Who will replace Alex Trebek as host of “Jeopardy”?

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Vulture’s attention came to Vulture’s attention, just days after the tragic death of International Treasure Alex Trebek after a battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which some people of some prominence from ABC News has already started pushing to become Trebek. Peril! replacement. There is also this upsetting listing which has just been published by sports betting sites, which in one way or another consider Bachelor host, a former Joy star, and a podcast idiot for being viable candidates for a man who has always been a champion of celebrating knowledge, humanity, objective truth and mustaches. To put it in the form of a question: what is it, absolutely not? The 30 clues on Peril!The board knows that Ken Jennings, the greatest certified ever, is Trebek’s only worthy successor, and we’re writing this article because Jennings is far too kind to say it himself.

But don’t take our word for it. Peril! has tacitly groomed Jennings for bigger things over the past few months, with the GOAT joining the show this season as a wave “producer-consultant” who gets free rein to feature special video categories, develop projects and collaborate with writers on clues – in addition to being featured regularly in episodes. In fact, when Vulture asked Jennings earlier this year about his interest in someday becoming Trebek’s replacement, he was happy that fans saw him as the natural successor. “It’s very flattering,” he replied, “because I’m a huge fan of the show.” Everyone, please, buzz away.