Colin Jost Announced as New “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” Host: 'What Is: I'm Excited'

The 'SNL' Weekend Update host will take the helm of the new Prime Video spinoff of the classic game show

Colin Jost might be busy commentating on surfing in Tahiti for the 2024 Summer Olympics right now, but he's got another exciting new gig lined up for the fall.

On Wednesday, July 31, the Saturday Night Live star was announced as the host of an all-new iteration of America's favorite gameshow: Jeopardy!

Jost, 42, will host Prime Video's Pop Culture Jeopardy!, which goes into production in August, and shared his response to the new gig in a perfectly timed statement. "What is: I'm excited."

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Suzanne Prete, the President of Game Shows at Sony Pictures Television, said that Jost's "sharp wit and intelligence epitomize Pop Culture Jeopardy!" and they "could not be happier" to have him on board.

“He’s smart and quick, like our contestants, and we know he’ll be able to keep up with them while making this new series his own," Prete said.

In a statement, Amazon MGM Studios' Lauren Anderson said that Jost's "wry affability and pop culture fluency make him uniquely qualified as the perfect host for this new iteration of the beloved franchise.”

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The spinoff of the classic game show, which has been on air since 1964, will bring a "brand-new twist" to the quiz show's "'answer-and-question' format that combines the academic rigor of Jeopardy! with the excitement and unpredictability of pop culture," per the release.

"Contestants, playing in teams of three, will need to be experts in categories from Alternative Rock to The Avengers; Broadway to MMA; Gen Z to Zendaya as they compete in a tournament-style event for the grand prize and ultimate bragging rights."

The fall will be extra busy for Jost as the landmark 50th season of SNL gets underway, and he continues hosting the show's "Weekend Update" segment with Michael Che.

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The upcoming season will also see another familiar face returning, as it was confirmed on July 31 that Maya Rudolph will reprise her role as Vice President Kamala Harris for the late-night sketch comedy series in the lead-up to the 2024 election, for which Harris is the presumed democratic nominee.

It's a character she's been playing since 2019, when Harris, 59, first came on the scene and ran for the democratic nomination for president, and one that's a fan-favorite. It also earned Rudolph, 52, an Emmy Award in 2020.

During the 2020 election, Harris got the chance to ask Rudolph about playing her, and the actress said, "There's nothing crazily overt about [you], but I have to tell you, when I got to [SNL] and they put the wig on me, it was done."

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