{"id":145572,"date":"2022-11-01T21:56:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/why-ken-jennings-thinks-jeopardy-is-so-important-in-these-politically-polarized-times\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T21:56:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:26:34","slug":"why-ken-jennings-thinks-jeopardy-why-ken-jennings-thinks-jeopardy-is-this-important-in-these-politically-polarized-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/why-ken-jennings-thinks-jeopardy-why-ken-jennings-thinks-jeopardy-is-this-important-in-these-politically-polarized-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ken Jennings Thinks “Jeopardy!” Why Ken Jennings Thinks ‘Jeopardy!’ Is This Important in These Politically Polarized Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ken Jennings is finally settled in his role as host of Jeopardy!<\/em>\u2018s day-to-day broadcast. In a new interview with Vulture<\/em>, Jennings is opening up about the year of uncertainty surrounding the show after Alex Trebek\u2019Trebek was a cultural icon and his passing is a reminder of the struggles that were faced in filling in.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s Going To Take Two Of Us To Do His Job\u2019<\/h2>\n

Alex Trebek, a longtime friend and colleague, died November 2020. Jeopardy! <\/em>He had already spoken to Ken Jennings about his replacement. Jennings was well known among the crowd at that time. Jeopardy! <\/em>Fans call him the untouchable all star. No contestant can match his trivia brilliance, which has seen him win 74 games straight. However, producers weren\u2019t ready to hand over the reins just yet.<\/p>\n

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Jennings was eventually removed from the program after a brief stint as a guest host. Mike Richards was appointed executive producer. Jennings was then back in contention after Richards was expelled for making insensitive comments. He would however split hosting duties. The Big Bang Theory <\/em>Mayim Bialik is an actress. According to His sit-down dinner with Vulture<\/em><\/a>He understands why producers gave hosting duties to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe virtue of it is that Jeopardy! <\/em>has a huge audience and a really diverse one. Young folks, old folks, red states, blue states. It\u2019s a weird TV show today because a huge swath of the country watches it and hosting style is largely a matter of personal taste,\u201d Jennings explained. \u201cI wish we had some unifying Alex Trebek type that everyone agreed was perfect for the job, but in his absence, it\u2019s going to take two of us to do his job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jennings explains how \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 Stays Neutral<\/h2>\n

The interviewer suggested then that quiz shows are one space that politics has yet to invade. Jennings said that Trebek was aware of that fact. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe took that very seriously and so do I. Alex was this cipher who did nothing but provide trivia clues and responses every night for half an hour. It\u2019s going to be very hard in today\u2019s polarized environment to find someone about whom you know nothing politically,\u201dThe host elaborated. \u201cWhen I\u2019m on Jeopardy!<\/em>, I absolutely think it\u2019s a show that brings comfort to so many people. You shouldn\u2019t be aware of something jarring like politics or ideology when you\u2019re watching Jeopardy!<\/em>. That\u2019s your time.\u201d <\/p>\n

Jennings, however, recognizes the importance of how Jeopardy! <\/em>Important because <\/em>It is not just because of it. \u201cIt\u2019s representing facts and knowledge in an age when that\u2019s sorely needed, but it\u2019s also giving people an anchor in their day. Some comforting quality TV that the families watch together, that friends watch together. It\u2019s a real bonding thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true that there are very few programs on TV these days that don\u2019t sow some sort of division. Thankfully, Jeopardy! <\/em>The value of being a show for all is recognized and hopefully will continue to be so for many years.<\/p>\n

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Ken Jennings is finally settled in his role as host of Jeopardy!\u2018s day-to-day broadcast. In a new interview with Vulture, Jennings is opening up about the year of uncertainty surrounding the show after Alex Trebek\u2019Trebek was a cultural icon and his passing is a reminder of the struggles that were faced in filling in. \u2018It\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":145573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Why-Ken-Jennings-Thinks-Jeopardy-Is-So-Important-In-These.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145574,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145572\/revisions\/145574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}