ITV reportedly axe game show Jeopardy! after just two series, who is the host of the show?
The host of the game show Jeopardy! Stephen Fry.
ITV has reportedly axed game show Jeopardy! after just two series. TV Zone reported that “TV Zone understands there are no plans for the show to return for a third series. The decision comes nearly a year after the second series aired on ITV1 in the 3pm daytime slot, which other quizzes such as Lingo and Riddiculous also occupy.”
It was first announced in 2023 that Stephen Fry would be the host of game show Jeopardy! an American quiz show which first aired in 1964. At the time of the announcement, Stephen Fry said: “Jeopardy! is a phenomenon like no other. Whenever I’m in America, I do my damnedest to catch it every weekday. The idea of hosting it here in the UK makes me dizzy with delight."
He also said: "Such a dedicated quizzing nation as ours will, I hope, welcome this uniquely beguiling and endlessly rewarding game." The show was commissioned by Katie Rawcliffe, ITV Head of Entertainment and Leanne Clarke, ITV Entertainment Commissioner.
Katie Rawcliffe said at the time that "Bringing Jeopardy! to a brand new audience as part of our weekday schedule is exciting. There is no one better to host this classic gameshow than Stephen, bringing knowledge and entertainment to all of our viewers.”
It was recently announced that Stephen Fry would be the first guest on the second series of ITV’s The Assembly. Guests who took part in the first series included Danny Dyer, David Tennant, Jade Thirlwall and Gary Lineker.
In 2015, Stephen Fry quit Instagram and said he had been hounded off the platform. The star posted a black picture and wrote: "Newspapers, as ever, suck all the joy out of everything. Closing down. It was, briefly, fun. Bye."
Stephen Fry has been married to Elliott Spencer, who is 30 years his junior since 2015. Stephen Fry once said that [“younger people] are more experienced in the world as it is now… So much of what I love in music and literature and so on is not necessarily from this century. He teaches me things I just didn’t know. He introduced me to Kendrick Lamar, which was a great thing to do because Kendrick Lamar, I’ve decided, is a great poetical spirit.”
Stephen also spoke about Elliott’s interests and added that “He has a great affection for – and I guess you could call it ironic, but it’s real – WWE [World Wrestling Entertainment]… And I just don’t know if I can reveal this extraordinary truth, but I’ve bought a couple of tickets to Wrestlemania in Las Vegas.”