{"id":164856,"date":"2023-11-02T15:28:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/us\/?p=164856"},"modified":"2023-11-02T15:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:28:43","slug":"how-much-does-ken-jennings-make-hosting-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/us\/how-much-does-ken-jennings-make-hosting-jeopardy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Does Ken Jennings Make Hosting Jeopardy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ken Jennings makes $1 million each year hosting Jeopardy. While this is nothing to scoff at, it still pales in comparison to what the former host of the show, Alex Trebek, earned. The Canadian-American Trebek hosted Jeopardy for 36 years, starting from 1984 to 2020, and made the show his own. His salary was, therefore, progressively increased, and by 2019, he was earning $10 million per season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trebek remained on the show until his demise in 2020, and Jennings is one of those who have stepped in to host the show. The hunt is now on for a permanent host, and if he (Jennings) is able to snag that job, he will be assured improved pay.<\/p>\n

How Much is Ken Jennings\u2019 Pay Per Episode of Jeopardy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ken Jennings makes about $3,400 per episode of Jeopardy. News reports have it that he and his co-host Maryam Bialik are paid roughly $1 million each for each season of Jeopardy they host. Each season of the popular quiz show, which requires the contestants to provide questions to answers, has about 280 episodes, and thus, when we crunch the numbers, it means that Ken Jennings earns $3,400 for each episode of Jeopardy that he hosts.<\/p>\n

This is a far cry from what the last host of the show, Alex Trebek, earned. In 2019, the late Trebek took home $10 million<\/a> per annum for his work, which translated into $34,000 for each episode. It is quite possible that the figure even increased during his last season on the show, i.e., 2020.<\/p>\n

Of course, Ken Jennings and his co-host Maryam Bialik are well aware of this fact, and reports in April 2023 had it that they had been making demands on the production network to increase their salary as they think what they currently earn is not fair when placed in comparison to Trebek\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Their efforts have thus far proved unsuccessful, but whichever one of them is able to land the job on a permanent basis will certainly expect a bump in pay. Of course, this will become a moot point if neither of them ends up getting the permanent hosting gig.<\/p>\n

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