Mike Richards steps down as new 'Jeopardy!' host (full story)

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2. Good. There are other, more worthy replacements for Alex.

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Reportedly, when Alex died many with the show (and my husband ) believed Ken Jennings, who Alex spoke with just 2 days before, would be his successor.

Later, after Richards inserted himself into very popular Ken Jennings' scheduled run (Jennings's schedule would have allowed him to tape the shows Richards hijacked), it became obvious that it was a maneuver both to insert himself into (at the head of) the line of candidates and to start burying Jennings under weeks of other guest hosts. Nothing wrong with competence, of course.