Remember Mike Richards? The Brief Host of 'Jeopardy'? So, About Him

Remember how, after Alex Trebek passed away, the producer of Jeopardy, Mike Richards, spent a year ostensibly auditioning guest hosts to replace Trebek, only to name himself as the permanent host? And then he lasted just one day of taping before he was fired over offensive comments he made on a 2013 podcast, The Randumb Show? And let’s not forget the wrongful termination and discrimination lawsuits tied to his time as producer of The Price Is Right?

Yeah, that guy. He has a new job now. He’s been named President and Chief Content Officer of The Daily Wire, the conservative Ben Shapiro outfit that’s been trying — so far, unsuccessfully — to build a right-wing alternative to Hollywood films and television. You might recall movies like Terror on the Prairie, the Gina Carano vehicle that earned just $804 at the box office. Or Lady Ballers, about a group of men who dress in drag to compete in a women’s basketball league. Or the $100 million they committed to developing conservative children’s programming.

Yeah, that The Daily Wire.

“We knew the answer was, ‘Who is Mike Richards?’ And now we can say, ‘He’s an integral part of The Daily Wire’ was the question,” said Daily Wire spokesperson Gloria Taylor. “He’s won 5 Emmys, produced over 4,000 hours of network programming, and run some of the most iconic shows the world has ever known. Thank you to the purple hairs. Please ‘cancel’ more creative geniuses.”

Purple hairs? I suppose that’s the kind of dated cultural reference we can expect from The Daily Wire’s content slate.

Richards steps in following Jeremy Boreing’s resignation as CEO of The Daily Wire last March, amid internal restructuring and reported upheaval within its content division. The one that Mike Richards has been brought in to oversee. Maybe he can start his own version of Jeopardy, only all the answers are based on “alternative facts.”