He knows that it will be quite an adjustment for viewers who have been used to seeing Trebek up on that podium for nearly four decades. Jennings, who last year became a consulting producer on “Jeopardy!”, will serve as one of several interim guest hosts in the wake of Trebek’s passing. 7 at 9 p.m., starts out with a heartfelt tribute to “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who died several months ago after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “The Chase,” like so many other trivia shows, works in the shadow of the format’s GOAT: “Jeopardy!” The new series, which premieres on Jan. Quips Jennings: “If you liked us ribbing each other during the GOAT tournament, just wait ’til you see it now where there’s literally nothing at stake and we’re just doing it out of pure pettiness.” “You have people who are there watching there with you, and they’re saying the same things you’re saying it’s a fun thing.”
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“The idea of people offering running commentary, it’s kind of what the world of social media and TV shows and things like that is,” he said. Holzhauer, a sports enthusiast and self-described “armchair quarterback,” said he was “unsure” of the Chaser Lounge as a concept at first, but soon came around to it. While one trivia titan takes to the Chaser chair, the two others linger backstage in the “Chaser Lounge,” watching the game and making cracks about their peer - and the contestants. “It felt like we’d been shooting for years on the first day.” “I wasn’t expecting the chemistry to gel as quickly as it did,” said Rutter. That explains their conversational ease with each other on “The Chase” stage.
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Jennings, Rutter and Holzhauer have a private group text going - as well as a series of public Twitter exchanges, where they have been taking good-natured jabs at each other since the GOAT tourney a year ago. It takes a good sort of person to be able to handle that and play through it.” “You’re kind of fighting an uphill battle as a Chaser,” added Holzhauer. “I felt like I was letting the format down if I didn’t know something, because I’m supposed to be knowledgeable and pedantic, and I can do all that, but even though there was less at stake financially for us as players this time - because we’re not contestants - it did feel like, ‘Oh, for this show to work, I’ve really got to be on the ball,'” Jennings told Variety at a recent virtual press junket. This gig is more high-pressure in some ways, even though the trio isn’t playing for any money at all.
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