The guest host ratings have been tabulated… https://www.newsweek.com/levar-burtons-jeopardy-guest-hosting-ratings-compare-others-1619611?amp=1
On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 10:05 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 10:20 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> While I don't think Burton was horrible, I think nerves, or his ambition >> for the gig, or whatever got in the way of him doing a better job. If he >> had 2 weeks of shows, I think his last show would have been markedly >> better. But that's just barely informed speculation. >> >> When this whole thing started, I figured it was Jennings' job, if not to >> lose, than to at least have the right of first refusal. You bring him on >> to the show as a consulting producer while Alex is still hosting. You give >> him 6 weeks to guest host. I admit he didn't light the world on fire, but >> the job doesn't require it. If you want a name, get a name associated with >> the show. And unless your a fan of the show, the only names associated >> with J! are probably Trebek, Jennings and maybe Holzhauer. (Brad Rutter >> probably curses the 5-timers rule on a regular basis.) >> >> As for the allegations about Richards (TL;DR - awful treatment of the >> spokesmodels when he was an EP at The Price is Right, more than one >> out-of-court settlement), the cynic in me thinks if he hasn't suffered >> consequences from it by now, this may not keep him from getting the J! gig. >> >> For something completely different - how does age factor in to this? >> Except for Burton, everyone else supposedly under serious consideration is >> under 50 (Cohen is under 40). FWIW, Alex was in his 40s when he started >> hosting. >> > > First, even if they treated the guest hosting weeks as auditions, I figure > at least 75% of them are unavailable for the permanent host gig. I don't > think anybody outright disqualified themselves (yet - Joe Buck is a real > possibility to be the first). There were some I liked more than others but > when trying to think how to rate them it came down to the number of weeks > it would take for them to get into the rhythm of the show and be > comfortable. My top choice would be Sanjay Gupta (almost certainly > unavailable) who wouldn't need any extra time and at the opposite end were > Bill Whitaker and Savannah Guthrie (also unavailable) who would need at > least 4 weeks. > > I have to qualify my choices by noting that I only watched the host's > opening remarks on their first night and I never watch the interviews so if > a guest host distinguished themselves for better or worse in those segments > it was lost on me. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFAs48kvftKaWO0z9mKhbWKd1umwGymx_3Cm7yPTEB30A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFAs48kvftKaWO0z9mKhbWKd1umwGymx_3Cm7yPTEB30A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4D-8UTUxzjF1r5mXa3FoBQ0U1ps%3DjJqXMQRuVkZ6tQX8Q%40mail.gmail.com.
