What Is Drama? The Bungled Plan at ‘Jeopardy!’ to Choose a New Host

Replacing the late Alex Trebek has been an ongoing saga for the game show. Here’s how it unfolded.

‘Like Choosing a Pope’: How Succession Got Messy at ‘Jeopardy!’

The decades-old game show, TV comfort food for many, has been rocked by drama over who would replace the late Alex Trebek.

Mike Richards Is Out as ‘Jeopardy!’ Executive Producer

Three weeks after naming him as Alex Trebek’s replacement to host the show, Sony cited “disruption and internal difficulties” in its announcement that he will leave the program entirely.

She Wrote the History of ‘Jeopardy!’ Then She Changed It.

The reporting of Claire McNear, a journalist who had written a book on the game show, helped end Mike Richards’s hopes of succeeding Alex Trebek as its host.

‘Jeopardy!’ Announces Mike Richards and Mayim Bialik as New Hosts

The long-running game show decided to turn to its own executive producer in succeeding Alex Trebek, who died last year, as the show’s regular host.

Museum to Create a National Archives of Game Show History

The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y., will house the archives, which it hopes will include set pieces, audience tickets, press photos and other memorabilia.