‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Contestants Revealed: Simu Liu, Ray Romano & More
ABC is gearing up for a starry primetime run of Celebrity Jeopardy!, hosted by Mayim Bialik.
The buzzy game show airing this fall brings together a big-name lineup of competitors as they play for a chance to win money for a charity of their choosing. And we now know who will participate in the special show: Shang-Chi‘s Simu Liu, Constance Wu, Iliza Shlesinger, Ray Romano, Aisha Tyler, Patton Oswalt, Michael Cera, B.J. Novak, and Candace Parker.
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According to EW, this lineup will serve as scheduled guest players when the show officially debuts in September. While it wasn’t initially clear if Bialik would take on Celebrity Jeopardy!‘s hosting honors, she was just named one of Jeopardy!‘s official co-hosts alongside G.O.A.T. Champ Ken Jennings with whom she shares duties on the syndicated program.
Meanwhile, Bialik is currently set to helm any primetime tournaments and seems to be extending her reach with this celebrity iteration of the original game. As Bialik teased in EW‘s video clip, Celebrity Jeopardy! is exactly like “the OG Jeopardy!, with celebrities.”
Will the competitors be up for the challenge? Only time will tell. In the meantime, fans of Jeopardy! can look forward to Bialik and Jennings’ split duties as hosts in Season 39 of the flagship show which was previously helmed by beloved longtime host Alex Trebek before his death in 2020.
Stay tuned for more on Celebrity Jeopardy! which kicks off on Sunday, September 25 at 8/7c, and catch episodes on Hulu the day after they air on ABC.
Celebrity Jeopardy!, Sunday, September 25, 8/7c, ABC (Next day on Hulu)
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Bialik hosting = me tuning out
Jesus Himself could come down from Heaven to play Jeopardy and I wouldn’t watch if it was hosted by Mayim.
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No celebrity Jeopardy for me with her as host.
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THAT IS SO NASTY!
NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR WATCHING OR NOT. MOST OF AMERICA LOVES HER!!
SHE IS A BRILLIANT SCIENTIST, ACTOR, MOTHER!!! ETC.
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Any proof to back your statement that “most of America” loves her? Her ratings paled in comparison to Ken’s, sometimes lagging by 1 million+ during certain weeks. Heck, even his reruns are starting to do better than some of her first run episodes.
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Apparently you care, as evidenced by the fact that you flew into a rage because someone said they wouldn’t watch.
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Mayim Bialik is repulsive. I'd rather watch Sunday Night Football than anything starring her, and I hate sports!
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These celebs look like fun ones to me! I love both Mayim and Ken. They are both doing a phenomenal job.
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Jesus Himself could come down to host and someone's panties would be in a bunch... still don't understand the hatred
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I hope this is going to be just a limited thing, as the Celebrity Tournament used to be, and not a season-long series. Otherwise the pool of "celebrities" will be so diluted as to be meaningless. But the nine names listed above indicate that it's just a week-long tournament, so that's good.
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lol
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Could have Katie Couric back... she was about as enjoyable as an upset stomach.
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I won't be watching with her as the host. Sorry. It's just my preference.
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Grow up already! The decision is made. You complain about the choice of celebrities for the tournament. You didn't like Matt because he answered with "what is." You complained because Amy is trans. You complained because Mattea waved her hands and giggled. There were too many super champions and it got boring for you.
If you want to stop watching Jeopardy, stop watching and stop commenting.
Jeopardy won't miss you. The contestants won't miss your negativity. The sponsors won't miss your negativity. I won't miss your negativity.
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There is not one homogeneous group called “Jeopardy Complainers.” I despise Mayim Bialik and how she is destroying a beloved show. I never once complained about any of the other things you mention. Some people love MB, but hated Mattea. Some people loved Amy, but hated Matt. You need a course in logic (or several courses). In the meantime, I won’t miss your limited, immature thought process.
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I love her, she is far more fair minded than things he's said in the past.
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Read her thoughts on sexual assault and re-evaluate her “fairmindedness.”
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Read Ken’s comments on a woman in a wheelchair!!
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No comparison whatsoever. Ken made an insensitive, but ultimately innocuous, joke for which he still apologized. Mayim plainly said, unironically, that women who dress provocatively are asking to be assaulted (or worse) in a whole opinion editorial published in the New York Times. That is far more despicable than an ill-advised tweet.
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It is preposterous that you think it’s equivalent. Ken said something insensitive, without thinking. We all do that. When he does it, it’s very public. He apologized. Mayim Bialik wrote an opinion piece for **The New York Times** and stands by that opinion. She is proud of it.
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I just laugh at people who watch Jeopardy based on it's host which is exactly the opposite of what Alex wanted and not the point of the show at all.
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Tell that to the people at Sony who hired her because she was a known name. It is compounded by the fact that her personality and self-professed ignorance when it comes to trivia clash with the tone of the show.
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To the contrary, Mayim is a better fit for Celebrity Jeopardy because of, not in spite of, her unseriousness. But I agree that she belongs nowhere near the main show.
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She has zero skills as a game show host, no interest in or capacity for developing them, and no understanding of what those skills might be. Her “unseriousness” is that of a disrespectful child, who is starved for attention. She giggles, squirms, and constantly interrupts. She belongs nowhere near ANY game show.
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You go to the movies to watch the movie. Is it just as enjoyable if someone is kicking your seat and everyone else is throwing popcorn and talking so loud you can’t hear the movie? Since you have remarkable insight into Alex’s thought processes, let us know his thoughts on this.🙄
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The losers whining about the host need to grow up.
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uucHooray for Mayim! She is a delight. Ken is good too but about time a woman was selected
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Read her thoughts on sexual assault before you declare her hire a victory for women. She is the last woman I’d want blazing a trail.
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Sara Haines, Jane Lynch, Meredith Vieira, Keke Palmer and so many other women are spectacular game show hosts. It would be great to have more like them instead of Jeopardy execs shoving the incompetent Mayim Bialik down our throats with “You wanted a woman. You got a woman. This is what you get.” It’s insulting.
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