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Alex Trebek has died

The host of Jeopardy! was 80. (November 2020)

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rob Founding member
Executive Producer Mike Richards pays tribute to Alex Trebek before yesterday's episode.

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remlap
DJGM posted:

Sad news. Probably is the equivalent to Brucie here - a fixture in US living rooms for decades.


I think Regis Philbin, who passed away earlier this year, may have been a bit closer to being a US equivalent of our Brucie.

This may seem obvious but Bob Barker.

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Alex was one of my first "TV Dad's" I watched him every chance I could on Sky with Classic Concentration and Jeopardy. I can remember when Sky stopped showing it and watching Jeopardy any chance I could after that.

I was lucky enough to watch the whole Ken Jennings run on Jeopardy and I hope the rumours of him taking over are true.
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james-2001
Looks like his last work has been released early Razz





Can only stream in the US though.
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Jonwo
I imagine it'll be shown on Boomerang and CITV in due course.

11 days later

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rob Founding member
Jeopardy! is to resume filming next week with interim guest hosts. The first one will be Ken Jennings.



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Brekkie
They've also added two weeks of reruns now so his last episode will air in January rather than Christmas Day as previously announced.

https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/jeopardy-returns-studio-nov-30-interim-host
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Jonwo
I wouldn't be surprised if the guest hosting is so they find a potential permanent host. That's how they found the male hosts for Live with Kelly and Michael/Ryan

43 days later

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rob Founding member
Just been announced that Katie Couric will be a guest host...



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rob Founding member
Here's Ken Jennings' first episode as guest host...

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Hatton Cross
And good to see a photo of Alex in the opening titles...
..he may be gone, but he still appears on the show.
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Brekkie
It may have a bigger prize budget but it makes Countdown look like The Price is Right.
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JAS84
And good to see a photo of Alex in the opening titles...
..he may be gone, but he still appears on the show.

I presume that's because they haven't changed the titles? Doesn't make sense to do so until they have a permanent new host.

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