[ColoradoTree]

Seriously, how can Ken NOT be the next host of Jeopardy!  It's so fairy-tale-right on so many levels. You heard it hear first. :) 

Ken was asked this question directly on NPR and said it's irrelevant because it assumes a world in which Alex Trebek is gone. Of course, that's not a denial of interest...

He's genial, witty in an appropriately dorky Jeopardy way, liked by seemingly everyone, and a legend. I'm sure they'd want to screen-test various hosts to see what clicks, but he obviously has to be at the top of the list.

The Trebek cadence and delivery is important, though. Someone with a NPR-style voice and way of speaking could do the trick and feel the most like Trebek, but the show might be more concerned about maintaining ratings in a post-Trebek world, and Jennings would presumably be a bigger boost to that than a new face.

[ColoradoTree]

Seriously, how can Ken NOT be the next host of Jeopardy!  It's so fairy-tale-right on so many levels. You heard it hear first. :) 

Ken was asked this question directly on NPR and said it's irrelevant because it assumes a world in which Alex Trebek is gone. Of course, that's not a denial of interest...

He's genial, witty in an appropriately dorky Jeopardy way, liked by seemingly everyone, and a legend. I'm sure they'd want to screen-test various hosts to see what clicks, but he obviously has to be at the top of the list.

The Trebek cadence and delivery is important, though. Someone with a NPR-style voice and way of speaking could do the trick and feel the most like Trebek, but the show might be more concerned about maintaining ratings in a post-Trebek world, and Jennings would presumably be a bigger boost to that than a new face.