‘Jeopardy!’ hosts Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik to compete on ‘Wheel of Fortune’
Wheel of … Jeopardy?
Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik are taking over new sport present roles — this time as contestants.
The “Jeopardy!” hosts might be competing in opposition to one another on rival sport present “Celeb Wheel of Fortune” Might 10.
Becoming a member of them within the contestant spot might be “Wheel of Fortune” co-host Vanna White, who might be a contestant for the primary time “calling letters as a substitute of unveiling them,” ABC said.
The much-anticipated crossover will air on ABC at 9 p.m. following the “Jeopardy! Masters” event, which is able to see the return of a number of the sport’s high contestants, together with Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, Andrew He, Sam Buttrey and James Holzhauer.
Followers are thrilled to get to see Jennings, 48, Bialik, 47, and White, 66, face off within the sport present, fixing puzzles to win $1 million for charity.
A thread on the “Jeopardy!” Reddit discussion board even has folks making predictions.
“Watch Vanna completely smoke each of them and depart us all confused,” one individual stated, to which one other quipped in response, “She does have all of the solutions.”
Somebody stated seeing White win wouldn’t be shocking contemplating “she’s spent many years learning by the use of being on the present.”
“Vanna is aware of the writers’ thought processes when creating puzzles. Pat [Sajak] has stated she even submits puzzles of her personal for potential use on the present. So sure, I feel she has a ‘home-court benefit’ so to talk,” a commenter added.
“So excited to see Ken win each spherical,” one other wrote.
“Ken ought to in all probability not attempt to dominate the sport, although. Simply have enjoyable with it and let everybody get an opportunity,” one commented.
“I’m assured Mayim will do advantageous. Mayim isn’t Ken, however let’s not faux she’s not clever,” somebody stated.
Jennings might be enjoying to lift cash for Equal Justice Initiative, Bialik for Psychological Wealth Alliance and White for St. Jude Kids’s Analysis Hospital.