'Jeopardy!' champion jokingly criticizes 'Wheel of Fortune' hosting switch-up
foxnews.com"Jeopardy!" champion James Holzhauer is never one to shy away from sharing his feelings, and that holds true with his thoughts on the new host of "Wheel of Fortune." Earlier this week, it was announced that Ryan Seacrest was officially taking over hosting duties on the popular game show after Pat Sajak finishes filming the upcoming season, and Holzhauer joked that they should have taken notes from "Jeopardy!". "Wheel of Fortune went about this all wrong," he wrote on Twitter. "First you subject the contestants and viewers to an endless parade of temps who don’t prepare before hosting," he continued. "Then the producer in charge of the search says ‘Actually, *I* would be the perfect host.’ Then ‘jk we have two hosts now.’" Holzhauer is referring to the somewhat chaotic chain of events that took place during the process of finding a new host for "Jeopardy!" after Alex Trebek passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2020.
While producers worked on the impossible task of replacing Trebek, they invited a long list of guest hosts to try their hand at the job.
People like LeVar Burton, Katie Couric, Savannah Guthrie, Dr. Oz and Aaron Rodgers all hosted shows – and those are just a few examples.
As Holzhauer suggested, there were some issues during this period. Several fans were not happy with the delivery of many, if not most of the guest hosts.They were looking for the easy wittiness and wide range of knowledge that Trebek brought to the show, and it was difficult to find.
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