What’s… Ken Jennings dishing on Ryan Seacrest? The Jeopardy! host has been speaking about his neighbors who work on Wheel of Fortune. The 2 long-running recreation reveals are filmed subsequent door to one another at the Sony Studio Lot in Los Angeles.
He shared some details about Ryan Seacrest and his cohost, Vanna White, together with why Seacrest “frustrates” him, and his candy hyperlink with Vanna – they share a stylist. He additionally confessed that he was glad Seacrest didn’t check out for the position of Jeopardy! host, as a result of he might need gotten it. Seacrest at the moment hosts Wheel, American Idol, his radio present On Air With Ryan Seacrest, and extra. He started his internet hosting profession in 1993 and has not slowed down since.
Ken Jennings talked to TV Insider about his time on Who Needs to Be a Millionaire? with Matt Damon. Throughout the interview, he opened up concerning the rival recreation present hosts in addition to how he filmed his cameo in Blissful Gilmore 2, out now on Netflix, which occurred proper on the Sony Studio Lot.
Right here’s what he needed to say.
Wheel of Fortune movies on the identical set as Jeopardy!. Have you ever ever frolicked with Ryan Seacrest or Vanna White whereas on set?
Yeah, they’re on the subsequent stage over. You simply need to cross via just a little breezeway, and then you definitely’re in. You’re on Wheel’s stage. And I’ve frolicked with each of them. Typically, we don’t tape on the similar time as a result of we share a crew with them. So on days when Jeopardy!’s taping, Wheel is normally off, and vice versa. However often, Vanna is there to report one thing further, she’ll come by and say hello, as a result of now we have the identical stylist who does our hair, who does my hair, has achieved Vanna’s hair for years, they usually’re good mates, and she or he is simply essentially the most pleasant individual, so candy, unchanged by her many years of being a TV legend. She is the most effective.
I used to be just lately recording one thing on a day when Wheel was taping. So, I acquired to go over and say hello to Ryan, who I had not seen since he took the reins, and, boy, he has simply made that transition seamlessly. It’s nearly irritating to see. I used to be there on the lot working the primary day he got here into tape the present. I used to be sort of watching a dwell feed, and I used to be simply pondering, ‘Wow, this man is so good on day one.’ It’s not honest. The sort of TV expertise that man has. He’s been within the enterprise for a very long time, a complete skilled. There is no such thing as a present, no format, I believe would rattle Ryan Seacrest, so I’m very glad he has not expressed any curiosity in Jeopardy!.
You’ve a cameo in Blissful Gilmore 2. What was that like?
It’s thrilling as a result of Bob Barker, in fact, was within the first one. So it’s an actual recreation present host seal of approval to have the cameo in Blissful Gilmore. I’ve a really brief scene they shot on the Jeopardy! set the place I play the host of Jeopardy!, so no drawback with my performing vary there. And there’s a clue about Blissful Gilmore. And also you’ll have to look at the film to see how that seems, nevertheless it was very thrilling for me. I don’t assume I’ve ever been in a characteristic movie. So, I now have a Kevin Bacon quantity. I don’t know what it’s, however I now have one.
Jeopardy!, weeknights, examine native listings
Wheel of Fortune, fall 2025, examine native listings