LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will continue as tag-team hosts of “Jeopardy!” through the rest of this season.“We’re so pleased to have such an excellent and experienced team in front of and behind the camera as we head into 2022!” producer Sony Pictures Television said Wednesday. Michael Davies will remain the show’s executive producer, Sony said. Last September, Bialik and Jennings were announced as interim hosts after Sony’s efforts to replace the late Alex Trebek ran aground. Mike Richards, who’d been the show’s executive producer, got the host job and then lost it - and soon after, his producing role - when his past questionable podcast comments resurfaced. Jennings, the record-holder for longest “Jeopardy!” winning streak, is a consulting producer on the show. Bialik has already been chosen to host “Jeopardy!” prime-time and spinoff series, including a new college championship. In September, Bialik told Glamour she wanted the highly coveted "Jeopardy!" hosting gig. "It is a dream job," she said."There's no other job I would rather have," Bialik said in the interview. "I love my sitcom work, I do. I love all the other things I do. I love the podcast. But I absolutely have never had a better job."Bialik, an Emmy-nominated actress who earned a degree in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, said hosting the game show requires her "to squeeze my brain.""The use of my brain and my skill set feels best suited by this job on 'Jeopardy!'" she said. "I think it's a dream job for anyone, but especially for someone who is trained first as a performer and then as a science communicator."“Jeopardy!” used a series of guest hosts, including Richards, for shows filmed after Trebek’s death. The beloved host died in November 2020 of cancer. The show is in its 38th season, with new episodes scheduled to air until July 29, 2022. Contributing: Cydney Henderson
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