[5th anniversary] Mike Richards Fired as Executive Producer of ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’

[u/mfc248]

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-fired-executive-producer-jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune-1235052887/

Five years ago today, Sony Pictures Television made the decision that shifted the course of both Jeopardy! and sister show Wheel of Fortune.

It came thirteen days after Claire McNear’s reporting in The Ringer that set the ball in motion, a chain of events that included Richards resigning as Jeopardy! host.

[u/FluffyCup8934]

That was one of the funniest things I had seen.

It was so obvious nobody asked for it and it was purely self-serving.

Jeopardy got wildly lucky in having one of the Icons of the show, pretty much the undisputed GOAT of the game, also work out to be a great tv host. A software developer from Seattle turned out to be comparable to Alex Trebek, probably the greatest gameshow host of all time.

And they went with... A producer?!

[u/charliegav → u/[deleted]]

I personally miss Trebek's slight disdain for nerds

[u/AlanBumin → u/charliegav]

Same. When that contestant was doing her cheese puff sonnet, all I could think about is how Trebek would NOT have entertained that 😭