{"id":198008,"date":"2021-03-09T22:45:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-did-jeopardy-guest-host-katie-couric-do-on-her-first-episode\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T22:45:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:45:23","slug":"how-did-jeopardy-guest-host-katie-couric-do-on-her-first-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-did-jeopardy-guest-host-katie-couric-do-on-her-first-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Did ‘Jeopardy!’ Guest Host Katie Couric Do on Her First Episode?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How Did ‘Jeopardy!’ Guest Host Katie Couric Do on Her First Episode?<\/strong>”
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Jeopardy!<\/em> celebrated International Women\u2019s Day by welcoming Katie Couric, its first female guest host, to the game<\/a> show\u2019s podium, and it seems that after just one show, viewers are evenly split on her performance. The former Today<\/em> co-host and CBS Evening News<\/a><\/em> anchor worked with two new competitors and a returning champion in the March 8 episode. She honored the late Alex Trebek in her opening remarks \u2014 now a guest host tradition \u2014 and kept things moving at a zippy pace.<\/p>\n

On social media<\/a>, viewers both praised and criticized her performance. One fan complimented Couric\u2019s cadence and included a heart emoji in their tweet:<\/p>\n

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Awesome job @katiecouric<\/a> on @Jeopardy<\/a> tonight! Great voice, cadence and humor! \u2764\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/fBMqV0JOVl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gretta Hill (@GrettaHill4) March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Some fans were just plain excited:<\/p>\n

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Love her! She\u2019s engaging, experienced, and enthusiast \ud83d\ude0aGreat choice. pic.twitter.com\/QHLoY1yJjM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Julia Goolia \ud83c\udf08\u2600\ufe0f (@JuliaGoolia9) March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another mentioned they app<\/a>reciated that Couric was hosting on International Women\u2019s Day:<\/p>\n

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Katie Couric did a great job guest hosting Jeopardy tonight, very fitting for International Women\u2019s Day! pic.twitter.com\/JWoLgM48v3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 janice nissen (@nissenja) March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And some note that Couric, naturally, is in her element behind a microphone:<\/p>\n

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@katiecouric<\/a> Loved you on Jeopardy tonight! You\u2019re a natural, your humor and excitement was so great!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Joan Alford (@joan_alford) March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Then, of course, there were the detractors. One Twitter user noted that Couric still uses her talk show tactics even though she\u2019s conversing with competitors:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s Katie Couric\u2019s first night as guest Jeopardy host, she\u2019s still working on her small talk game pic.twitter.com\/DSQtKberxo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 David Malitz (@malitzd) March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This viewer used a gif to illustrate their feelings:<\/p>\n

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Me turning on #jeopardy<\/a> and seeing Katie Couric is hosting pic.twitter.com\/NNfR6nh0hv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Johnny Hammer (@717Hammer) March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

TV Insider received comments with similar sentiments on a poll conducted for the last guest host, Jeopardy! executive producer Michael Richards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One reader wrote, \u201cSomeone like Richards or Ken Jennings should host the show since they have such a connection with Alex. I dread seeing these others on the list so much that I may not be able to watch.\u201d (This comment received 42 likes.)<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople like Katie Couric and Anderson Cooper are too political for Jeopardy\u201d wrote another. \u201cKeep it on the Jeopardy family.\u201d (This received 69 likes.)<\/p>\n

And here are two others:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband will NOT watch when [Katie Couric] is hosting. We\u2019ll watch Family Feud those weeks. Anderson Cooper might be OK. We\u2019ll give him a couple days trial. If we don\u2019t like him we\u2019ll go back to Family Feud!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll miss the next few weeks of Jeopardy, I\u2019m disappointed in the choices of Couric and Cooper and will not watch those episodes\u2026not sure what the thought process was behind those invites! Alex kept politics out of Jeopardy\u2026why bring these outspoken, controversial characters onto such a great show?\u201d<\/p>\n

Others urged these commenters and others like them to give Couric and the others a chance, and cautioned about pre-judging.<\/p>\n

Couric follows in the footsteps of previous guest hosts Ken Jennings and Mike Richards. Her participation, like the others, is being rewarded in donations equaling the prize money of each episode\u2019s winner. She is contributing to Stand Up to Cancer\u2019s pancreatic cancer research.<\/p>\n

Let us know what you thought about Couric\u2019s first night on the job in the comments below!<\/p>\n

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