'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Will Be Joined By Ken Jennings For The Show's 37th Season
Sep 08, 2020 by apost team
On Monday, September 14, America's favorite quiz show will return for its 37th season. Viewers are excited to welcome back the show's beloved host Alex Trebek who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in 2019. This season, Trebek will be joined by Ken Jennings, a former contestant who holds the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy!.
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While Alex Trebek returns as Jeopardy! 's host for the 37th season, the show's highest-earning contestant of all time, Ken Jennings, will be back as the show's consulting producer. In a press release, Sony Pictures Television, Jeopardy! 's distributor since 2002, explained Jennings' new role:
"Ken will present his own special video categories, develop projects, assist with contestant outreach, and serve as a general ambassador for the show."
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Furthermore, the Jeopardy! 's producers had to conduct this season's casting virtually due to the current pandemic. Therefore they introduced the Anytime Test that lets potential contestants take the Jeopardy!-test wherever and whenever they want.
The show itself will be recorded without a live audience to prevent spreading the virus amongst people who would have shown up for the taping, as Washington Post reports.
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After his diagnosis last year, Jeopardy!'s beloved host, Alex Trebek, is still battling pancreatic cancer. Still, he is more than excited to return as the show's host as it gives him something to do:
"On a personal level, I'm excited because it gets me out of the house. It gives me something to do on a regular basis, and I was missing that," Trebek revealed in the show's press release.
Ken Jennings is also looking forward to his new role as the show's consulting producer because that way, he can still be part of his favorite show:
“Though I’ve played my last round of JEOPARDY! as a contestant, I’m delighted to have the opportunity to remain involved with my favorite show,” Jennings explained the show's press release. “I'm still in on all the action, but I don’t have to worry about phrasing things in the form of a question anymore.”
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