Mike Richards Is Out as ‘Jeopardy!’ Executive Producer

“We had hoped that when Mike stepped down from the host position at Jeopardy! it would have minimized the disruption and internal difficulties we have all experienced these last few weeks. That clearly has not happened,” said Suzanne Prete, a Sony Pictures Entertainment executive, in a memo sent to the show’s staff Tuesday.

When Mr. Richards stepped down as host on Aug. 20, Sony publicly expressed confidence that he would be able to continue overseeing “Jeopardy!” and its staff. However, the scandal had damaged his standing behind the scenes, according to a person close to the show who said the controversy had compromised Mr. Richards’s ability to run one of the studio’s most valuable properties.

Along with his “Jeopardy!” post, Mr. Richards lost his job as executive producer of “Wheel of Fortune,” another long-running Sony game show, “effective immediately,” according to the memo from Ms. Prete, who serves as executive vice president, business and strategy, for both shows. Mr. Richards’s exit appeared to end to his role in the succession saga at “Jeopardy!” The producer, who joined the show’s staff last year, had beenafter emerging as the likely successor to the late Alex Trebek earlier this month. Backlash focused on his inside role in leading the search for a replacement host; his involvement in past bias lawsuits; and a number of sexist and anti-Semitic remarks he had previously made on a podcast.

What's an American voter to do? Stuck in between the undemocratic right and the unbelievably rediculous left!

🗣 “Should’ve stayed in Food & Beverage!”

Shut this whole thing down. Nobody qualifies. It’s getting dumb.

So there’s hope.

Not so randumb now

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Woke eating their own / man I love this!

I will tweet this everyday to News organizations - What happened to the continuing investigations into the EpsteinFiles EpsteinFiles EpsteinFiles Where is the non stop coverage for that or Did that just get covered up?

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