{"id":37677,"date":"2021-08-24T00:59:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/mayim-bialik-to-take-over-as-guest-jeopardy-host\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T00:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:29:28","slug":"mayim-bialik-to-take-over-as-guest-jeopardy-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/mayim-bialik-to-take-over-as-guest-jeopardy-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayim Bialik to take over as guest &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; host"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cJeopardy!\u201d has a new host . . . again.<\/p>\n<p>Mayim Bialik will fill in as a replacement for the recently resigned Mike Richards this week, Sony announced this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Bialik, who was already slated to host prime-time spinoffs and specials for the game show, is now scheduled to tape three weeks\u2019 worth of programs \u2014 15 episodes total \u2014 when \u201cJeopardy!\u201d resumes production this week, according to Sony, which added that the iconic game show will also be announcing \u201cadditional guest hosts\u201d for its current season. <\/p>\n<p>A source told The Post that \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d actress will still host the spinoffs and specials.<\/p>\n<p>Bialik herself, however, came <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffjarvis\/status\/1428732490970193928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">under fire<\/a> last week and was accused of being someone who \u201cthough vaccinated, spreads vaccine doubt and hawks brain quackery.\u201d But earlier this month, a spokesperson for the actor told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/no-new-jeopardy-host-mayim-bialik-isnt-an-anti-vaxxer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the Wrap<\/a>, \u201cShe has been fully vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus and is not at all an anti-vaxxer.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Last year, Bialik, 45 \u2014 who earned a doctorate in neuroscience \u2014 also published a detailed video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ov_Jw02uHGY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">explaining her stance<\/a> toward vaccines. \u201cI have never, not once, said that vaccines are not valuable, not useful, or not necessary \u2014 because they are,\u201d she said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Richards, 46, stepped down from hosting \u201cJeopardy!\u201d after allegations arose about his sexist language and self-acknowledged \u201cinsensitivity\u201d in the past. He is expected to stay on as executive producer of \u201cJeopardy!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cJeopardy!\u201d has a new host . . . again. Mayim Bialik will fill in as a replacement for the recently resigned Mike Richards this week, &#8230; <a title=\"Mayim Bialik to take over as guest &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; host\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/mayim-bialik-to-take-over-as-guest-jeopardy-host\/\" aria-label=\"More on Mayim Bialik to take over as guest &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; host\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":37678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}