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Aaron Rodgersrecently scored another win, this time off the field.
It also turned out to be the bestJeopardy!ratings performance in a month, after Dr. Mehmet Oz andKatie Couric’s served as guest hosts.
Anderson Cooperis filling in now, ahead ofSavannah Guthrie,Mayim Bialik, Bill Whitaker, Buzzy Cohen and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, all of whom will have the chance to prove themselves as the next permanent host.
The search comes after the game show’s beloved host of 37 seasons, Alex Trebek, died in November, after he was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. He was 80.
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Rodgers has expressed his interest intaking over as the full-time hostofJeopardy!, even if it means shedding his beard.
“If [shaving] is ever a prereq to get the full-time gig, no problem with it at all. No problem at all … I would love to be the host ofJeopardy!, yes,” he said earlier this month onThe Pat McAfee Show.
But that doesn’t mean the former Super Bowl MVP is giving up on the game, after playing 16 seasons with the NFL. Rodgers plans to balance his time onJeopardy!and with the Packers if he lands the job.
“I don’t think I’d need to give up football to do it,” he added. “They film 46 days a year. I worked 187 this year in Green Bay. That gives me 178 days to doJeopardy!So I feel like I could fit 46 into that 178 and make it work. It would be a dream job for sure, and I’m not shy at all about saying I want the job. That’s how I went into it. I want an opportunity to be in the mix.”
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Rodgers competed onCelebrity Jeopardy!in 2015, and he recentlyraved about his experiencebehind the host’s podium. “Other than the Super Bowl, this is the honor of a lifetime,” he said in a clip on social media, adding that it was his “favorite show” as a kid.
source: people.com
