Mayim Bialik fired from Jeopardy

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Earlier this month, Mayim Bialik announced in an Instagram post that she had been "informed" by Sony that she would no longer be hosting Jeopardy.



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Comments

[skyler_white_yo]

Having two hosts was a dumb idea.
I’m sure she got pushed off a glass cliff, and faced misogyny by people with too much time on their hands on the internet. That said, her opinions on a variety of subjects leave a lot to be desired, but I’m sure she will find work and will continue to have an audience that likes her nonsense.

[eronanke]

I just have never felt warmth from her. I think the awkward/know-it-all character of Blossom worked, and it was probably good on the Big Bang Theory (didn't watch), but I don't think it's a fit for most things, including hosting Jeopardy.

Like, I've always felt that she wants to lecture me. And I don't want it.

[aliceofclubs]

I'm open to having a lady as host, but

a) imo she was awful, all the time. she didn't get better at it

b) I think Ken has grown into the role and is great at it. plus for the actual Jeoparsy audience, he has a built in connection bc of his history as a contestant. The fans always had a warm spot for him.

Despite my dislike of her as a host, I was still a fan of hers bc I liked her on BBT.

I visited her FB page not too long ago. I was aghast at the blatant pro-israeli posts, the propaganda, the stealing of Palestinian cuisine, as well as the straight up misinformation she was deliberately spreading about Palestine. So that kind of has turned me off her for good.

[edie]

good

[radioepidemic__]

Definitely misogyny but alsoooooo she is a shitty person so bye.

I still think Aisha Tyler would have been a great choice to host.

[pin_stripe]

Aisha would have crushed it

Also I miss her

[momsapplelie]

She would've been A+. Would've gotten me to watch for the first time since I was a teenager.

[notoriousreign]

Ugh I LOVE Aisha, she would've been great.

[artemisofluna]

I wanna say I hate this because misogyny (and didn't Ken cross picket lines? so that's bullshit too), but she is a truly terrible person, sooooooooo Elmo fire gif?

[m14mouse]

No, he didn’t cross. Daytime TV and game shows apparently are different under sag stuff. This explain why we got a lot of new game shows during the strike.

[a_files06]

And he doesn't even do tv outside of hosting right?

[weighty_ghost]

As far as I know, he has shown up on other game shows like The Chase but not much else

[m14mouse]

I have only seen the celebrity editions and the other specials that they run (mom love the show...she watches all!) I found her lacking? She did get better toward the end but idk....maybe. ...it was an energy level thing? I wasn't feeling it.

I also wonder how much the strike play in it as well.

[missmagic12]

Yeah, I know a lot of people on the Jeopardy YouTube comments didn’t like her style either, so I think that definitely played a part.

[littleorcs]

She was not a great host at all, showed zero interest when talking to contestants at the start, took a long time to verify answers, etc. She had no passion for the job at all and I won't be sorry to see her go.

[you_hermit_crab]

The taking forever to verify answers is what bugged me more than anything else. You'd see the contestants start to question themselves, and it was just uncomfortable to watch.