Beloved actor and TV host LeVar Burton has been named grand marshal of the 2022 Rose Parade in Pasadena after 'Jeopardy!' snubbed him.
“Good Morning America” co-anchors Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos and Fox sportscaster Joe Buck will also fill in as “Jeopardy!” guest hosts.for the permanent gig, Sony Pictures Television ultimately selected former “Jeopardy!” executive producer Mike Richards for the coveted position.as both host and executive producer of the treasured TV institution.Of course, Richards’ exit reignited the social-media campaign to cast Burton in the role.
“The crazy thing is that when you set your sights on something … what I found out is that it wasn’t the thing that I wanted after all,” Burton told “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah last month. “What I wanted was to compete. I mean, I wanted the job, right, but then, when I didn’t get it, it was, like ‘Well, OK, what’s next?’
“The opportunities that have come my way as a result of not getting that gig, I couldn’t have dreamt it up. If you had given me a pen and paper and said, ‘Well, so what do you want this to really look like?’ If it doesn’t include ‘Jeopardy!,’ I wouldn’t have been this generous to myself.”
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