Plus, he even won Celebrity Jeopardy! in a 1995 appearance. He is clearly ready for the opportunity and qualified for the position thanks to his love of learning. Sanjay Gupta.īurton's run as host will last from July 26 to July 30. They will succeed the already-announced guest hosts Anderon Cooper, Bill Whitaker, Mayim Bialik, Savannah Guthrie, and Dr. Jeopardy! also announced a number of other new guest hosts, including Good Morning America co-anchors Robin Roberts and George Stephanopolous, journalist David Faber, and sportscaster Joe Buck. Jennings holds the all-time 'Jeopardy' records for most consecutive games won (74) and highest winnings in. Burton, who has devoted himself to educating children and encouraging them to find the joy in reading even after his time on Reading Rainbow, would be the perfect person to step into the big pair of shoes Trebek left behind. They'll follow the show's current guest host, Ken Jennings, whose stint began on Monday. However, no guest host has managed to capture Trebek's excitement and hosting capabilities so far. The original daytime version debuted on NBC on March 30, 1964, and aired until January 3, 1975. The show features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions. These hosts have included former Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, journalist Katie Couric, and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Jeopardy is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin.
Jeopardy! has been cycling through guest hosts since the airing of Trebek's final episodes. At the time of the April 21 announcement that Burton would be among the show's next guest hosts, the petition has over 245,000 signatures. It's official: LeVar Burton is one of the guest hosts set to close out Season 37 of Jeopardy!īurton, known for his role as Enterprise Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation and his over-20-year tenure as the host of Reading Rainbow, had previously expressed interest in hosting Jeopardy! He even tweeted out a petition calling for him to succeed the late Alex Trebek as the quiz show's next host. With Jeopardy having welcomed a long list of celebrity guest hosts, the numbers are now being filed on who proved to be the biggest draw with audiences.
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