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On my way home from work, our sports station did an interesting segment discussing Aaron Rodgers making his debut as Jeopardy host tonight. He'll host for the next two weeks.
Among the things discussed:
As far as what he brings to the table, on the plus side, the hosts noted that Rodgers is a film room junkie, and he's used that to study hours of film on Trebek. He's widely acknowledged as one of the most prepared QBs in the NFL, which is an asset. However, there's no winning or losing involved, the job is game management, and that's not really Rodger's forte. Once the initial adrenaline wears off, will hosting the show year-round be exciting enough for him to be satisfied?
I'll be interested to see how he does. Of the four guest hosts who've been on so far, I give Couric the edge. Jennings is too bland, Dr. Oz is too Dr. Oz, and the other guy, Mike Richards, just isn't a TV host. There's a reason why he's a producer behind the scenes and not the star.
Among the things discussed:
- Trebek made $18 mill in his final year. Would Rodgers accept a "rookie contract" of say half that and then work his way up (his cap hit this year is $22-$23 mill with a salary of $14.7, so if he quit the Pack, he'd likely have to pay back some bonus $).
- How much of Jeopardy's succeess is the game vs how much was Trebek?
- Will "Jeopardy nerds" accept a jock as host, with the assumption that he's not as worldy as the other hosts that have been auditioning (Dr. Oz, Katie Couric, Ken Jennings, Sanjay Gupta, Anderson Cooper, Bill Whitaker, Savannah Guthrie).
- Can Rodgers bring in new/different demographics while appealing to existing viewers?
As far as what he brings to the table, on the plus side, the hosts noted that Rodgers is a film room junkie, and he's used that to study hours of film on Trebek. He's widely acknowledged as one of the most prepared QBs in the NFL, which is an asset. However, there's no winning or losing involved, the job is game management, and that's not really Rodger's forte. Once the initial adrenaline wears off, will hosting the show year-round be exciting enough for him to be satisfied?
I'll be interested to see how he does. Of the four guest hosts who've been on so far, I give Couric the edge. Jennings is too bland, Dr. Oz is too Dr. Oz, and the other guy, Mike Richards, just isn't a TV host. There's a reason why he's a producer behind the scenes and not the star.
