Comment on Jeopardy! Boss Breaks Silence on Mayim Bialik Firing, How Ken Jennings ‘Really Won the Job’

undefinedValue@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ZeroCool@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  and Ken scabbed in.

  Nope, try again.

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  • undefinedValue@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lmao read your own clickbait article bro:

    Bialik had been MIA from her $4 million-a-year Jeopardy! gig since last May, when she abruptly bowed out of Season 39’s final weeks in a public display of solidarity with the show’s striking writers, leading Jennings to step in and close out the season.

    As the Big Bang Theory vet’s absence dragged on through the summer, questions began to swirl around her future with the franchise. The speculation intensified on Aug. 18 when Jeopardy! released via its official social handles a new poster celebrating the syndicated show’s 39th season that featured Jennings but not Bialik. At the time, Sony declined to comment on the decision to exclude Bialik from the now-deleted artwork. Days later, ABC announced Jennings as the new primary host of primetime offshoot Celebrity Jeopardy!, replacing Bialik.

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    • ZeroCool@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lmao read your own clickbait article bro:

      Despite your gratuitous use of bold text, bro, the relevant part of that article was SAG-AFTRA confirming he was a not a scab. You’ll have to forgive me for focusing on the relevant part of the article concerning your false claim that Ken Jennings “scabbed in.”

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    • flumph@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well yeah, if you go on strike when your union says you shouldn’t, you’re going to lose your job.

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      • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        insidethemagic.net/…/jeopardy-reveals-the-return-…

        However, executive producer Michael Davies recently revealed at the 2024 Television Critics Association’s winter press tour “Unscripted Storytellers” panel that Jeopardy Productions was already looking into bringing back Mayim Bialik for some version of the show.

        Despite the firing, Davies defended the former host (per Variety), saying, “Mayim is a superb host. We hope to continue working with her on primetime versions — this conversation is ongoing.”

        While Davies did not give any specifics as to when Mayim Bialik might return to host Jeopardy, it is striking that a “conversation” is happening at all, considering the storm of controversy that surrounded her entire tenure on the show.

        Interesting turn of events!

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