{"id":316959,"date":"2021-08-06T16:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hubbub-over-jeopardys-potential-new-host\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T16:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T13:00:30","slug":"hubbub-over-jeopardys-potential-new-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hubbub-over-jeopardys-potential-new-host\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hubbub Over &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;s Potential New Host"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e5b8b1c761\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e5b8b1c761\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hubbub-over-jeopardys-potential-new-host\/#Is_Jeopardy_Making_the_Right_Choice\" >Is Jeopardy! Making the Right Choice?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hubbub-over-jeopardys-potential-new-host\/#Grossed_Out_by_Gossip_Girl\" >Grossed Out by Gossip Girl<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hubbub-over-jeopardys-potential-new-host\/#Shouldnt_Young_Sheldon_Be_Bunking_with_His_Brother_by_Now\" >Shouldn\u2019t Young Sheldon Be Bunking with His Brother by Now?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hubbub-over-jeopardys-potential-new-host\/#How_Do_the_Rest_of_Us_Get_in_on_the_Schmigadoon_Fun\" >How Do the Rest of Us Get in on the Schmigadoon! Fun?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hubbub-over-jeopardys-potential-new-host\/#Is_the_Freedom_of_Streaming_a_Good_Thing\" >Is the Freedom of Streaming a Good Thing?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Hubbub Over &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;s Potential New Host<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/mike-richards-jeopardy-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div> <em>Welcome to the Q&amp;A with TV critic \u2014 also known to some TV fans as their \u201cTV therapist\u201d \u2014 Matt Roush, who\u2019ll try to address whatever you love, loathe, are confused or frustrated or thrilled by in today\u2019s vast TV landscape. (We know background music is too loud, but there\u2019s always closed-captioning.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One caution: This is a spoiler-free zone, so we won\u2019t be addressing upcoming storylines here unless it\u2019s already common knowledge. Please send your questions and comments to <\/em><em><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"4e2f3d25232f3a3a0e3a3827203d272a2b3c602d2123\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/em><em> (or use the <\/em><em>form at the end of the column<\/em><em>) and follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> (@TVGMMattRoush). Look for Ask Matt columns on many Tuesdays and Fridays.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Jeopardy_Making_the_Right_Choice\"><\/span><strong>Is <em>Jeopardy!<\/em> Making the Right Choice?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong>Curious about your reaction to the latest reports that <em>Jeopardy!<\/em>\u2019s executive producer Mike Richards is the presumed front-runner to take over full time as host. My personal picks out of the guest hosts would\u2019ve been either Ken Jennings or LeVar Burton, but it\u2019s interesting that after bringing in all the names, the person they ultimately went with is by far the least-known of them all.<\/p>\n<p>I looked up some YouTube clips of Richards, because it had been a while since I\u2019d seen him during his own guest-host period, and I had forgotten that he was introduced at the top of the show as \u201cthe executive producer of <em>Jeopardy<\/em>\u201d rather than as \u201cthe guest host\u201d as all of the others have been. Let\u2019s assume for the moment that the deal gets done and it is Richards. Do you think they would switch to calling him \u201cthe host of <em>Jeopardy<\/em>?\u201d Going with him and being able to continue to call him the producer would allow Alex to be the only person ever identified by Johnny Gilbert as \u201cthe host.\u201d That would be kind of nice. Of course, technically Richards would be the host, but changing his title in the introduction would be a nice kind of deference to Alex. \u2014 <em>Jake<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> First off, whoever\u2019s getting the job will almost certainly be announced as \u201chost,\u201d because anything else would muddy the waters. (Most viewers probably don\u2019t care who the producer is.) Whether Mike Richards would maintain his executive titles if he goes behind the podium full time remains to be seen, and even though there will inevitably be dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointment and some predictable backlash no matter who is chosen, I\u2019m not entirely surprised that <em>Jeopardy!<\/em> might keep things in-house. I\u2019ve said all along that with very few exceptions (LeVar Burton most notably), I didn\u2019t see these guest-hosting gigs as auditions. Most of the broadcasters who filled in already have jobs and were thrilled to step in to honor Alex Trebek and the show he guided for so long.<\/p>\n<p>My initial reaction to the Mike Richards <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> wasn\u2019t surprise as much as an acknowledgment that <em>Jeopardy!<\/em> had taken the least objectionable, and in some ways least interesting, path in filling this high-profile position. Which may be the point. Throughout the months when <em>Jeopardy!<\/em> was welcoming guest hosts to finish out the season after Alex\u2019s untimely death, my mailbag has been full of knee-jerk feedback, some positive but much of it critical, and I held off posting most of these comments because I looked at this as less of a stunt and more as a good-faith effort to keep the beloved show on track until next season could represent a new start. (For the record, most of the feedback during Richards\u2019 stint was positive.) It\u2019s inevitable that many would look at this as a contest, but the bottom line in all of this is that if you\u2019re watching <em>Jeopardy!<\/em> for the host, you\u2019re watching it for the wrong reason. That was Alex Trebek\u2019s philosophy all along, and Richards plays into that mindset better than most.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Grossed_Out_by_Gossip_Girl\"><\/span><strong>Grossed Out by <em>Gossip Girl<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong>Has there been a more vulgar show than <em>Gossip Girl<\/em>? I know the original wasn\u2019t the most enlightening show around, but for the most part it was fun. HBO Max\u2019s <em>Gossip Girl<\/em> reboot is dreary, mean, and boring. I know some of the original <em>GG<\/em> characters were mean, but they were fun and campy, whereas everyone in this remake is vile. I know I am old (32), but teenagers are not this evil. I don\u2019t get the producers\u2019 point. Another HBO Max show, <em>Genera+ion<\/em>, isn\u2019t anywhere near as bad, and Justice Smith is really likable. By comparison, Hulu\u2019s <em>Love, Victor<\/em> was the show I WISH I had growing up as a teenager. This show is the opposite of <em>GG <\/em>\u2014 it\u2019s happy, sweet, and positive. A show like this inspires you. I really hope to see <em>GG<\/em> gone very soon \u2014 it\u2019s the cruelest show on TV. \u2014 <em>Sean V<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> In most regards, I couldn\u2019t agree with you more, but I would add moronic and numbing to describe some of my own reactions. In reviewing the show last month, those were some of the longest hours I\u2019ve spent watching anything on TV this year. The episodes seemed endless (a common streaming fault \u2014 longer is sometimes less), and in each episode it seemed that the main characters would wage war, make up, then start back-stabbing all over again, as if hypnotized by some social-media-influencing demon. I wasn\u2019t a huge fan of the original, but I could see why the core CW audience would dig its wish-fulfillment aspects. I would give the new <em>Gossip Girl<\/em> points for diversity, but beyond that, it\u2019s too toxic for my tastes, and while I\u2019m not remotely in their demographic, I have a pretty high threshold for tastelessness. And here\u2019s the bad news: I see no signs that this is one-and-done. I fully expect HBO Max to renew the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, but at least Hulu is giving the much more agreeable <em>Love, Victor<\/em> a third go as well.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shouldnt_Young_Sheldon_Be_Bunking_with_His_Brother_by_Now\"><\/span><strong>Shouldn\u2019t Young Sheldon Be Bunking with His Brother by Now?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Comment: <\/strong>I love <em>Young Sheldon<\/em> but find it odd that a family with a three-bedroom home did not give the only girl her own bedroom. Even though it is way overdue for the two boys to share a room, it could be an interesting episode. Should have been part of the episode when Missy became a young lady. \u2014 <em>Linda<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> I guess we\u2019ve moved on from the wardrobe debate. I\u2019ve heard variations on this observation before, but have always looked at this as a situation where Sheldon and Missy grew up together as twins in the same bedroom, and because they\u2019re such different species let alone genders they\u2019ve never forced the issue. Plus I\u2019m sure the producers enjoy those late-night scenes between Iain Armitage and Raegan Revord so much that they\u2019re reluctant to fix what isn\u2019t broken.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Do_the_Rest_of_Us_Get_in_on_the_Schmigadoon_Fun\"><\/span><strong>How Do the Rest of Us Get in on the <em>Schmigadoon!<\/em> Fun?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Question: <\/strong>For those of us who haven\u2019t subscribed to streaming services because of the costs \u2014 once you start, it\u2019s like those potato chips where you can\u2019t eat just one \u2014 do we have any hope of seeing shows like <em>Schmigadoon!<\/em> eventually come to DVD or to a major network? \u2014 <em>Paul<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> To a \u201cmajor network,\u201d whatever that means anymore (I\u2019m guessing you mean free), almost certainly not. These original productions are exclusive to their streaming platforms for a reason: to drive traffic and attract subscribers. (You could always sign up long enough to watch whatever intrigues you and then un-subscribe. I\u2019d recommend it for <em>Schmigadoon!<\/em>) About DVD distribution, that\u2019s way outside my area of expertise to know what kinds of deals are made between the production companies \u2014 in this case, Broadway Video and Universal TV \u2014 and the streamers in terms of when and whether these titles can be marketed in that format. DVDs aren\u2019t exactly a growth industry these days, but <em>Schimigadoon!<\/em> would be a good bet because of the cult appeal to musical-comedy fans. Still, I\u2019m thinking the possibility of downloading the video through Apple would be the most likely next step if there is one.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_the_Freedom_of_Streaming_a_Good_Thing\"><\/span><strong>Is the Freedom of Streaming a Good Thing?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Comment: <\/strong><em>SEAL Team<\/em> is one of the few recent dramas that I have continued to follow since its beginning. <em>Clarice<\/em> is another intelligent and thoughtful show for adults. The impending move to Paramount+ for <em>SEAL Team<\/em>, and hopefully <em>Clarice<\/em>, threatens to transform these shows into something other than what drew me to them in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: One of our local PBS affiliates recently broadcast Season 2 of the original <em>Professor T<\/em>. We enjoyed it so much we decided to stream Season 1, but some of its unedited TV-MA content was rather off-putting. We hope that PBS will broadcast the edited Season 3 of the original, but there has been no indication that any plans are in the works. Instead, we have the British remake of <em>Professor T.,<\/em> which is just as uninspiring an adaptation of the original as was <em>Call Me Kat<\/em>, the American adaptation of the charming <em>Miranda<\/em>. To bring this all together, the trend toward original streaming content often means TV-MA ratings. Does entertainment require the same horrific elements that would be found in real life on the battlefield, or when investigating crimes? If <em>SEAL Team<\/em> and <em>Clarice<\/em> abandon broadcast standards, I won\u2019t have any incentive to subscribe to Paramount+. \u2014 <em>Tommy T<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Roush:<\/strong> This is such an interesting point of view, because from the creators\u2019 perspective, moving from broadcast to streaming allows so much more freedom: from the five-act commercial-break structure for one, but also to be more honest in depicting these various worlds. This doesn\u2019t necessarily mean an embrace of graphic violence, sex, and language, though moving off-network, TV invariably leads to pushing some content a bit further outside what seems to be your comfort zone. For some of these series, moving to streaming may be their only lifeline because the broadcast network marketplace has become so unforgiving. I wish I were more hopeful about <em>Clarice<\/em> making the move, but those negotiations appear to have stalled, and the longer we go without an update, the gloomier the outlook.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all for now. We can\u2019t do this without your participation, so please keep sending questions and comments about TV to <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"7011031b1d110404300406191e03191415025e131f1d\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> or shoot me a line on Twitter (@TVGMMattRoush), and you can also submit questions via the handy form below. 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