You have to remember, sag has rules about supporting strikes and she is involved with a sitcom at present. Whereas Ken isn’t a sag member so can do as he pleases.

Jennings isn’t a writer or member of the unions. People should focus on the objects in their own eyes.

Her short pauses before she tells a contestant they're correct or not are very annoying. Then she does cutoff contestants before their time ends. Maybe the writers don't because she never seems to have ad libs that work. I much prefer Jennings..

She’s only missing the last week of tapings. Not a huge chunk of the season. Plus Ken is a producer of the show, a lot of studios are making producers work during the strike anyway or be suspended (aka, not paid).

Any reason to get Ken back on, I'll take it😊.

A scab is a replacement worker who does the work of someone who belongs to a union and is on strike. Jennings is clearly neither a union member nor a replacement worker, so he isn't actually a scab. Good on Mayim for being supportive of the writers, however, if she had chosen to continue her hosting duties, she wouldn't be a scab either. At the same time, there shouldn't be ill will to Jennings for continuing to do his job. After all the WGA isn't on strike because of Jeopardy.

Personally, I think Ken Jennings should be the only one to host Jeopardy, who has a deeper appreciation and respect for the game than Mayim Bialik, who doesn't show interaction with the players as does Ken.

Good for both of them.

In the beginning I was rooting for Lavar Burton to get the job. I was unsure how Ken would do...and knew that Mayim was smart and talented enough. I still wish Lavar had the job but Ken has really shown he should be the full time host. Mayim not so much.

It’s because SAG is about to go on strike soon as well. They want to support each other.

Nothing says outrage like an anonymous Twitter user. Real deep work there Looper.

Good for Jennings. The union helps pay striking workers. If Jennings went on strike, those non union workers would not have any income. I have had friends threatened by unions to not cross the line. I have been violently threatened because I was a political candidate twice in the last couple of months and FascistBook did nothing.

That’s fine…she was not my choice to listen to! Happy Ken will be the HOST!

The BTS staff are most probably all union members themselves, if they haven't joined the pickets then I'd say Jennings is doing the right thing by continuing and allowing them to continue to earn their living

Considering what we watch , they have their nerve going on strike !

Actually, She invoked the Jeopardy! name multiple times while getting political, which is a no-no at Sony. She has even done Jeopardy style Q&A when discussing the Isreal-Palestine conflict on various platforms. So her "option" to continue to host was _not picked up_.

I really like Ken Jennings. Wish he did it all the time.

Oh big deal. Ken Jennings should be the host. Period.

Good news i can start watching jeopardy again

she makes awkward look awkward.. Her delays in addressing the response of a contestant shows she is ill prepared..

I feel bad for any writers that are left. They've already begun to be replaced, and no one can even tell due to AI tech. I always presumed drivers would be the first large scale jobs eliminated.

Ridiculous !!! Proves that Ken Jennings is the real pro.

"the Jeopardy writers are jeopardy" calm down guys, you guys write trivia clues. There are literally a million nerds who can do the same. not so many can host as well as KenJen.

The world most famous neuroscientist can finally go back to work.

In the Land of Opportunity, Bialik is free to choose to support WGA in any way that she chooses. But: she is not risking anything, is she? She is still getting paid, her contract is still in effect, and she knows that her job will be there whenever she decides to return. That is not the case for everyday non-union people who walk out to support union strikes. So: meh. Limousine solidarity gets very little respect from me.

Good for you Mayim, and good for you Ken. Both sides take courage. None of this will change the outcome. The strike is bigger than Jeopardy.

Glad to see her go...she was arrogant to the contestants...Not Jeopardy class.

Ken Jennings is not a writer or an actor. He doesn't have any obligation to strike. He is not a scab.

People got bills to pay and mouths to feeds. Bread and milk are at all time high.

If in the event Mayim never returns, I think she should do another show on on ABC primetime. Maybe she could do a revival of "Monopoly" or a revival of "Headline Chasers". It go good running back to back with Jeopardy.

Ken’s the most natural host. He sounds like he knows the answers. Her hosting style of looking to the judges after each response halted the flow or momentum of the game.

It’s a sad state when viewers find fault.I’m sure it isn’t an easy feat to be hosting knowing you are going to be faulted for any small or different gesture 3:27 3:27

If we go strictly on merit, Ken is about a ten times better host than Bialik. I wish he were the ONLY host, just we had with Alex. I am a writer myself, and I'm sympathetic, but we also have to think of the fans who need their daily fix.

She just proved that 2 hosts weren't needed. And Ken was the better choice between them.

I don't enjoy the show with Mayim as host. Why couldn't they show re-runs during the strike? Wheel of Fortune is more fun than Jeopardy with Bialik hosting.

So you make it sound like she walked off the set during live taping🙄 everyone's aware of what she's doing. It's not like she just walked off without notice!! 🙄

Could not stand watching Jeopardy when she was on, she did not have a presence noteworthy of the show.

I"m surprised that Ken Jennings isn't a SAG-AFTRA member.

Years ago when Alex was healthy, a news feature was done on how early he came in daily to prep for all the day’s taping. You paying attention Mayim?

She makes a lot of errors. I really liked her on The BBT as Amy, but Amy Farrah Fowler and Jeopardy! don't mix. Mayim is too slow in deciding wether the question is right or wrong. It hurts! So I stopped watching when she hosts.

Good grief. Ken is a free agent. That's what I love about him. He's himself, not "Hollywood."

Even if the writer strike is over don't tell her! I never want her to come back🙏 Ken Jennings is a way better host.

Good! Get someone people want to watch!

Too bad she isn't stepping away permanently.

Personally this is the first good news I have heard about the show in a long time. M.B. has a way of breaking the pace of the show that is disturbing. Fire her and make K.J. the one and omly permanent host.

You can't fault the host that stayed tho, Mayim has a lengthy career of royalties she can still live off of, the other guy still needs to eat!!

Good! Unions are important today more than ever.

Ken went from contestant to host. He wasn't in entertainment before Jeopardy. And if questions have already been written, why stop the show? Also, pay the writers more. Or make LA less expensive.

I applaud Mayim's decision, but will be overjoyed to have Ken take over full-time!

I'm a writer, and the tv writers SHOULD be worried. I just engaged an AI agent online and asked it to create and populate a jeopardy category with clues and it did a perfect job! If I were writing for Jeopardy, I would concentrate on making myself valuable to the show and not stir up trouble. I think this would be a good place for non-union writers to at least fill in while the labor dispute is resolved.

Jennings isn't part of Hollywood so F everyone hating on him

Mike Richards officially walked off the Jeopardy! set.

Nuh-uh. The fans walked her off.

No one cares for all the unemployed not effected by the strike if no host shows up.

IT’s question not original material

And she has since been let go...with the producers realizing they only needed 1 host.

Watch Jennings be the permanent host.

it's a game show ... read a book ... (that's what the contestants do)

Extremely scary “it”.

Matpat should be the host

The important thing is that she walked off.

Great! Politics usually produces division, and detracts from the FUN!

That’s ok. She is a great person and very smart, but as a host, she’s like a robot that ate a bunch of ice.

Nothing wrong with working and making an honest living

Bialik isn't much of a game show host. The show just doesn't flow when she is at the podium. Unlike Jennings who obviously has looked at the correct answer on his card beforehand, when Bialik is doing it, there is a pause between the answer given and her saying Yes or No. She also seems quite surprised when someone finds a Daily Double. She just doesn't seem very well prepared in that role. Then she does that wiggle thing as if her panties have shrunk five sizes while she was standing there. I like Jennings in the hosting role, but I think there are others who might do a great job. Sam Buttery, James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio, and Buzzy Cohen are names that come to mind. Mattea Roach might be a good host. Austin Rogers and Julia Collins might also be great hosts. But in the meanwhile, and in this viewers opinion, I'm glad Bialik is gone for now, and also think the show is better because of it.

Prison question for $500. Is it better to be sick or hungry? What is eat food that falls on the floor

Does Jeopardy even have very smart players now at the highest level?

Hand a 9 year old child an encyclopedia, and they could write an episode of Jeopardy.

A scab only applies when you were cut from the show, team, etc and then come back later…DUH

I wonder how many people involved in this strike just see it as an excuse for a vacation. 😂

Good for her. She takes to long to say if a question is correct or not.

None of them will ever be as good as Alex was, sad he is gone though

It is what it is. All sides being heard and things maybe being worked out democratically. The way it should be. We are not China and forced to comply.

No one will ever replace Alex Trebek. He WAS Jeopardy. They should have shuttered the show for good when he passed.

Jeopardy is about the contestant, not the host.

3 minutes I will NEVER get back

I hope she doesn’t come back, her giggling and laughing was getting annoying.

I respect both post for what they are doing and what they represent, unions are good and bad, but they both serve their purpose. We want to cancel a watch Jeopardy, so can it’s not a scab in my book. Good luck to both of them.

Unions destroy so much

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I bet pay those writers more.

She cuts people off too many times. Dave was cut off with the correct answers he just could not say it clear enough for her. But everyone else was ok with it except for her. I don’t like her hosting this show at all. It’s just not her thing. Ken is great and a few others from try outs were also great. Not taking Dave’s answer is appalling.

Bialik is out of her depth hosting Jeopardy and I watch only when Jennings is hosting. Alex Trebek was the master, but Ken Jennings brings his own presence to the show and is a natural in the hosting role. Jennings full time: Yeah!

I agree with Mayim's decision and I agree with Ken's decision.

Even as someone who fully supports the writer's strike, the Jeopardy writers are seriously full of themselves with that quote. There is probably no show that would be easier to automate away the writers than Jeopardy.

I notice they had an awful lot of clues related to Jewish holidays lately.

Blaming the WGA strike as the reason behind her stepping away is the perfect out she needed. Ppl are turning off Jeopardy when she’s on. She’s just not up to the high standard set by Jennings. Now she can save face. I hope she’s done for good.

I love Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings as "Jeopardy" hosts. They're wonderful.

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Just another PR power grab on Bialik's part. She figures she's going to get canned anyway, so she manipulates the situation to make it look like it's her choice. Nothing she does is for anyone's benefit except her own.

I was/am her biggest advocate, yet Jennings is incredibly witty. He’s absolute stole my favor. He’s infinitely clever and immeasurably witty.

Moderna being the sponsor is ruining the show regardless of who hosts

Um, I’d really rather hear about this directly from Mayim Bialik herself! Hearing from anyone else just isn’t the same type of message! Blah. The fact/possibility that she walked out with those of the writers that went on “writers strike” hmm, there had to have been a very good/valid reason(s) for it. But they’re all coming back very soon! If we were able to speak with those who were on strike & “really hear from them & them alone,” that’d been a lot easier/better to take & possibly understand. I don’t care for those voices who speak vs. the person that’s being spoken about. I’ve just learned recently that that’s a form of gossiping. Not a good thing for anyone to do! Why couldn’t Mayim Bialik speak for herself?! That’s not right! I’m gonna really try hard to take info from what others say like “a grain of salt” until & unless I hear it straight from the individuals own mouth! That’s really the best way to go!

Thank you!

What is IDGAF

Jeopardy has writers?

Hmm. Here’s the thing, SAG-AFTRA is a fellow union, sure, but members are REQUIRED NOT to withhold contracted work. We have a “no-strike” clause in our contracts. We are encouraged to join the WGA picket lines on our time off, but if we have a contracted job, we are required to work it, and WGA members know this. I worry about the repercussions to Mayim. I really enjoy her hosting work. ~Trav

I love em both. Ken only stayed because because the remaining episodes were already written.

The Strike is all about GREED.A Writer would not know a hard days work if it jumped up and bit them on the ass.

Just because Ken is still hosting does NOT mean that he doesn't support the strike. (for the comments who are talking bad about Ken)