Mayim Bialik is back on “Jeopardy!”
Well, something like this.
48 year old actress who fired from job as host of game show A clue in Wednesday’s episode referenced last year.
Returning winner and content manager Mark Fitzpatrick, data analyst Robert Frankie and “girl-between-gigs” Colleen Kelly were competing against each other in the “TV Coupling” category, where players had to name a television show.
Kelly finds a $600 clue that asks: “Sheldon and Amy, pure genius.”
“What is The Big Bang Theory?” Kelly replied, which host Ken Jennings confirmed was correct.
Bialik played neuroscientist Amy Fowler, the girlfriend of Jim Parsons’ Sheldon Cooper, on the beloved CBS sitcom from 2000 through 2010. When the show ended in 2019.
“I always get the hang of it when a clue to The Big Bang Theory pops up in a post-Mayhem era,” a “Jeopardy!” fan Wrote in Reddit thread about Wednesday’s episode, referencing Bialik’s tenure on the game show.
Starting in August 2021, Bialik has starred in “Jeopardy!” shared. Hosting duties with Jennings, 50, Following the death of longtime host Alex Trebek in 2020. He appeared on “Celebrity Jeopardy!” Also co-hosted.
In May 2023, Balik refused to tape the show In sympathy with the Writers Guild (WGA), who were on strike in Hollywood.
Jennings hosted the remainder of season 39 and season 40 in Bialik’s absence.
Come December 2023, boy! officially announced That he was let go from the show.
“As soon as the holidays start in Hollywood, I’m in danger! News,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “Sony has informed me that I will no longer host the syndicated version of Jeopardy!”
“I’m on ‘Jeopardy!’ So grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the family,” she added.
Showrunner Michael Davis later revealed that Bialik was fired. Because the show needed more “stability”. With Jennings now the sole host.
Jennings, for his part, acknowledged that he was surprised About Bialik’s exit.
“It made me nervous because I loved working with my mother and I would miss her,” he said. hollywood reporter In December.
boy’s hosting duties The show received mixed reception from die-hard fans.
They’ll accuse the “Call Me Kat” star of being Inconsistent with game show rules,
Regardless, Bialik has always spoken highly of her “Jeopardy!” Experience.
“It’s changed my life massively,” she said told ET In April 2022. “You know, my identity and kind of the familiarity that people feel with me is so much greater, especially with, like, a nightly show, when you’re on a show that’s always about people. In the living room or wherever they choose to watch.”
“Jeopardy!”, now in its 41st season, airs weekdays at 7 p.m. ET.
