money here, billions of dollars in claims, and, you know, this is the first of many lawsuits that dominion has put forward. they also said they re suing the conservative right wing networks, oan and news max media yesterday. politico s meredith mcgraw we always appreciate it. thank you so much. still ahead, a $2,500 slice of cake you won t want to test. plus what is the totally different plan for the future of jeopardy s hosting duties? i didn t get the gig. way too early is right back as we look at light terrific in times square this morning.
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on that. the report left many fans of the show surprised, and some frustrated. fan favorite will he var burton appeared to address the report in a tweet writing, quote, no matter the outcome, i ve won. the outpouring of love and support from family, friends, and fans alike has been incredible, unquote. viewers also expressed concern about past harassment and discrimination lawsuits involving mr. richards. nbc news reached out to sony pictures television which produces jeopardy!. the show declined to comment on the allegations made in the suits. mike richards was unavailable for comment. our panel is back with us. eric, let me start with you and your sense of what s happening behind the scenes. sure. so this report that variety came up with indicating that the show s executive producer was the front-runner to get the job caused quite a stir because some people felt as if this whole process by which they had guest hosts coming in was a bit of a
shown, the format is the show. that s why you can have jeopardy! without alex trebek. that s why you can have price of right without bob barker because it s the format that makes the show ultimately pop. yeah. i mean, i was pulling for levar burton. i love him. i m going to be bad at jeopardy! no matter what. i rarely know what any of the answers are. you do okay in the jeopardy round, maybe the double is where you fall off. but the first round, you d be all right. i never won a daily double in my head, so that s how i know on the show i would not do well, you know? i understand people s disappointment, and i get it s man. it s one of those things if they wanted to pull like a really good fast one, they d have him step down and come back as the host. that would at least be liked oh, man, i wanted to leave but they pulled me back in. anything else kind of seems like you picked yourself. anything else kind of says it s like if you had a friend
tweet. writing, quote, no matter the outcome, i ve won. the outpouring of love and support from family, friends, and fans alike has been incredible, unquote. viewers also expressed concern about past harassment and discrimination lawsuits involving mr. richards. nbc news reached out to sony pictures television which produces jeopardy!. the show declined to comment on the allegations made in the suits. mike richards was unavailable for comment. our panel is back with us. eric, let me start with you and your sense of what s happening behind the scenes. sure. so this report that variety came up with indicating that the show s executive producer was the front-runner to get the job caused quite a stir because some people felt as if this whole process by which they had guest hosts coming in was a bit of a head fake, and that it was always sort of the intention that he was going to take over the job.