Mayim Bialik introduced Friday that she is out as host of “Jeopardy!”
In a publish on social media, “The Big Bang Theory” star wrote: “I have some Jeopardy! news. Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!”
The 48-year-old Bialik didn’t elaborate on what led as much as her departure. She stated she was “honored” to have obtained an Emmy nomination this yr for excellent host of a sport present, and stated she “was deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the Jeopardy! family.”
CBS News has reached out Sony Pictures Television, which produces “Jeopardy!,” for remark, however has not but heard again.
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In July 2022, Sony named each Bialik and Ken Jennings, the winningest contestant in “Jeopardy!” historical past, as everlasting hosts of the present, with the 2 splitting internet hosting duties.
The two had been amongst a number of visitor hosts who had crammed in on a rotating foundation following the dying of longtime host Alex Trebek from most cancers in 2020.
“Jeopardy!” was the middle of main upheaval in August 2021, when the present’s then-executive producer Mike Richards was named a everlasting host together with Bialik, just for him to step down a couple of week later after previous inappropriate feedback he had made surfaced on-line.
In May, Bialik selected to not host the ultimate week of season 39 of “Jeopardy!” in solidarity with the Hollywood writers’ strike.
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