Posted on 05/05/2021 5:54:54 PM PDT by McGruff
Looks like Sony Pictures Television won’t be asking Anderson Cooper to permanently take up the Jeopardy mantle any time soon. The silver-haired CNN anchor pulled the least viewers of any guest host since Alex Trebek died of pancreatic cancer last November at age 80. In fact, Cooper scored the smallest audience of any guest host in the show’s history.
According to ratings information obtained by The Wrap, with the 53-year-old Cooper at the helm, the long-running series dropped 7% from the week before when Green Bay Packers’ QB Aaron Rogers stood behind the iconic podium. Even Dr. Oz, who Variety columnist Daniel D’Addario accused of giving the show a black eye, attracted a bigger audience — putting up a 5.2 share in his first week to Cooper’s 5.1.
Worse for Sony, Cooper’s stint cost the syndicated show its position at the top of the game show heap, causing it to fall behind Family Feud.
Former champion Ken Jennings, who holds the record for longest Jeopardy winning streak and highest-earning contestant, has been the most popular guest host since the show had to soldier on without the legendary Trebek, pulling 6.2 and 5.9 in the ratings in his first and second weeks, respectively.
I’ll take GERBILS for $100, Anderson.
I’ll take fudge packers for $100 Anderson.
Anderson Cooper Hosts ‘Jeopardy!’… Sets Record For Lowest Ratings Of Any Guest Host In Show’s History
I love it.
Fake Game Show Host
I’d rather pick rocks out of my car tires than watch Cooper the Pooper Scooper.
For those lost souls who really enjoy watching Anderson Pooper, they can get enough of him on CNN. No need to watch him on Jeopardy too. Maybe they should try Don Lemon .... he could probably drive the ratings into the negatives.
What is Rat-arsed, Anderson?
What is conceited libtard poofter ratings killer for 100?....
It’d be funny if they got Wolf Blitzer to guest host one night.
The white privileged lad/lass was groomed years ago performing for our children on Channel 1 piped into schools. I remember that screwball when I was substitute teaching in school years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLOJcwiYxHs
I refused to watch Pooper Scooper when he was hosting.
Jeopardy is a great enough game to survive any number of jerk hosts and hostesses. I still watch every night.
Thought Aaron Rogers was the best host so far—and I’m a girl who hates football.
Q-tips are for ear wax.
Some people have high name recognition, but almost nobody really likes them.
Yes, that would be kinda ironic.
Since many widows take their husbands place lately, such as the widow Carnahan and Mary Bono, why not just give the job to Jean Trebek. She’s late 50’s, attractive and pretty intelligent. Non-political so won’t annoy either side.
Jamie Carter who won Jeopardy tonight is active in Republican affairs in Augusta, Maine. Her husband is the treasurer of the Maine Republican Party.
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