Mayim Bialik reveals exactly how she and ‘Jeopardy!’ co-host Ken Jennings get along

Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik have been co-hosts of the hit collection "Jeopardy!" since July.
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Mayim Bialik has some secrets and techniques to share about internet hosting the enduring sport present “Jeopardy!” together with Ken Jennings.

The “Massive Bang Principle” star, 46, just lately revealed how she preps to host the trivia collection — and the way properly she works with Jennings, 48, in a profile by WSJ. Journal.

“It’s been very nice to get to know him,” she stated of her obvious pal. “He’s a cultural icon.”

She famous that she was particularly impressed by the quantity of data he has.

“He’s extremely sensible. He is aware of so many issues, in a means that ‘Jeopardy!’ champions do. Decide something and he possible is aware of about it,” Bialik identified.

The 2 began co-hosting “Jeopardy!” on a guest-host foundation final 12 months, following the demise of longtime emcee Alex Trebek in November 2020 at age 80. The pair grew to become the everlasting hosts this July.

The “Name Me Cat” star additionally admitted that she doesn’t suppose she might compete in opposition to Jennings — a contestant on the collection again within the early 2000s — in the event that they had been really opponents on the sport present.

“He’s extremely sensible. He is aware of so many issues, in a means that ‘Jeopardy!’ champions do,” Mayim Bialik stated of Ken Jennings.

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Nevertheless, Bialik believes she would “really feel OK about” answering queries on the matters during which she has levels: “neuroscience, and in Hebrew and Jewish research.”

The actress moreover acknowledged how standard the present is, noting the broad and really loyal fanbase it has acquired through the years whereas on the air.

“How a lot the social media world pays consideration to quite a lot of issues about ‘Jeopardy!'” Bialik replied when she was requested what stunned her most as a bunch. “There’s an incredible quantity of consideration to every thing, from the transition after Alex handed to me, after which me and Ken, and then the clothes I put on.”

“It’s been very nice to get to know him. He’s a cultural icon,” she famous of Jennings.

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Bialik additionally talked concerning the five-episodes-a-day taking pictures schedule, for which they're given the clues prematurely in preparation for filming.

“So I've to evaluate all these clues, observe pronunciations, look issues up that I don’t know, and actually attempt to get as a lot relaxation as I can the night time earlier than as a result of they're lengthy days and I’m on my ft and speaking all day,” she stated.

Jennings confessed final month that internet hosting “Jeopardy!” is definitely tougher than being a participant. The previous champion holds a file for successful 74 occasions in a row in 2004.

“Jeopardy!” co-host Jennings first entered the limelight with a 74-game successful streak in 2004.

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“I imply, I had performed so many video games proper right here that I believed, ‘I've a fairly good sense of what internet hosting goes to be like,'” he revealed to “Good Morning America.”

“Then you definately understand internet hosting’s even tougher, since you principally must do every thing the contestants do, plus handle the sport for them, plus handle the sport for the house viewer,” the Washington native added.