# Who should be the next host of "Jeopardy!"?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** reality-or-game-show
**Created:** [November 12, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460 "2020-11-12T20:49:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/1 "2020-11-12T20:49:50Z")
I hope this is not perceived as being too early, but I’m sure most of us have been thinking about this at least since Alex announced his diagnosis last year, if not longer. Lots of people have been proposed, some good, some bad, some improbable, some nuts.
Who do you think should get the job, and why?
Here are just a few of the names that I’ve found in a brief search, in alphabetical order:
Tom Bergeron
LeVar Burton
Laura Coates
Anderson Cooper
Alex Faust
Ken Jennings
George Stephanopoulos
Donald Trump\*
Betty White
\*Just kidding
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### Author:  [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/2 "2020-11-12T20:55:50Z")
I am a big Ken Jennings fan and would love to see him get it, but I don’t know that he’d actually be the best choice.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/3 "2020-11-12T20:56:47Z")
I think Meredith Viera would be perfect. She was a wonderful “Millionaire” host.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/4 "2020-11-12T21:47:24Z")
I’d love the job! And I’m available.
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### Author:  [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/5 "2020-11-12T21:51:51Z")
Mike Tyson
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### Author:  [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/6 "2020-11-12T22:30:26Z")
Who is Si Amigo? For $1000.
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### Author:  [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/7 "2020-11-12T22:36:12Z")
I’ve seen Jeff Probst being bandied about as well, especially since he hosted Rock and Roll Jeopardy.
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/8 "2020-11-12T22:45:57Z")
Whoever it is, I hope he doesn’t repeat the answers. That, and the Clue Crew were the only things that ever annoyed me. RIP Alex.
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/9 "2020-11-12T23:06:22Z")
How about [Pat Kiernan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Kiernan)?
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/10 "2020-11-12T23:06:42Z")
Will Ferrell.
With a mustache, of course. And if ratings are ever lagging, “Sean Connery” and “Turd Ferguson” show up as guests.
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### Author:  [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/11 "2020-11-12T23:11:10Z")
Dolly Parton.
She may not be able to pronounce those hard words, but she’d try while laughing and giggling.
And besides that, I love her voice and twang.
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/12 "2020-11-12T23:27:55Z")
When they hear that I’m willing to host for exactly half of what Alex made, I’m sure I’ll get a call.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/13 "2020-11-12T23:30:39Z")
Will Farrell doing his Alex Trebek impression, or Darrell Hammond doing his Sean Connery Impression.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/14 "2020-11-12T23:43:28Z")
LeVar Burton honestly seems like he’d be perfect.
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/15 "2020-11-12T23:52:31Z")
Dan Patrick hosted Sports Jeopardy!. I’d consider him as a dark horse candidate.
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/16 "2020-11-13T01:42:34Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> LeVar Burton honestly seems like he’d be perfect.
Agreed. When I imagine LeVar Burton’s voice reading Jeopardy clues, it just sounds right somehow.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/17 "2020-11-13T02:18:15Z")
Another vote for Tom Bergeron.
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### Author:  [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/18 "2020-11-13T03:26:31Z")
Lester Holt. He has a good presence.
Or maybe Jeff Glor.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/19 "2020-11-13T03:40:58Z")
I’d prefer to see someone younger. Trebek was about 44 when he started hosting the show. Some of the suggestions here are older; Tom Bergeron is 65, LeVar Burton is 63.
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### Author:  [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/20 "2020-11-13T06:41:57Z")
Just had the idea of Andre Braugher, but that’s mainly due to his Captain Holt character.
And for replacing Alex Trebek, it might be good to have a series of temporary hosts and then have permanent replacement in one or two years. Even as beloved as Levar Burton and Jim Parsons are, anyone has really big shoes to fill.
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