Alex Trebek's final episodes of 'Jeopardy!' have official air date

The final episodes will air the week of January 4, 2021.
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Alex Trebek's final episodes of "Jeopardy!" will air next year.

Following the iconic host's passing in November, it was previously revealed his last episode would air on Christmas Day.

Due to a scheduling change, Trebek's 10 best episodes are now set to air over the weeks of Dec. 21 & Dec. 28. His final week of shows will be broadcast beginning on January 4, 2021, reported ABC News.

Filming began with Ken Jennings as temporary host at the end of November and those episodes will start airing on January 11, 2021.

Jennings recently took on the role of the show’s consulting producer and brand ambassador. He also holds the all-time records for most consecutive games won (74) and highest winnings in regular-season play ($2,520,700).

Trebek, who hosted the game show since 1984, died on November 8 after battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer since March 2019. He was 80.

The legendary TV icon had previously revealed how he'd like for his last episode as host to go.

"I would tell ('Jeopardy!' executive producer) Harry (Friedman) to give me 30 seconds at the end of the program to say goodbye because it's going to be the last show," Trebek said in January, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Trebek hosted more than 8,200 episodes over nearly 37 seasons of "Jeopardy!"

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