Mayim Bialik Stands with Striking Writers, Will Not Host 'Jeopardy!' During Final Week of Season 39

Jack Whitehall couldn’t resist a cheeky joke about Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield’s rumoured fallout. The This Morning duo are said to have not been speaking off camera for a while now, with sources claiming their friendship has ‘dwindled. ’As a result, the ITV daytime show has been thrown into chaos, with rumours swirling of Phil calling in his lawyers, Holly contemplating quitting, and the pair taking a break from the show completely.

Alex Trebek was the beloved face of "Jeopardy!" for decades, and he left some big shoes to fill after his death from pancreatic cancer. Once "Jeopardy!" tapped former champion Ken Jennings as host, they also added "The Big Bang Theory" star Mayim Bialik after she was a guest host for Season 37.  Since the two began, they've been receiving backlash from fans of the game show, who have been very outspoken on social media. So much so that the show’s executive producer Michael Davies has weighed in on the criticism.  "This show is so hard to host," Davies said during an interview with Vulture.

told Vulture in an interview published Thursday. “Alex made it his own, but it wasn’t his own the first couple of years,” he continued, referring to the show’s longtime host, Alex Trebek, who died in 2020 at 80. “A lot of what happened on ‘Jeopardy!’ came from him possessing this job for so long.

— who spent two months in rehab last year after relapsing on alcohol amid other health issues — will no longer speak at the Atlanta Women’s Expo, organizers told the Sun. “There is a video from Wendy that will be played Saturday, apologizing for the late cancellation,” a representative for the Expo said in confirming the cancellation to the outlet.

As the ongoing reports of a backstage 'feud' at This Morning, one source close to the action has claimed that two regulars on the show will not be returning while Phillip Schofield remains in his job.

WGA strike.“We are grateful for the contribution writers make to our company and respect their right to demonstrate it may take some time, but I know we will eventually get through this and the result will be a stronger foundation on which we can all move forward together,” Chairman of NBCUniversal Mark Lazarus said during the New York event. Unsurprisingly, the event scaled back on its celebrities, relying on more executives and reality TV stars to introduce its clips and segments.

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were the brunt of the joke at tonight's BAFTA TV Awards, as Queuegate got another mention. As co-hosts Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan gave a shoutout to Imelda Staunton, the former quipped: "She's nominated for her performance in The Crown... apparently Phil and Holly got to watch that a couple of days before everybody else!" Letting out a laugh, Ranganathan, 45, said: "Little bit of edge for you early doors! How d'ya like that?" as Beckett, 37, noted "all the ITV guys" trying to keep a straight face.

It’s a hosting switcheroo on “Jeopardy!”

Adam Levine is going to be making an appearance on Blake Shelton‘s final episode of The Voice!

ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, according to Deadline.Ken Jennings is set to take on hosting duties in her place, according to the outlet, and they will finish out filming for the season at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, California, wrapping on Friday, May 19.The show is produced by Sony Pictures Television. The Post reached out to Bialik and Sony for further comment.On May 2, the WGA announced that members were going on strike in an effort to petition for higher wages, a better pay structure to include streaming services, and regulation around article intelligence.The WGA is made up of an alliance of two labor unions that represent more than 11,000 writers in the entertainment industry, according to “Today.”As a result, popular shows like “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” have shut down production.

“Jeopardy!” has officially become the first game show to be affected by the WGA strike, and it’s all thanks to host Mayim Bialik. TheWrap has learned that the actor has stepped away from the iconic series during its last week of filming so that she can stand in solidarity with the WGA strike.Ken Jennings — the well-known “Jeopardy!” contestant turned host — will be taking over Bialik’s hosting duties. The final episodes of Season 39 will be filmed between Tuesday, May 16 and Friday, May 19.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeopardy! has become one of the first game shows to be impacted by the writers strike.

A "Jeopardy!" answer caused quite a commotion from fans after all three contestants answered incorrectly. Earlier this week, the game show host Mayim Bialik did not receive the answer she was looking for from the three players. Once Sami Casanova picked the category "The Quotable Alex" for $1,600, the answer read, "An author and former prisoner: ‘Socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit.’" "Jeopardy!" contestants Juveria Zaheer, returning champion Hannah Wilson and Casanova each guessed [Aleksandr] Solzhenitsyn; however, the Russian name appeared to be mispronounced.  Since all three players were overruled, none of them gained the $1,600 prize.

Prince Harry's appearance was a major focus at the coronation of his father, King Charles III, on Saturday, and all eyes were on the estranged royal as he attempted to stay in the background during the lavish ceremony.However, with cameras capturing every moment of the historic proceedings, several of the prince's facial expressions — from stares to smiles to an unexpected grimace — went viral as fans analyzed every moment of his royal return.Body language expert Darren Stanton spoke with ET on Monday to analyze some of the expressions from the royal family over the course of the coronation weekend. «The main thing that I look for are microexpressions,» Stanton explained. «A lot of people don't realize that we have a thing called leakage, so no matter how well-trained somebody is, it gives us a sense of the real emotion that the person is experiencing.»«With Harry, we see sadness, we see the eyebrows come together, we see the mouth droop,» he added of the prince's general demeanor.

Jennifer Coolidge was honored with the Comedic Genius award at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Although the show turned into a clip show due to the writers strike, the White Lotus star accepted her award via a pretaped message.

Icon alert! Jennifer Coolidge was awarded the Comedic Genius Award at the 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards.

King Charles' heartwarming words to his son, Prince William, after he kissed his cheek in an emotional moment during the Coronation has been revealed. King Charles, 74, has been crowned the nation’s monarch today in Westminster Abbey in a two hour ceremony. Charles became the 40th reigning sovereign to be crowned at the abbey, the nation’s coronation church since 1066, as Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed St Edward’s Crown on his head.

The MTV Movie & TV Awards are still slated to take place this Sunday but the show will look different than usual.

Prince William and Kate Middleton made their first official coronation appearance Thursday. The Prince and Princess of Wales took the Tube – London's public transportation system – for a visit to the Dog & Duck Pub.The pub is roughly a mile away from Buckingham Palace. "Jumping on the Elizabeth Line to Soho!" a photo of the royal couple was captioned on social media.

As striking writers gathered Wednesday afternoon outside Netflix’s Manhattan headquarters, they were greeted by a visitor from what might be considered enemy territory: U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democratic congressman whose 17th district sits in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley.