Jeopardy! pair split hosting duties

NEW YORK — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will split Jeopardy! hosting duties for the remainder of the game show’s 38th season.

Sony Pictures Television announced the plan on Thursday, the same week that episodes filmed by ousted host Mike Richards are airing.

Richards, who also lost his role as Jeopardy! executive producer, was initially tapped as Alex Trebek’s successor but left the show after past misogynistic and disparaging comments surfaced.

Bialik was tapped as interim host, and her episodes will air through Nov. 5. After that, Jennings and Bialik will share hosting duties based on their schedules. The season runs to the end of the year.

Trebek died of cancer last November.