Savannah Guthrie is sharing details about the lead-up to her guest-hosting stint on “Jeopardy!”
The 49-year-old “Today” host revealed that she spent several hours watching “Jeopardy!” before making her debut as guest host. Guthrie said preparing for the show was the most challenging thing she had to do.
June 14 was the first night the journalist took the stage, several months since the death of “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek from pancreatic cancer.
“I watched a lot of ‘Jeopardy!’ to prepare,” Guthrie said. “I watched a lot of Alex’s episodes. If you want to learn how to be good at something, you watch a person who is the absolute best.”
Guthrie shared a sneak peak from behind the scenes with her fans of the taping of her ten episodes on her official Instagram page.
“The thing about watching someone host ‘Jeopardy!,’ when you see Alex Trebek, he made it look easy,” she said. “Once they gave me the clues, I read them over and over again and made little notes and practiced my pronunciation with mixed results, let’s just say.”
Back in February, it was announced that Guthrie would be hosting the show. Executive producer Mike Richards announced the latest group of celebrities set to stand behind the podium.
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“We look forward to each guest host bringing their unique abilities to the show and to our contestants winning a lot of money that we can match for charity,” Richards said in a statement.
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