‘Jeopardy!’ Fans Believe Buzzy Cohen Will Return as Host After Cryptic Tweet

Martin Holmes
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Former Jeopardy! champion Buzzy Cohen has caused quite the buzz with a cryptic tweet that has fans convinced he will be returning to host the long-running game show.

Call Me Kat star Mayim Bialik and Jeopardy‘s greatest of all-time Ken Jennings have been sharing hosting duties ever since producer Mike Richards was dropped from the position last year. However, based on some recent tweets, it appears that Cohen might just be coming aboard to host the Celebrity Jeopardy! primetime specials.

The speculation started last week after the game show fan account BuzzerBlog tweeted, “100% prepared to be wrong but still not totally believing that the Mayim-hosts-primetime-Jeopardy thing is still here. If that was still a thing I feel like the many press releases talking about Celebrity Jeopardy would have mentioned her by now.”

Cohen, who was the Grand Champion of the 2017 Tournament of Champions, replied to the tweet with a GIF of Yoda saying, “No, there is another.”

This, of course, got fans super excited.

“BUZZY IS THIS AN ANNOUNCEMENT?” exclaimed one Twitter user. “Don’t tease us you menace!!!!” added another.

The music industry executive continued to stir up excitement on Saturday, June 18, when he tweeted about working on an “unannounced project.” The Chase star wrote, “Shout out to the camera guys on [as yet unannounced project] for convincing me to get a picopresso from @wacaco_ltd – cannot wait to get this thing going!!!”

Again, Jeopardy! fans were all over the tweet. “What ARE you up to Buzzy?Just watched my dvr’d Chase & you’re once again noticeably absent. Hmm…” replied one viewer. “I KNEW IT,” said another.

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Cohen previously guest hosted Jeopardy! for the 2021 Tournament of Champions following host Alex Trebek’s death.

Correction: A previous version of this article referred to BuzzerBlog as a Jeopardy! fan account; it covers all sorts of game shows.

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    GoldSubmarine

    Buzzy would be a MAJOR step up from Bialik. I wouldn’t even mind if he hosted the everyday version. He did a great job last year as a guest host.

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    RedCarrot

    Ken and Buzzy were/are excellent hosts of the game, easily the two best since Alex. Mayim Bialick is terrible, which makes me think that the producers will go with her since they’ve messed up at every stage of this decision starting from day one.

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    PurpleSubmarine

    Ken for the main show and Buzzy for celebrity shows would be the ideal combo.

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    GreenCloud

    The Jeopardy execs need to bring all this who is hosting, what, where, when and how, to a close by announcing some things. The speculation, and the rancor it's engendered, have gone on long enough.

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    BlueFan

    Buzzy has been my choice from the get-go!

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    OliveHelmet

    Would Buzzy have to leave The Chase if he was going back to Jeopardy, just as Ken Jennings did, even if it was Primetime specials? This whole thing is a tad confusing.

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    OliveHelmet

    Why is Ken Jennings not in The current Chase line up? He has left this season due to his Jeopardy hosting Commitments . So Buzzy has started this season with the two other chasers. If he signs to host The primetime tournaments (in place of Mayim), would he have to do the same thing as Ken and leave the Chase?

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    OliveBandAid

    Buzzy is just looking for some free publicity. He’s playing all the Jeopardy fans. Not funny.

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    BlueFlower

    The one who is too full of himself is Ken. Have enjoyed not having him host in recent weeks.

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    OliveBandAid

    Buzzy was awful! Go away Buzzy.

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    BlueFlower

    Alex used to elaborate when necessary. And Ken does so on many occasions as well. Face it. You simply don't like her personally and are trying to find reasons why she shouldn't host.

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    BlueFlower

    Mayim has gotten better and better and better with each week. I can't see Jeopardy completely dropping her unless her other commitments become too much. For some unknown reason, it appears that Ken J does not want the full-time hosting role.

    In the long run, why does it matter so much? The stars of the show are the contestants and the game itself. The show survived a year with rotating guest hosts, some good, some average, some very bad (Dr. Oz, LeVar Burton to name just two). I'm fine with a combo of Mayim, Ken or Buzzy. I just want all the childish squabbling about how bad someone is to come to an end. Alex would not want this.

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