Taking on the job of hosting “Jeopardy!” is a cursed affair. With Mike Richards fallen, Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings are now set to take over for the rest of the year. But there was a time when LeVar Burton was thought to be the logical successor to the late Alex Trebek. And while the actor hosted the show briefly in July, it turns out that a more permanent position on the series wasn’t what he wanted.
As Burton revealed to Trevor Noah — via NBC News — guest-hosting “Jeopardy!” helped him realize that he didn’t want the gig ultimately.
“The crazy thing is that when you set your sights on something […] they say be careful of what you wish for, because what I found out is that it wasn’t the thing that I wanted after all,” Burton told Trevor Noah on Thursday night. “What I wanted was to compete.
As Burton revealed to Trevor Noah — via NBC News — guest-hosting “Jeopardy!” helped him realize that he didn’t want the gig ultimately.
“The crazy thing is that when you set your sights on something […] they say be careful of what you wish for, because what I found out is that it wasn’t the thing that I wanted after all,” Burton told Trevor Noah on Thursday night. “What I wanted was to compete.
- 9/19/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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