Jeopardy! Never Truly Considered LeVar Burton as a Permanent Host, Report

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Jeopardy! Never Truly Considered LeVar Burton as a Permanent Host, Report

A source inside the production team revealed that Burton was never truly in the running as an actual host of the popular game show. Shameful.

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