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Alex to stay with J! through 2018

#1 Post by Kazoo65 » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:09 pm

I was reading the J bored and it has been reported that the show will be renewed through the 2017-18 season with Alex as host.
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#2 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:48 pm

Good. It'd be terrible to see J! go the route WWTBAM has taken with new hosts.
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#3 Post by Kazoo65 » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:09 pm

I can't imagine anybody else hosting J!-I'm not sure if anybody else could do as good a job as AT does. I hope when/if AT leaves, they don't go the BAM route and get a comedian/show biz type to host. That would kill the show fast.
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#4 Post by Jeemie » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:15 pm

Maybe they can holosim Alex Trebek to continue to host J! even after he dies.
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#5 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:56 am

Alex is contracted to stay with the show until 2018. Whether or not he does is up to Providence.

Besides, the syndicators need to show the local affiliates that he's going to be on there for a long time when they try to negotiate the next set of deals. Otherwise they might jump ship and go with Judge Judy.
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Re: Alex to stay with J! through 2018

#6 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:02 pm

I remember Art Fleming and can easily imagine someone like him hosting -- erudite, but at the same time warm and friendly.

We have Judge Judy at 4 and 4:30, network news at 5 and local news at 5:30, J! at 6, and Wheel at 6:30. A lot of times, we can turn the television off at that point. Pretty sorry state of affairs.

We get Millionaire at 11:30 a.m., but that's OK because SteelersFan has no interest in it.
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#7 Post by tanstaafl2 » Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:10 pm

Maybe Watson could take over.
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#8 Post by Jeemie » Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:13 pm

Nobody liked my holosim idea?
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#9 Post by Ritterskoop » Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:34 pm

When there was talk of Alex leaving after 2016, I'd read that Anderson Cooper was being discussed/courted as the next host. I think he has the right whatever it is.
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Re: Alex to stay with J! through 2018

#10 Post by Jeemie » Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:41 am

Ritterskoop wrote:When there was talk of Alex leaving after 2016, I'd read that Anderson Cooper was being discussed/courted as the next host. I think he has the right whatever it is.
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