(Left to right) George Stephanopoulos, LaVar Burton, Robin Roberts
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Popular game show “Jeopardy!” announced its final restaurateurs list for Season 37 on Wednesday as the search for a permanent host continues.
CNBC’s David Faber, ABC’s Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts, actors LeVar Burton and Fox Sports’ Joe Buck were featured on the line-up.
Faber, co-anchor of “Squawk on the Street”, is a former “Celebrity Jeopardy!” Champion.
The game show had kicked off its streak of guest hosts with another former contestant, Ken Jennings. He holds the record for the longest winning streak on the show and is the highest earning game show contestant of all time.
Other guest presenters this season were Katie Couric, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Aaron Rodgers and Anderson Cooper. “Danger!” Host Alex Trebek died in November after being on the show for more than three decades.
“Our goal was to showcase a variety of restaurateurs with different skills and backgrounds on our journey to finding a permanent host.” Executive producer Mike Richards said in a press release. “All of the guest presenters brought individualism, energy and an authentic love for our show into each of its episodes.”
There has been a notable social media push to have Burton, a former Star Trek star and host of PBS ‘Reading Rainbow, host the game show. A Change.org petition garnered more than 240,000 signatures on his behalf, and Burton has actively shown its interest in the role.
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