bialik’s share of the Jeopardy! hosting duties after she left to support the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings said he was taken off-guard when Mayim Bialik exited the long-running game show. Jennings, who has has shared hosting duties with Bialik since the since July of last year, will now take over Bialik’s share of the job, which included hosting Celebrity Jeopardy! and other primetime specials. Her star power made sense in that scenario, but hardcore fans of the show never really seemed to let of the idea of Jennings replacing the late Alex Trebek as host. The compromise lasted for about a year, until Bialik stepped away from the show during the Writers Guild of America strike.

Bialik is a member of…