“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeopardy">Jeopardy</a>!” host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ken-jennings">Ken Jennings</a> commented on his co-worker Mayim Bialik being unexpectedly relieved of her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">hosting</a> duties.
“It took me off guard, because I loved working with my Mayim and I’m going to miss her,” Jennings <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jeopardy-host-ken-jennings-mayim-bialik-exit-celebrity-jeopardy-semifinals-1235766161/">said</a> in an interview with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jeopardy-host-ken-jennings-mayim-bialik-exit-celebrity-jeopardy-semifinals-1235766161/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. “I can’t speak to her decision-making process or her opinions about it. But on my end, I’m just a fan of ‘Jeopardy!’ and I’m always delighted to host when they call upon me. I just feel extremely lucky to have even been considered for this job as a non-broadcaster.”
The passing of longtime host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alex-trebek">Alex Trebek</a> in 2020 led to a frantic scramble to replace the “Jeopardy!” mainstay, with numerous options being floated. Finally, the game show’s execs settled on a combination of Bialik, an actress best known for her roles in “Blossom” and “The Big Bang Theory,” and Jennings, a former contestant who rose to fame after winning $4.5 million on the show. He became a household name in 2004 after winning 74 times in a row.
Bialik and Jennings have been sharing hosting duties since 2021. But on December 15, Sony announced their decision to go forward with just one host.
“Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of ‘Jeopardy!’” the 48-year-old actress wrote social media. “I am incredibly honored to have been nominated for a primetime Emmy for hosting this year and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the ‘Jeopardy!’ family.”
Bialik continued, “For all of you who have supported me through this incredible journey and to the fans, contestants, writers, staff and crew of America’s favorite quiz show, thank you.”
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A statement from Sony thanked Bialik for her contributions to “Jeopardy!”
“We made the decision to have one host for the syndicated show next season to maintain continuity for our viewers, and Ken Jennings will be the sole host for syndicated ‘Jeopardy!’” the statement <a href="https://tvline.com/news/jeopardy-mayim-bialik-fired-host-explained-reason-statement-1235099862/">read</a>. “We are truly grateful for all of Mayim’s contributions to ‘Jeopardy!’”
Bialik had previously stepped back from her hosting duties amid the recent writer and actor’s strike. Jennings has been the sole host since the debut of Season 40 in September, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayim-bialik-says-shes-out-as-jeopardy-host">reported</a>.

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Ken Jennings Comments On Mayim Bialik Being Dropped As ‘Jeopardy!’ Host: ‘Took Me Off Guard’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mayim-bialik" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayim Bialik</a> definitely got everyone&#8217;s attention Friday when she announced that she&#8217;d been contacted by Sony and informed that her hosting duties at &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; have come to an end.
In a post on <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, the 48-year-old actress/TV host wrote to her hundreds of thousands of followers that the producers of the popular game show, Sony Pictures Television, informed her that they&#8217;ve decided to go with just one host — despite her sharing the job with the game show&#8217;s top winner Ken Jennings, following Alex Trebek&#8217;s death.
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Jeopardy! announcement. <a href="https://t.co/F0RgIWpg0G">pic.twitter.com/F0RgIWpg0G</a>
— Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayim/status/1735814025001509226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;As the holiday break begins in Hollywood, I have some Jeopardy! news,&#8221; Bialik wrote in a statement. &#8220;Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy&#8221;
&#8220;I am incredibly honored to have been nominated for a prime time Emmy for hosting this year and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the Jeopardy! family,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;For all of you who have supported me through this incredible journey and to the fans, contestants, writers, staff and crew of America&#8217;s Favorite Quiz Show, thank you,&#8221; Bialik concluded.
An <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C05SqLRRPz_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> on the &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; social media account said that they &#8220;made the decision to have one host for the syndicated show next season to maintain continuity for our viewers, and Ken Jennings will be the sole host for syndicated &#8216;Jeopardy!'&#8221;
&#8220;We are truly grateful for all of Mayim&#8217;s contributions to &#8216;Jeopardy!,&#8217; and we hope to continue to work with her on primetime specials,&#8221; the statement added.
Bialik had stepped back from her hosting duties amid the recent writer and actor&#8217;s strike. Jennings has been the sole host since the debut of Season 40 in September, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mayim-bialik-out-host-jeopardy-actress-confirms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.
&#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; star has been very outspoken about the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel in October that left at least 1,200 people dead. She alsobpreviously spoke out about the anti-Semitism she was witnessing in America, especially on college campuses, and said there&#8217;s &#8220;no excuse” for it.
The former &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/29/news/jeopardy-host-mayim-bialik-asks-where-progressive-feminists-are-over-silence-on-hamas-oct-7-rapes/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">host</a> more recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-excuse-for-this-mayim-bialik-says-nothing-has-prepared-her-for-anti-semitism-shes-seeing-in-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted</a> the &#8220;abhorrent&#8221; silence of women&#8217;s organizations around the world following the rape and torture of Jewish women by Hamas in the October terrorist attacks.
&#8220;There has been an abhorrent and conspicuous absence of women&#8217;s organizations around the world unequivocally condemning the systematic rape and torture of women on October 7 by Hamas,&#8221; Bialik wrote on <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayim/status/1728622257042567218?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>. &#8220;Where are the &#8216;BELIEVE THEM’ voices?”
&#8220;Brutal gang rapes, sexual torture, and murder of fetuses happened- period,&#8221; she added. &#8220;These crimes against women were in many cases documented by the terrorists themselves and broadcast for the world to see. Those of us who have fought for women&#8217;s rights and have sought to shout from the rooftops when women’s bodies are being used in war for the sadistic pleasure of perpetrators are astounded at how the world has been silent surrounding this.&#8221;

Mayim Bialik Says She’s Out As ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

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&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-excuse-for-this-mayim-bialik-says-nothing-has-prepared-her-for-anti-semitism-shes-seeing-in-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayim Bialik</a> blasted the &#8220;abhorrent&#8221; silence of women&#8217;s organizations around the world following the rape and torture of Jewish women by Hamas in the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel.
&#8220;There has been an abhorrent and conspicuous absence of women’s organizations around the world unequivocally condemning the systematic rape and torture of women on October 7 by Hamas,&#8221; the 47-year-old actress <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/29/news/jeopardy-host-mayim-bialik-asks-where-progressive-feminists-are-over-silence-on-hamas-oct-7-rapes/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayim/status/1728622257042567218?s=20">lengthy post</a> on X. &#8220;Where are the &#8216;BELIEVE THEM&#8217; voices?&#8221;
&#8220;Brutal gang rapes, sexual torture, and murder of fetuses happened- period,&#8221; Bialik wrote. &#8220;These crimes against women were in many cases documented by the terrorists themselves and broadcast for the world to see. Those of us who have fought for women&#8217;s rights and have sought to shout from the rooftops when women&#8217;s bodies are being used in war for the sadistic pleasure of perpetrators are astounded at how the world has been silent surrounding this.&#8221;
&#8220;The UN (U.N. Women &#8211; the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) took 50 days to express &#8216;alarm&#8217;… First Lady of Israel Michal Herzog and Sheryl Sandberg have been trying to draw attention to this,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Progressive feminists of the world: where are you?&#8221;
Her post included a link to an <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/silence-international-bodies-over-hamas-mass-rapes-betrayal-all-women-opinion-1845783" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a> from Herzog titled &#8220;The Silence From International Bodies Over Hamas&#8217; Mass Rapes Is a Betrayal of All Women.&#8221;
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When people march and assert RESISTANCE BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY, this is what they are supporting: gang rape, mutilation of women’s bodies, and torturing fetuses. I can’t believe I have to say this again: Rape is never an act of resistance. Cutting off body parts is not an act of… <a href="https://t.co/020xFtV0qm">pic.twitter.com/020xFtV0qm</a>
— Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayim/status/1730299832525529234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
In a post on Thursday, the Jewish <a href="https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1718529748861640916" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actress</a> shared an article in <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/israeli-women-victims-sexual-assault-need-support.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Slate</a> titled, &#8220;The World&#8217;s Feminists Need to Show Up for Israeli Victims.&#8221;
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&#8220;When people march and assert RESISTANCE BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY, this is what they are supporting: gang rape, mutilation of women&#8217;s bodies, and torturing fetuses. I can&#8217;t believe I have to say this again: Rape is never an act of resistance,&#8221; Bialik wrote on <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayim/status/1730299832525529234" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> along with the link to the Slate article.
&#8220;Cutting off body parts is not an act of resistance,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This is what happened on October 7. I believe women and I believe the footage Hamas has broadcast showing sexual crimes against women. Do you?&#8221;
Bialik previously spoke out about the anti-Semitism she was witnessing in America and said there&#8217;s &#8220;no excuse&#8221; for it.
&#8220;Nothing has prepared me or any of us for this,&#8221; the &#8220;Jeopardy!” host said in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-excuse-for-this-mayim-bialik-says-nothing-has-prepared-her-for-anti-semitism-shes-seeing-in-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a video</a> from late October. &#8220;Because it is clear, we get it. It is clear that there is a strain of antisemitism that is alive and well. It is thriving at my Alma Mater where the chant &#8216;We want a Jewish genocide&#8217; was echoed in the quad in front of Royce Hall.&#8221;
Bialik, who got her doctorate from UCLA in 2007, said students of all backgrounds were chanting in support for a &#8220;Jewish genocide&#8221; on UCLA&#8217;s campus, calling it &#8220;unacceptable.&#8221;

‘Jeopardy!’ Host Mayim Bialik Blasts Women’s Organizations For ‘Abhorrent’ Silence On Hamas’ Rape And Torture Of Women

Mayim Bialik Blasts Women’s Organizations For ‘Abhorrent’ Silence On Hamas' Rape And Torture Of Women

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jeopardy-fans-divided-as-mayim-bialik-announced-as-extended-host-all-summer-over-ken-jennings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayim Bialik</a> said that &#8220;nothing has prepared&#8221; her for the anti-Semitism she&#8217;s seeing across America — and made it clear that there was &#8220;no excuse&#8221; for any of it — following the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 Israelis.
The 47-year-old actress posted an emotional 10-minute video on TikTok — which was shared on <a href="https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1718529748861640916" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> — in which she speaks out as a Jewish American against the anti-Semitism she&#8217;s witnessing, blasting it as &#8220;unacceptable.&#8221;
&#8220;Imagine if there was a massacre of an ethnic group or a religious group, the equivalent of 50,000 Americans,” she said. “And imagine if what happened after that was that all over the world, there were marches of tense of thousands of people calling for further massacre of those people … That&#8217;s what it feels like right now as a Jewish person.&#8221;
&#8220;There has not been an experience in my lifetime that has prepared me for this,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I have heard from many people my whole life that anti-semitism is growing. That the Holocaust, while we say we&#8217;ll never forget, many have forgotten. And the swiftness with which the global population has seized upon the massacre of Jewish civilians living inside of a border. The swiftness with which the world has stepped up to redefine terrorism, to redefine statehood, to redefine the right of a people to exist.&#8221;
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Listen to <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@missmayim</a> as she speaks out against antisemitism and in support of Israel in the current climate.
Read full story: <a href="https://t.co/3TV8Sds3Sh">https://t.co/3TV8Sds3Sh</a> <a href="https://t.co/VMEqt5j77D">pic.twitter.com/VMEqt5j77D</a>
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1718529748861640916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Nothing has prepared me or any of us for this,&#8221; the &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; host continued. &#8220;Because it is clear, we get it. It is clear that there is a strain of antisemitism that is alive and well. It is thriving at my Alma Mater where the chant &#8216;We want a Jewish genocide&#8217; was echoed in the quad in front of Royce Hall.&#8221;
Bialik, who got her doctoral from UCLA, said students of all backgrounds were chanting on that very campus, calling for a &#8220;Jewish genocide&#8221; — and she responded, calling it &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and &#8220;not normal.&#8221;
&#8220;We should not normalize it,&#8221; the actress said. &#8220;There is no excuse for calling for a genocide of an entire people. Period. Full stop.&#8221;
At one point in the clip, Bialik said her son is looking to go away to college and that many of the schools on his list are &#8220;universities that can not find a way to unanimously, undeniably, irrevocably denounce any organization that celebrates the massacre of Jewish people.&#8221;
&#8220;This is astounding,&#8221; the actress said, noting that homes very close to hers are being &#8220;threatened because of mezuzah on the door.&#8221;
&#8220;Jewish stars are being painted on Jewish homes all over the world. Is this the moment that anti-Zionists have been waiting for?&#8221; she added. &#8220;The moment when the entire world bans against the Jewish people. I&#8217;m no longer afraid to draw comparisons to the global attempt of the elimination of the Jewish people. Which my grandparents escaped eastern Europe to flee.&#8221;
She admitted she&#8217;s scared to send her child to school events right now and she&#8217;s scared to think &#8220;what he will meet when he goes to college,&#8221; calling herself for the first time a &#8220;stranger in a strange land.&#8221;

‘No Excuse For This’: Mayim Bialik Says ‘Nothing Has Prepared’ Her For Anti-Semitism She’s Seeing In America

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‘Jeopardy!’ Host Mayim Bialik Blasts Women’s Organizations For ‘Abhorrent’ Silence On Hamas’ Rape And Torture Of Women

‘No Excuse For This’: Mayim Bialik Says ‘Nothing Has Prepared’ Her For Anti-Semitism She’s Seeing In America