According to the report, Aaron Rodgers, quarterback Green Bay Packers, scored another victory, this time away from the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field.
Rodgers hosted “Jeopardy!” this month as the show goes through rotating hosts following the death of Alex Trebek, who died in November after a long battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
According to TV broadcaster TVNewsCheck, Rodgers’ first week as hostess increased by 14% from the previous week.
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Green Rod Packers’ eighth man Aaron Rodgers hosts the game show “Jeopardy!” (Associated Press)
Rodgers took the match program to first place on the syndicate card for the period ending April 11, with a 5.6 live plus Nielsen score on the same day.
This puts the show ahead of ‘Family Feud’ (5.2 part) and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ (5.1 part). It was the best performance of “Jeopardy!” in a month, according to TVNewsCheck,
The three-time NFL MVP began its tournament as host of the quiz show on April 5th. The rise in ratings came after Rodgers took over from Dr. Mehmet Oz, who had hosted the program during the previous two weeks.
“Unlike the Super Bowl, it’s the honor of a lifetime,” Rodgers, 37, said in a Twitter promotion for the program.
“Following in the footsteps of a legend is something I know a little bit about,” he continued, comparing Trebek more than a decade ago to NFL legend Brett Favre as the quarterback for the Packers.
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Ratings are likely to be a factor in determining who gets the permanent hosting concert. Rodgers said earlier that he would absolutely accept the job if it was offered to him.
“I would like to host ‘Jeopardy!’, Yes,” Rodgers said on “The Pat McAfee Show.”
The Super Bowl XLV MVP explained how he would possibly do that, saying he’d not have to give up [playing] soccer. “
“They film 46 days a year. I worked 187 in Green Bay this year,” Rodgers said in an interview with The Ringer. “It gives me … 178 days to ‘Jeopardy!’ To do so I feel like I can fit 46 into that 178 and make it work.It would definitely be a dream job, and I’m not at all ashamed to say I want the job.This is how I worked on it “I want an opportunity to be in the mix.”
Rodgers had some striking moments during his presentation.
Contestant Ken Jennings, whose winning streak with 74 games and $ 2.52 million in earnings records, was the first to take over the position for Trebek, who hosts ‘Jeopardy!’ Served. since 1984, with more than 8,000 episodes.
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On Wednesday, the producers of the show announced that George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, LeVar Burton, David Faber and Joe Buck would take turns gas hosts as the search for Trebek’s permanent replacement continues.
Fox News’s Tyler McCarthy and Jessica Napoli contributed to this report