"Jeopardy" host Ken Jennings first entered the limelight with a 74-game successful streak in 2004.
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Root, root, root for the house crew!
“Jeopardy!” co host Ken Jennings, 48, posted a uncommon photograph of his 19-year-old son Dylan at a Mariners sport at T-Cell Stadium in Seattle, Washington on Saturday.
“The final time his crew made it to the playoffs, this man wasn’t born but. He simply began his sophomore 12 months of faculty. Congrats @Mariners!,” the Washington native tweeted together with the candy snap on Oct. 1.
Dylan shared his dad’s crew spirit by sporting a blue Mariners jersey and flashing a giant thumbs up for the digital camera whereas holding a tray of stadium meals. Followers on social media have been fast to touch upon how a lot Dylan resembles his dad.
“He seems identical to you,” Sonal Sathe tweeted.
“Does the lengthy hair forestall individuals from saying, ‘you appear like that Jeopardy man,’ or does he nonetheless need to put up with that anyway?,” quipped Ryan Scott.
Jennings, who additionally has a 15-year-old daughter along with his spouse Mindy, 46, is beginning to give followers a much bigger glimpse into his private life after the present introduced earlier this 12 months that he and “Name me Kat” actress Mayim Bialik, 46, would turn out to be everlasting hosts.
Jennings has a protracted historical past with the quiz present and rose to “Jeopardy!” fame in 2004 along with his 74-game successful streak. He first stepped in as a part-time host after longtime emcee Alex Trebek died of pancreatic most cancers in 2020.
Since Jennings and Bialik began their internet hosting duties, they’ve each had their share of rising pains.
Jennings made a giant slip-up in an episode this previous July, when he made a crude joke that turned off followers.
Throughout a Double Jeopardy spherical, a clue for “Lively Bible Verses” learn: “Since nobody had achieved this for 40 years, God advised Joshua to get a knife & do that to male Israelites.”
Contestant Erica Weiner-Amanchi then buzzed in and mentioned: “What's circumcise?” Jennings then joked, “That's appropriate. A painful $2,000 for you!”
A number of followers additionally aren’t joyful with Bialik being part of the trivia present lineup. Viewers threatened to boycott the present earlier this 12 months if the actress continued her internet hosting duties.
“Won't be watching @Jeopardy till @KenJennings turns into the first and solely host. This switching stuff sucks! #boycottjeopardy as a result of they've idiots operating it. What a large number,” one commenter tweeted.
“Nice! I’ll watch by December when Ken hosts. I cannot watch any Jeopardy Mayim hosts,” one particular person weighed in. “And I'm completely not watching,” one other particular person added.
Nevertheless, Bialik not too long ago shared that her greatest critic is definitely her mother. The host shared that her mother texts her suggestions on her wardrobe decisions each day.
“She's going to ship me screenshots of each episode in case I forgot what I used to be sporting in that specific episode and I’ll get somewhat report like, ‘I actually like this blazer, not so loopy about this prime,” she joked.
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