Mike Richards is out as host of “Jeopardy!” … but of course he gets to continue being the executive producer of the show. Nobody fails upward quite like a white guy! Any-whoooo, judging by how he came to his last decision on who should host, a short list of who I suspect he’s thinking of as the next host for one of network TV’s few good things:
1. Harvey Weinstein
2. Roman Polanski
3. Dick Cheney
4. Ben Roethlisberger
5. Bill Cosby
7. Ghislaine Maxwell
8. Piers Morgan
9. Andrew Cuomo
10. Roseanne Barr
11. Thom Brennerman
12. R. Kelly
13. Ellen DeGeneres
14. Hulk Hogan
15. Don Jr.
16. A racist Twitch streamer you’ve never heard of
17. Reanimated Merv Griffin
18. Peter Thiel
19. Kevin Sorbo
20. Tucker Carlson
21. Marilyn Manson
22. Louis C.K.
23. The QAnon Shaman
24. Woody Allen
25. Michael Avenatti
26. J.K. Rowling
27. Maggie Haberman
28. A bus that runs over people on stage
29. Joe Buck
I would like to nominate Brett M. Kavanaugh, hoping that he will have to resign from his other gig to do the hosting job.
An impressive list of awful people/water fowl.
FTFY
Man, I haven’t really been keeping up with news for the last couple of weeks, but I just read up on the whole Jeopardy! drama, and goddamn. What an absolute prick. I can’t believe he’s staying on as a producer. Seems like it’s a done deal that Jeopardy! is going to be thoroughly ruined, with casting calls for attractive contestants and models framing the set. Trebek is turning over in his grave.
It was the right outcome, but of course they had to show their entire asses by ploughing ahead with the offer and announcement after the public outcry and surfacing of The Price Is Right lawsuits.
Richards continuing on as EP is a joke, though. It means Merv Griffin Enterprises and Jeopardy! are OK with his conduct, but they don’t want him in front of the camera because they know people won’t like it. They hope you’ll be OK with his continued involvement if you simply cannot see his smug mug.
I’m very disappointed Matt Gaetz & Bill O’Reilly didn’t make the list but maybe they can get the Family Fued gig if that comes up again?
I think they’re saving Gaetz for Teen Jeopardy! and University Week.
@Meh-zuzah all the stars.
It would be the first time the show paid out its prize money via Venmo.
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im still dissapointed in roseanne….i liked her…you know…back when i only knew her as a character
So, after each of these has guest hosted ,Richards will announce he’s chosen James Franco.
I didn’t see Matt Lauer, but that’s probably a good thing because we don’t want them getting ideas.
30. Exhumed Roger Ailes.
31. Kimberly Guilfoyle (not as useless as DJTJ, but she’d be just as willing to harrass people and potential spokesmodels as any of this list).
The (other) Mike Richards (aka Kramer aka the guy who blew himself up at the Comedy Store as a racist) would have been a better choice than then live action Thunderbird Supermarionette named after him.
He should be fired unceremoniously, but connected white guy privilege lives on and it really is showing untalented white guy privilege that he used his role in an attempt to fuck with the talented minority in the interview process. One week vs everyone else’s two?
While I appreciate you including Joe Buck, if you’re looking for “shitbag sports announcers associated with St Louis” you should really pick Bob Costas who is even a bigger shitbag.
I’m tired of homogenous white guys getting most of these gigs. Are we scared of a female or a POC hosting a cerebral television show? I think #28 above would be the most dynamic and entertaining option.
@Anouke. Right you are with #28, especially if those persons listed and suggested in the comments were required to be celebrity player-guests when the bus is in charge!