Mike Richards accepts the award for Outstanding Game Show for Jeopardy! throughout the 48 th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards broadcast on June 25, 2021.
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“Jeopardy!” executive manufacturer Mike Richards will no longer work as the next host of the long-running trivia reveal after questionable remarks he made appeared previously today.
The Ringer reported Richards made offending remarks about females, Jewish individuals and individuals with psychological specials needs on a podcast he hosted from 2013 to 2014.
Planned production of the next season of “Jeopardy!” has actually been briefly canceled, and the look for an irreversible replacement for the late Alex Trebek will resume. Richards stated visitor hosts will return in order for production on the existing season to continue.
“I want to apologize to each of you for the unwanted negative attention that has come to Jeopardy! over the last few weeks and for the confusion and delays this is now causing,” Richards stated Friday in a memo to team member of the program. “I know I have a lot of work to do to regain your trust and confidence.”
Sony validated that Richards will stay executive manufacturer of the series.
“We support Mike’s decision to step down as host,” the business stated in a declarationFriday “We have spoken with him about our concerns and our expectations moving forward.”
Mayim Bialik, who was called together with Richards recently, will continue in her function as the host of “Jeopardy!” prime-time and spinoff series.
The Ringer previously today detailed bad declarations made by Richards on “The Randumb Show.” The podcast, which had 41 episodes, was taken offline Tuesday after he was called by The Ringer for remark about the program.
On Thursday, Richards, 46, confessed to “thoughtlessness” and “insensitivity.”
This is not the very first time the executive manufacturer has actually come under analysis considering that reports distributed previously this month that he might end up being the brand-new “Jeopardy!” host.
During Richards’ period as an executive manufacturer of “The Price is Right,” a discrimination claim was submitted by Brandi Cochran in 2010 versus CBS and FremantleMedia. The match declared that the design was not welcomed back to the program after she took some time off for her pregnancy. The case was eventually settled, however Richards dealt with extra pregnancy discrimination declares beyond Cochran, which were not effective.
Additionally, lots of brought into question Richards’ certifications for the hosting gig, in addition to his impact over the procedure in picking Trebek’s replacement.
“Jeopardy!” cycled through a variety of visitor hosts considering that Trebek passed away inNovember The prospective long-term replacements for Trebek consisted of Ken Jennings, an author with the longest winning streak in “Jeopardy!” history; reporter Katie Couric, expert football star Aaron Rodgers, news anchor Anderson Cooper, CNBC monetary reporter David Faber and star LeVar Burton.
The Ringer reported that Richards, as the program’s EP, had control over practically every element of the most current season of “Jeopardy!”, consisting of offering instructions to visitor hosts, affecting the promo of episodes of the program and selecting which reveals were sent out to evaluate groups for examination.
Here is the declaration offered to CNBC that Richards shown the “Jeopardy” personnel Friday early morning:
It discomforts me that these previous events and remarks have actually cast such a shadow on Jeopardy! as we aim to begin a brand-new chapter.
As I pointed out recently, I was deeply honored to be asked to host the syndicated program and was delighted by the chance to broaden my function. However, over the last a number of days it has actually ended up being clear that progressing as host would be excessive of an interruption for our fans and not the ideal relocation for the program. As such, I will be stepping down as host reliable instantly. As an outcome, we will be canceling production today.
SPT will now resume the look for an irreversible syndicated host. In the meantime, we will be restoring guest hosts to continue production for the brand-new season, information of which will be revealed next week.
I wish to ask forgiveness to each of you for the undesirable unfavorable attention that has actually pertained to Jeopardy! over the last couple of weeks and for the confusion and hold-ups this is now triggering. I understand I have a great deal of work to do to restore your trust and self-confidence.
