# Who should be the next host of "Jeopardy!"? **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/524 "2021-06-12T03:57:40Z")
My revised rankings: 1. Buzzy Cohen 2. Anderson Cooper 3. Mike Richards 4. Aaron Rodgers 5. Mayim Bialik 6. Ken Jennings 7. Katie Couric 8. Bill Whitaker 9. Mehmet Oz ---
**Author:** ![BigDfromLA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@BigDfromLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDfromLA)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/525 "2021-06-12T05:58:18Z")
My Rankings: 1. Aaron Rodgers 2. Ken Jennings 3. Mayim Bialik 4. Anderson Cooper 5. Buzzy Cohen 6. Mike Richards 7. Katie Couric 8. Bill Whitaker 9. Oz ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/526 "2021-06-13T04:42:16Z")
Quick question that I can’t answer because I always delete the episode from my DVR as soon as I’ve watched it: Did any of the guest host stints produce an automatic Tournament of Champions qualifier? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/527 "2021-06-13T05:05:07Z")
I gotta say, when Joe Buck hosts, he’d better have a board with these categories: DIGS SIDE LINE TOUCHDOWN UNBELIEVABLE VIKINGS “WIN” IT ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/528 "2021-06-13T08:47:39Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Donald Trump, I understand, is currently unemployed. Plus, he has some experience working in television. Perhaps he’d make a good host? Can you picture it? He would boost “morbid curiosity” ratings but after one too many bronzer disasters or bag leaks they’d have to somehow shepherd him into some other career option that might be more accommodating of his deteroriating state - exactly what, I’m not sure, offhand, and is a road best not to go down. Instead of him, I’m thinking more of the warm, homespun, avuncular[Bob Cole-like](https://www.google.com/search?q=bob+cole&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&sxsrf=ALeKk01RSvC2P5F-nQ_NwoViNU1_QZ_lQw:1623572521229&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp85P7lpTxAhWS_J4KHSguA5oQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=861&bih=571) Charles Kuralt-yness of [Wilbur Ross,](https://www.google.com/search?q=wilbur+ross&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&sxsrf=ALeKk00pfQAVEvCS3O9JbJ6JNh0MN6yjvA:1623572507876&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjF9-T0lpTxAhXJ854KHfaXB54Q_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=861&bih=571) if we’re gonna go down _that_ road. A more seasoned, balanced list: Terry Bradshaw too bad Quentin Crisp wasn’t still around Trent Reznor Glenn Close Quentin Tarantino Stephen A. Smith Cindy Lauper ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/529 "2021-06-15T02:13:42Z")
I don’t know who this woman is, but if she says _“You got it!”_ one more time, I’m gonna scream. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! Well, that didn’t take long. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/530 "2021-06-15T11:30:12Z")
I don’t know who she is either. Apparently they’re recruiting random people off the street to audition. And the current contestants are no better. I’m amazed at how many really easy clues there were, and nobody even rang in. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/531 "2021-06-15T11:59:22Z")
Savannah Guthrie is NBC’s chief legal correspondent, and co-host of the Today show. She was one of NBC’s White House correspondents during Obama’s first term, and interviewed Trump during the 2020 campaign. She’s hardly a random person off the street. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/532 "2021-06-15T17:25:38Z")
My wife watches **The Today Show** and Monday morning they had a segment about Savannah hosting Jeopardy. I had to think for a minute until I realized that she and Katie Couric are two different people. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/533 "2021-06-15T18:57:31Z")
_You got it!_ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/534 "2021-06-15T19:41:07Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QNAVrQ96mpA/maxresdefault.jpg "Roy Orbison - You Got It") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNAVrQ96mpA) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/535 "2021-06-15T21:12:38Z")
Makes me think of this… [(1) Famous Forehead | Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole | Adult Swim - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RwTqia3_5I) Let’s all take a shot every time she says it tonight. Board will be dead by tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/536 "2021-06-15T22:00:08Z")
When come back, bring lips. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/537 "2021-06-15T23:09:36Z")
_You got it!_ ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/538 "2021-06-16T00:09:41Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Makes me think of this… > > [(1) Famous Forehead | Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole | Adult Swim - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RwTqia3_5I) > > Let’s all take a shot every time she says it tonight. Board will be dead by tomorrow. But the liquor industry will have made impressive profits! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/539 "2021-06-16T06:50:34Z")
Somebody must have handed her a note between tapings: I heard it once early on and steeled myself to hit the “mute” button for the rest of the show, but don’t recall hearing it again (or perhaps Monday overloaded my ability to hear it). Overall she strikes me as remarkably similar to Mayim Bialik, at least as far as her approach to the game is concerned. At least she has managed to clear the board. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/540 "2021-06-16T15:48:22Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Overall she strikes me as remarkably similar to Mayim Bialik I’m getting the impression it doesn’t matter too much who the host is. the show is the same. Maybe because they’ve all had decades with Alex as a role model for how it should be done. No one is really outside of the box. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/541 "2021-06-16T16:56:12Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’m getting the impression it doesn’t matter too much who the host is. the show is the same. Maybe because they’ve all had decades with Alex as a role model for how it should be done. No one is really outside of the box. What they need is Bill Burr, or some other similar comedian to just absolutely rip into the contestants during the interview portion. I was watching an old episode last night and one contestant stated his job was “DJ and music journalist.” Come on, that’s a layup; “So, you’re unemployed and you have a blog?” Someone’s badly dressed, tell 'em they’re here the wrong week, the Teachers Tournament is in March. Openly yawn and check your watch if they drone. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/542 "2021-06-16T17:55:28Z")
What bother me more than the “you got it” kind of thing, is that every host has to openly prostrate themselves before the Altar of Trebek. It’s like a cult of personality. It;'s north Korea, or a trump rally. “I love Trebek more!” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460/543 "2021-06-21T00:29:36Z")
[pedantry]It wasn’t necessary for Guthrie to correct the contestant’s pronunciation of “ecce”. In Church Latin, yes it’s pronounced “etch-ay”, but in Classical Latin it would have been more like “eck-ay”, as the contestant said. (When Caesar said "I came, I saw, I conquered it sounded like “Wenny Weedy Winky”). [/pedant] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-next-host-of-jeopardy/925460.md?page=28)