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Pretty sure his episodes feature a long-term champion so I'd say for sure they'll be aired.
Not to mention that these people really only care about ratings, if there were ever any doubt, and the 'lost host week' might actually perform well.
It was a joint venture between Sony and AT&T. Sony bought out AT&T's share in 2019 for ~$500 million.
It's really weird that they're being so honest about it. "We figured you'd just forget since you're clearly a bunch of rubes."
Seriously. He completely blew up his career trying to force himself onto the show he was already working for.
The absolute gall to be like "Man I thought this would all just blow over!" as their official statement.
Did you read the meeting where one exec said "As I person of color i can identify with what Richards is going through"
Yes, and I wish I got it.
I go up to my mom's house to do their yardwork and other things about once a week. Once I'm done, we watch Gameshow Network. It's got some great gameshows.
It looks like an internal email, not an official statement. It's still stupid, as how did she not know that shit would be leaked the second she hit send?
I have no idea if she's eligible or what she's up against, but it definitely felt exhilarating reading the article and listening to the accounts of how it all came together. A great piece of journalism that seems uncommon these days.
I still think this has absolutely nothing to do with anything he said in previous gigs and everything to do with running a "contest" for the future judge of Jeopardy and then trying to sell himself as the winner of that same contest.
He put a giant black stain on the whole Jeopardy institution that just went through a giant news cycle of the general public displaying outpouring of sympathy. It was like a masterclass lesson on how to tarnish a beloved brand during what should have been a resurgence of interest in it.
Then they try to hire a nanny to watch over him but who the fuck is going to listen to this guy now?
He put a giant black stain on the whole Jeopardy institution that just went through a giant news cycle of the general public displaying outpouring of sympathy. It was like a masterclass lesson on how to tarnish a beloved brand during what should have been a resurgence of interest in it.
Then they try to hire a nanny to watch over him but who the fuck is going to listen to this guy now?
Yeah, but she's addressing the Jeopardy staff, which has been reportedly very unhappy and disgruntled with Richards since this whole ahitshow went down. I don't think she's addressing the public outrage.
He should have been gone last week when he was dropped as host.
Doesn't matter in the end. She should have known the message was going to go public, and planned accordingly. "We thought it would blow over" ain't it.
I mean, leadership was happy enough to let him install himself before they realized how angry people were.
Oh I absolutely think that's the kind of the dirty secret here. His bosses watched it happen and presumably signed off on it.
Someone has to pay for what happened though and it certainly won't be the people with the money.
I know that was before he got canned (from Jeopardy and Wheel) but it's still so odd that they thought putting a babysitter on him was a good idea.
Oh, nothing. Was just asking if that was him. My comment about digging into his past was a separate thought unrelated to the specific clip.
Sony is not going to cancel their money printing machine.
I do think it would be preferable for Jeopardy to go on hiatus until a new host is named. They absolutely should not continue the never-ending circus of guest hosts. Viewers hate it, the declining ratings show that. Put it in reruns until you have the new host.
Sarah Paulson.
American Crime Story: Jeopardy!
I feel like the people who made the decision to hire him in the first place are making him a scapegoat.
He couldn't have become Host without THEIR approval. Why aren't they getting fired too for making such a stupid mistake?
I wonder what internal drama we're not privy to.
He couldn't have become Host without THEIR approval. Why aren't they getting fired too for making such a stupid mistake?
I wonder what internal drama we're not privy to.
You'd think the price of a babysitter wouldn't be worth it. Like, he's not a bankable star, his issues are who he is as a person and what he did in the past. It's not like if, say, Tom Hanks was notoriously late for things so execs paid someone to make sure he arrived on time.
Strange, cockroaches usually try to avoid the light, but this one did everything in his power to find it.
Picking himself to host was a calculated move but the one thing that wasn't considered was the possibility of a white man in a position of power to have consequences for their actions.
So basically we're finding out the Trebek was really the only decent thing about the entire production of Jeopardy?
no, the staff of Jeopardy! is extremely long-tenured and family-like. The whole production has been top-notch and incredible well regarded for years if not decades.
The long time Executive Producer (who was very well liked/respected) retired a year or two ago and Richards took over.