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Mayim Bialik is the host of both primetime and syndicated JEOPARDY!, for which she was nominated in 2023 for an Emmy for \u201cOutstanding Host For A Game Show.\u201d As an actor, she is best known for her award-winning role as Amy Farrah Fowler on the hit CBS comedy, The Big Bang Theory. During her nine-year run, she received two Critics Choice Awards, four Emmy Award nominations and a SAG Award nomination. Bialik is also beloved for playing the young version of Bette Midler\u2019s character in Beaches and Blossom Russo in the iconic 90s sitcom Blossom. Bialik\u2019s production company, Sad Clown Productions, produced the FOX comedy series Call Me Kat, which Bialik starred in from 2019-2022, which she produced alongside Jim Parsons\u2019 company. 

In 2020 she and her partner, Jonathan Cohen, launched a podcast on mental health and wellness, Mayim Bialik\u2019s Breakdown, which has become a notable forum for both celebrities, scientists, and intellectuals. The podcast currently has nearly 21 million audio downloads and is consistently within the Top 20 in Health and Wellness. Bialik wrote and directed her first feature film, As They Made Us, starring Academy Award Winner Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergman, Simon Helberg and Dianna Agron. The film was released theatrically in 2022 and received outstanding critical acclaim. 

An acclaimed author, Bialik has written two #1 New York Times best sellers, \u201cGirling Up: How to Be Strong,\u201d \u201cSmart and Spectacular,\u201d and \u201cBoying Up: How to Be Brave, Bold and Brilliant.\u201d She has also written a parenting book, \u201cBeyond the Sling,\u201d and a cookbook, \u201cMayim\u2019s Vegan Table.\u201d 

Bialik holds a BS in Neuroscience from UCLA with a minor in Hebrew & Jewish Studies and a PhD in Neuroscience, specializing in Psychoneuroendocrinology. Her thesis examined the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in obsessive-compulsive disorder in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome. 

Bialik lives in Los Angeles with three cats and two teenage sons; all of whom seem to still like her.

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Mayim Bialik is the host of both primetime and syndicated JEOPARDY!, for which she was nominated in 2023 for an Emmy for \u201cOutstanding Host For A Game Show.\u201d As an actor, she is best known for her award-winning role as Amy Farrah Fowler on the hit CBS comedy, The Big Bang Theory. During her nine-year run, she received two Critics Choice Awards, four Emmy Award nominations and a SAG Award nomination. Bialik is also beloved for playing the young version of Bette Midler\u2019s character in Beaches and Blossom Russo in the iconic 90s sitcom Blossom. Bialik\u2019s production company, Sad Clown Productions, produced the FOX comedy series Call Me Kat, which Bialik starred in from 2019-2022, which she produced alongside Jim Parsons\u2019 company. 

In 2020 she and her partner, Jonathan Cohen, launched a podcast on mental health and wellness, Mayim Bialik\u2019s Breakdown, which has become a notable forum for both celebrities, scientists, and intellectuals. The podcast currently has nearly 21 million audio downloads and is consistently within the Top 20 in Health and Wellness. Bialik wrote and directed her first feature film, As They Made Us, starring Academy Award Winner Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergman, Simon Helberg and Dianna Agron. The film was released theatrically in 2022 and received outstanding critical acclaim. 

An acclaimed author, Bialik has written two #1 New York Times best sellers, \u201cGirling Up: How to Be Strong,\u201d \u201cSmart and Spectacular,\u201d and \u201cBoying Up: How to Be Brave, Bold and Brilliant.\u201d She has also written a parenting book, \u201cBeyond the Sling,\u201d and a cookbook, \u201cMayim\u2019s Vegan Table.\u201d 

Bialik holds a BS in Neuroscience from UCLA with a minor in Hebrew & Jewish Studies and a PhD in Neuroscience, specializing in Psychoneuroendocrinology. Her thesis examined the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in obsessive-compulsive disorder in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome. 

Bialik lives in Los Angeles with three cats and two teenage sons; all of whom seem to still like her.

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Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings says Mayim Bialik exit caught him \u2018off guard\u2019

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Jennings says he was not expecting co-host to leave but is eager to equal Alex Trebek\u2019s record of 38 years as sole host

Ken Jennings says he was as surprised as anyone to learn he would become the solo host of Jeopardy!, the long-running US gameshow.

In an interview published on Monday by the Hollywood Reporter, Jennings, the most famous contestant in the quizshow\u2019s history, said he was not expecting co-host Mayim Bialik\u2019s announcement that she was leaving.

\u201cIt took me off guard, because I loved working with my Mayim and I\u2019m going to miss her,\u201d Jennings remarked in the interview.

Jennings added that he could not \u201cspeak to her decision-making or her opinions about it\u201d. But he said he was up for the task of serving as the show\u2019s solo host, describing the role as one he would like to retain for the same 38 years that his predecessor Alex Trebek did.

\u201cIt\u2019s such an honor, and hopefully I look forward to 37 more years of doing it, when I\u2019ll be a very, very old man,\u201d said Jennings, who \u2013 after an interim run \u2013 was given a share of the long-term hosting duties in July 2022 alongside Bialik.

Mayim Bialik hosts an episode of the show. Photograph: Casey Durkin/ABC/Getty Images

Bialik, who appeared in the sitcoms Blossom and The Big Bang Theory, had earned an Emmy nomination in the summer for her work on the quizshow. But more recently she said Sony Pictures Television, which produces Jeopardy!, had told her she would no longer be hosting.

\u201cI am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the Jeopardy! family,\u201d said Bialik, who had occasionally caused controversy with her comments on vaccines and politics.

Bialik did not elaborate on the reasons for her departure, though Sony distributed a statement thanking her for her contributions to the show and saying it would continue \u201cto work with her on primetime specials\u201d.

Sony said Jennings would remain as the \u201csole host\u201d in hopes of maintaining \u201ccontinuity for \u2026 viewers\u201d of the quizshow, which began airing in 1964 and whose contestants must supply answers in the forms of questions.

Jennings gained international fame by setting a record with 74 consecutive Jeopardy! wins and more than $2.5m in prize money in 2004. He was a computer software engineer at the time.

After Trebek\u2019s death in November 2020, Sony chose Mike Richards to be the long-term successor. But he resigned within two weeks because of sexist, antisemitic and racist comments he made while hosting a podcast from 2013 to 2014.

Jennings in Monday\u2019s interview said he felt \u201cextremely lucky to have even been considered for this job as a non-broadcaster\u201d.

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a weird thing to try to bring back an ex-contestant to host, and I\u2019ve obviously been learning as I go,\u201d Jennings said.

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\nAs EW reported in May, Bialik is declining her hosting duties to stand in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America. She is also a member of the actors' union, SAG-AFTRA, which went on a strike of its own in July.\n

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\nThe ABC trivia series had one week of filming left for season 39 when Bialik first stepped back, and is now set to enter its 40th season in September. Celebrity Jeopardy is also slated for a September return. As for Jeopardy Masters, a spring 2024 return date is expected.\n

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\nEarlier in the month, Jennings resisted backlash to his decision to continue hosting the series throughout the strike. When one social media user criticized him for \"trying to cross picket lines,\" arguing that legendary Jeopardy host Alex Trebek would \"NEVER,\" Jennings used a screenshot to remind them that Trebek continued hosting during the comparable 2007-2008 writer's strike.\n

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\nKen Jennings Says He Was Caught 'Off Guard' By Mayim Bialik's Ousting from Jeopardy!

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\nThe 'Big Bang Theory' alum confirmed on Dec. 15 that she "will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!" but was still "deeply grateful for the opportunity"

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\n(L-R) Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings.\nPhoto:

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\nMayim Bialik's exit from Jeopardy! wasn't just a surprise for fans of the beloved game show.\n

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\nAddressing her unexpected departure for the first time, her former colleague Ken Jennings told The Hollywood Reporter: \"It took me off guard, because I loved working with my Mayim and I\u2019m going to miss her.\"\n

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\n"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," he continued. "I just feel extremely lucky to have even been considered for this job as a non-broadcaster."\n

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\nNoting his belief that it's \"kind of a weird thing to try to bring back an ex-contestant to host,\" Jennings said he's \"learning as I go.\"\n

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\n\"I loved growing up with Jeopardy! where Alex [Trebek] was the host of that show for almost 38 years, and people just kind of felt like he was part of their family, and it\u2019s impossible to fill those shoes,\" he added. \"But it's such an honor and hopefully I look forward to 37 more years of doing it, when I'll be a very, very old man.\"\n

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\nJennings, 49, and Bialik, 48, were announced as co-hosts of Jeopardy! in July 2022. The casting decision came after a long search for late host Alex Trebek's replacement following his 2020 death. The likes of Savannah Guthrie and LeVar Burton stepped up to the plate but it was the show's now-former executive producer Mike Richards who got the job. He stepped down soon after due to his controversial past actions resurfacing.\n

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\nBialik, specifically, was initially named as the host for Jeopardy! primetime and its spinoff series, Jeopardy! National College Championship. However, the Big Bang Theory alum revealed on Dec. 15 that she was let go from the gig.\n

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\n\"As the holiday break begins in Hollywood, I have some Jeopardy! news,\" she wrote on Instagram. \"Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy! \"\n

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\n"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\u00a0Jeopardy!\u00a0family," she added.\n

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\nBialik concluded her post by thanking the Jeopardy! "fans, contestants, writers, staff and crew" for supporting her through "this incredible journey" on "America's Favorite Quiz Show."\n

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\nPEOPLE later learned that at the time of Sony's decision, the Blossom actress' contract was not yet up. A spokesperson for the series also told PEOPLE: \"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!.\"\n

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