Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings have been alternating hosting Jeopardy following the death of longtime host Alex Trebek. Alex WAS Jeopardy and trying to fill his shoes was a tall task for anyone. We thought Mayim did it pretty well. She honored Alex as well as brought her own warmth to the show, not to mention she is VERY smart. That helped create confidence in her as a host.
Ken Jennings is a former champion who won and won and won some more. He did go on a tweet fest in the past about how awful Republicans are so he has not been a favorite to some. His personality is not the greatest and as far as warmth, that is not present in his personality at all. We will say he toned down. He is not nearly as obnoxious as he used to be, but in our opinion, Mayim beats him by a mile.
Here is Bialik's post on X.
Jeopardy! announcement. pic.twitter.com/F0RgIWpg0G
— Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) December 16, 2023
Simple.
Polite.
Professional.
Warm.
Many people had good thoughts and reactions to Mayim Bialik, so why would Sony drop her?
What is: 'She is Jewish and a vocal supporter of Israel'.
Sony is not going to come out and say that but if you read some of the quotes on her announcement you will find a TON of hateful antisemitism. We have no proof that was the reason BUT that was probably the reason.
(whispers: ALLEGEDLY to cover our butts).
Sony has fired Mayim Bialik from hosting Jeopardy. https://t.co/zDnHOjVRXb
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) December 16, 2023
Patricia Heaton did not weigh in on her thoughts of why Mayim may have been let go, but Patricia has been a vocal supporter of Israel since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict began as has Mayim. Many of the comments on Patricia's post hinted at the same thoughts about the announcement.
I guess they didn’t like her strong support is Israel. I hope that isn’t why. But timing….
— Conrad Hannon (@ConradHannon) December 16, 2023
Do you think it's because she supports Israel?
— Auntie Sam ✝️🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@auntiesam_2) December 16, 2023
Is it because she’s not ashamed of being Jewish? Would SONY be that stupid? Probably.
— MIKE LEACH (@michaelaleach) December 16, 2023
We did catch posts supporting Ken Jennings but this piece is focusing on Bialik so we are only going to give you this one by Mollie Hemmingway because she was on the same track as we were in our assessment of Jennings.
This announcement reminds me that Ken Jennings has been about fourteen million times less obnoxious than he seemed like he was going to be when he was out there ResistanceRageTweeting about his hatred of Republicans. So good on him for tamping that way down. https://t.co/81DFhEE5XH
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 16, 2023
It is not a resounding endorsement but you can go find plenty of those if you search his name on X. We saw a pretty even number of posts who loved Mayim and were sad to see her go as well as those who were celebrating her departure. ALL of the celebration tweets had 1 thing in common. Take a guess what that thing was ...
good riddance you genocidal loser https://t.co/67eko5xzXP
— jourdain searles (@judysquirrels) December 16, 2023
thankful that blaine and i can continue our jeopardy nights without being subjected to seeing this genocidal weirdo https://t.co/PprHPu3eHH
— anastasia 🦇 (@calsgetaway) December 16, 2023
Good news is always appreciated! https://t.co/amBeB84JNO pic.twitter.com/gyEsnahSxd
— Progressive Progressives (@Progres51308754) December 16, 2023
Notice the screen name on that last post? How very progressive, happy to see a Jewish woman let go from her job.
ANYWAY, without giving those antisemitic posts too much oxygen, you get the main idea.
Mayim handled it like a pro. We will miss her hosting the show. Bialik seems smart and down to earth so she is sure to land on her feet. We will probably still watch Jeopardy since it is kind of a staple for weekday evenings in many homes, but we will always miss Alex and now Mayim.
We will end with 'SIMPLE MATH EQUATIONS' for $500.
What is: Mayim Bialik > Ken Jennings
Daily Double! What is: Ken Jennings ≠ Alex Trebek
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