Aaron Rodgers has already had a busy week. Not only has his engagement to Big Little Lies actor Shailene Woodley been announced, but the quarterback has also announced when his stint as the guest host of Jeopardy! will begin.
The Green Bay Packers star will take to the podium left vacant by the late Alex Trebekon Monday, April 5. This will make him the fifth guest host of the show since its former host died of pancreatic cancer in November 2020.
So far, Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time champion Ken Jennings has hosted. The show’s executive producer (and Pyramid host) Mike Richards will take over from February 22 until March 5). Rodgers’ stint as a guest host will come after two other hosts have had a go—Katie Couric, who will host between March 8 and March 19, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, expected to host from March 22 to April 2.
Dr. Oz was recently announced alongside an ever-expanding list of Jeopardy! guest hosts which include Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, Anderson Cooper, The Big Bang Theory‘s Mayim Bialik, 60 Minutes‘ Bill Whitaker and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Aaron Rodgers first announced himself as a guest host in November 2020 in an interview with The Pat McAfee Show, in which the athlete said, “one of my idols growing up was Alex Trebek…they’re doing some guest hosting spots, and it’s going to be released here pretty soon, but I have the opportunity to do one of those.”
