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Is Ken Jennings<\/a> here to stay? Jeopardy!<\/em><\/a>\u2018s executive producer gave an update about the host\u2019s future on the game show<\/a> after an audience member asked the show\u2019s host who he would like to see as his successor if he was to leave the show.<\/p>\n During the April 14 episode of the Inside Jeopardy! Podcast<\/em>, EP Michael Davies<\/a> shared that he was in New York and had a photo of \u201chis hero Ken Jennings\u201d behind him. So, do they think Jennings will be on the game show as long as Alex Trebek<\/a> was?<\/p>\n One part of the podcast featured a Jeopardy!<\/em> Q&A with Jennings and audience members. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty early to be thinking this, but have you identified any potential successors?\u201d a crowd member asked.<\/p>\n Jennings took over for Trebek in 2021 after the longtime host\u2019s death from pancreatic cancer<\/a>. He first cohosted with Mayim Bialik<\/a> until she was fired<\/a> at the end of the year.<\/p>\n Jennings laughed before responding. \u201cSo, if there\u2019s anyone here planning my murder,\u201d he said, pointing to the audience member who asked the question. \u201cIf something happens to me tonight, I want everyone to remember where this guy was sitting.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPeople would always ask Alex, and he was very diplomatic. Sometimes, he would just say whatever he was thinking about. Like if the Kings had just won, he\u2019d be like, \u2018Oh, I like the woman who calls the game for the hockey teams.\u201d<\/p>\n