For Amy Schneider, the decision on who should be the permanent host of “Jeopardy!” is obvious. “I think Ken Jennings should be the host. I really, I can’t say enough about him,” Schneider said Sunday on CNN’s Reliable Sources. “I didn’t necessarily think that before going into this, you know, because, like, yes, he was a great champion, but this is a different skill set. But you could see the work that he put into it, and I just thought he did a really great job, so as far as I’m concerned, that’s my endorsement.”
As for Jennings, he has talked about how difficult it is to try to fill late host Alex Trebek’s shoes. “It’s a very tricky job. The mechanics of hosting ‘Jeopardy!’ are daunting. There’s a lot going on at once, and Alex made it all look so easy. But I can tell you firsthand, it’s not easy,” said Jennings, adding (per the New York Post), “You can’t stand on that stage and say those things without thinking about him. Every time I’m up there, I’m doing Alex. Not just because he perfected it, but because that’s the only way I’ve ever seen it done.”
