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Alex Trebek once tossed out these names as ‘Jeopardy!’ host; EP talks why icon didn’t want to pick replacement
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foxnews.comOver the years during interviews, Alex Trebek tossed out names -- albeit some jokingly -- about who could potentially host "Jeopardy!" However, according to the show's executive producer, Mike Richards, the late television icon never directly discussed his replacement.
Per Richards, those conversations will eventually happen, but for now, like many, the "Jeopardy!" team is mourning the beloved host. "He never mentioned names to us," Richards told Entertainment Tonight's Kevin Frazier on Monday. "He really wanted to be the host of the show, while he was the host of the show.
So we didn't say, 'Hey, what about this person? What about that person?' It was his show until he told us he was going to retire and, amazingly, he never did.
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