Ken Jennings returned to host “Jeopardy!” on Monday, kicking off the game show’s 40th season. He will continue as the sole host of both the flagship show and “Celebrity Jeopardy!”
Former co-host Mayim Bialik stepped down from hosting at the end of filming Season 39 in May out of solidarity with the striking writers, making the syndicated game show the first affected by the strikes.
At the time, Jennings was called a “scab” for not walking out with Bialik, but his podcast cohost John Roderick assured the public at the time that Jennings is “a SAG member in good standing” and that some fans had “no idea how organized labor functions.”
A rep for SAG-AFTRA confirmed to TheWrap on Monday that since the quiz show is a Network Television Code show, it is not part of the TV/Theatrical/Streaming contract and is “not struck.”
The same exemption applies from...
Former co-host Mayim Bialik stepped down from hosting at the end of filming Season 39 in May out of solidarity with the striking writers, making the syndicated game show the first affected by the strikes.
At the time, Jennings was called a “scab” for not walking out with Bialik, but his podcast cohost John Roderick assured the public at the time that Jennings is “a SAG member in good standing” and that some fans had “no idea how organized labor functions.”
A rep for SAG-AFTRA confirmed to TheWrap on Monday that since the quiz show is a Network Television Code show, it is not part of the TV/Theatrical/Streaming contract and is “not struck.”
The same exemption applies from...
- 9/11/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Jeopardy!’s Greatest of All Time champ Ken Jennings defended his podcast cohost, John Roderick over the weekend after a thread of tweets about parenting when viral on Twitter. On Saturday, in a now deleted 23-tweet thread, Roderick said that he once made a “teaching moment” out of making his hungry nine-year-old daughter spend six hours learning to use […]
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- 1/9/2021
- by Demi Tsatsaronis
- Uinterview
John Roderick, who will now be known as “Bean Dad,” issued an apology on Tuesday after he shared a Twitter story over the weekend about teaching his 9-year-old daughter what he believed was a wise lesson.
The musician and writer is also a podcast partner of famed Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings, likely one of the reasons his stunt gained so much traction on social media.
Since he deleted his Twitter account in an apparent panic, Roderick issued an apology on his website. “I want to acknowledge and make amends for the injuries I caused. I have many things to atone ...
The musician and writer is also a podcast partner of famed Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings, likely one of the reasons his stunt gained so much traction on social media.
Since he deleted his Twitter account in an apparent panic, Roderick issued an apology on his website. “I want to acknowledge and make amends for the injuries I caused. I have many things to atone ...
John Roderick, who will now be known as “Bean Dad,” issued an apology on Tuesday after he shared a Twitter story over the weekend about teaching his 9-year-old daughter what he believed was a wise lesson.
The musician and writer is also a podcast partner of famed Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings, likely one of the reasons his stunt gained so much traction on social media.
Since he deleted his Twitter account in an apparent panic, Roderick issued an apology on his website. “I want to acknowledge and make amends for the injuries I caused. I have many things to atone ...
The musician and writer is also a podcast partner of famed Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings, likely one of the reasons his stunt gained so much traction on social media.
Since he deleted his Twitter account in an apparent panic, Roderick issued an apology on his website. “I want to acknowledge and make amends for the injuries I caused. I have many things to atone ...
Ken Jennings is standing by John Roderick after his Omnibus podcast co-host came under fire for a since-deleted Twitter thread. According to The Wrap, Roderick shared 23 tweets this weekend about the time his 9-year-old daughter didn't know how to use a manual can opener on a can of baked beans and he tasked her with figuring it out on her own, which reportedly took "Six Hours on and off" and led to the child breaking down in tears while Roderick worked on a jigsaw puzzle nearby. While Roderick allegedly considered the incident a "teaching moment," many followers thought he took it too far. Soon, Twitter users started criticizing Roderick and phrases like "Bean Dad" and...
- 1/4/2021
- E! Online
Ken Jennings on Sunday defended the Bean Dad, who, as it turns out, is the “Jeopardy!” champion’s co-host on the podcast “Omnibus.”
While the internet took Roderick to task for a viral thread Sunday about how he made his 9-year old daughter spend six hours trying to operate a can opener to get into a can of baked beans, Jennings said that Roderick is a “loving and attentive dad” who frequently tells such stories on his podcast.
“Extremely jealous and annoyed that my podcast co-host is going to be a dictionary entry and I never will,” Jennings said. “If this reassures anyone, I personally know John to be (a) a loving and attentive dad who (b) tells heightened-for-effect stories about his own irascibility on like ten podcasts a week. This site is so dumb.”
In 2018, Jennings and Roderick launched the “Omnibus” podcast, which twice a week compiles an encyclopedia...
While the internet took Roderick to task for a viral thread Sunday about how he made his 9-year old daughter spend six hours trying to operate a can opener to get into a can of baked beans, Jennings said that Roderick is a “loving and attentive dad” who frequently tells such stories on his podcast.
“Extremely jealous and annoyed that my podcast co-host is going to be a dictionary entry and I never will,” Jennings said. “If this reassures anyone, I personally know John to be (a) a loving and attentive dad who (b) tells heightened-for-effect stories about his own irascibility on like ten podcasts a week. This site is so dumb.”
In 2018, Jennings and Roderick launched the “Omnibus” podcast, which twice a week compiles an encyclopedia...
- 1/3/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Ken Jennings is defending his podcast co-host John Roderick following a controversy that saw the latter labeled “Bean Dad.” That, in turn, led to some social media users accusing Roderick of “child abuse” and then digging up old tweets that they charged are racist, anti-semitic and homophobic.
Jennings and Roderick co-host the podcast Omnibus, which is described as “an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.”
Over the weekend, Roderick shared a lengthy story on Twitter about teaching his 9-year-old daughter how to use a can ...
Jennings and Roderick co-host the podcast Omnibus, which is described as “an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.”
Over the weekend, Roderick shared a lengthy story on Twitter about teaching his 9-year-old daughter how to use a can ...
Ken Jennings is defending his podcast co-host John Roderick following a controversy that saw the latter labeled “Bean Dad.” That, in turn, led to some social media users accusing Roderick of “child abuse” and then digging up old tweets that they charged are racist, anti-semitic and homophobic.
Jennings and Roderick co-host the podcast Omnibus, which is described as “an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.”
Over the weekend, Roderick shared a lengthy story on Twitter about teaching his 9-year-old daughter how to use a can ...
Jennings and Roderick co-host the podcast Omnibus, which is described as “an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.”
Over the weekend, Roderick shared a lengthy story on Twitter about teaching his 9-year-old daughter how to use a can ...
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