The 2022 Bee will be accessible to the widest audience in its nearly 100-year history with the semifinals and finals airing on national television networks ION and Bounce, both available free and over-the-air to viewers as well as on cable and streaming platforms.
LeVar Burton has been hired as host of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, giving the competition a celebrity headliner who s also a longtime literacy advocate as Scripps takes over production of the bee telecast.