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For A Show Full Of Answers, 'Jeopardy!' Host Selection Raises A Lot Of Questions

Despite having gotten good reviews for his guest-hosting stint, new host (and executive producer) Mike Richards has found himself greeted with mixed feelings at best.
Mike Richards is the new host of the daily syndicated game show <em>Jeopardy! </em>Maybe you've heard of it.

Let me say first that I don't have opinions — at all — about whether Mike Richards, who was recently announced as the new host of , will be a good host. (While they announced that there are two new hosts, understand that's not really the case — more on that in a moment.) I haven't been terribly interested in post-Trebek , and I didn't closely follow the weeks in which there were guest hosts like Aaron Rodgers, Robin Roberts, LeVar Burton, and others. So I'm entirely willing to give all the benefit of the doubt to them that he did a good job guest-hosting and will be a good permanent host.

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