Ken Jennings said “Jeopardy!” fans say goodbye in a tweet.
The quiz show champion shared his goodbye on Friday night after his final episode as a guest host aired.
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“It was the end of my six weeks of hosting as a guest on @Jeopardy,” wrote Jennings next to a photo of her smiling on stage. “Thanks for watching, thanks for your patience with a difficult learning curve … and, as always, thanks Alex.”
Jennings took over as guest host for the NBC game show after longtime host Alex Trebek died on November 8.
Trebek, 80, appeared in pre-recorded episodes posthumously eight weeks after his death. His last episode aired on January 8, which also featured a special tribute that celebrated his 37 years as a presenter.
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“Danger!” the producers quickly selected Jennings to serve as a guest host on the show, while they continued to figure out who would be the permanent replacement.
Last month, the program’s official Twitter account announced that it would begin rotating guest hosts for the remainder of season 37.
Future guest hosts include “Jeopardy!” Executive producer Mike Richards, journalist and author Katie Couric, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, “60-minute” correspondent Bill Whitaker and actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik.
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Although Jennings will not serve as a guest host in the foreseeable future, the 46-year-old former competitor will continue to work behind the scenes as a consulting producer, according to an updated guest host schedule that he shared after saying goodbye.
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“Watch out for a carousel of surprise guest hosts, each more surprising than the last,” Jennings followed in a tweet, which linked to an expanded list of guests, including Dr. Oz, NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, anchor for the CNN Anderson Cooper and CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
In a statement issued for the future “Jeopardy!” contestants, Jennings said, “I hope you feel that I have a sense of solidarity with them, you know, that I’m rooting for them.”
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Jennings competed for the first time in “Jeopardy!” in 2004, where he set the record for the longest winning streak in the show’s history, with 74 consecutive wins that earned him $ 2.52 million. He went on to compete in several “Jeopardy!” championships and even won the “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” tournament in 2020, before receiving the presenter offer.