Mike Richards, el Danger! executive producer who was given a high-profile hosting concert and then he immediately lost it once everyone realized he was an idiot, he will continue to be the head of the game program, The New York Times reports. Many observers expected Richards to agree on an exit deal Danger!producer, Sony Pictures Television.
Danger! He has been in need of a host for almost a year, following the tragic death of his dear friend Alex Trebek, who died last November from complications with pancreatic cancer. Executives tested a variety of A-list guest hosts, including actor Levar Burton, heir to the railway empire Anderson Cooper i Danger! the salon of the famous Ken Jennings.
Richards claims withdrew from the selection process. But like the New York News He noted, in his capacity as executive producer of the show, that he helped select which images of potential hosts ended up in front of the focus group audience.
On August 11, Sony announced that Richards would become the show’s permanent host. But on August 18th Ringer report a severely brutal behavior of his past resurfaced. In your podcast, The Randumb show, Richards made sexist, racist, classist and anti-Semitic statements. He has also been appointed in two anti – discrimination proceedings of his time as executive producer of The price is right. In one case, like the Time according to Richards, “when a model she had hired for the show revealed she was pregnant with twins.”
Last friday Richards formally resigned as host of the program. Given the nature of his priors and the speed with which he left the host concert, Hollywood experts expected Richards to negotiate some sort of exit (probably with many $$$) from the program. But, as he said, said Ravi Ahuja, executive of Sony TV Danger! staff in a hands-free call this week, will continue to be executive producer. He will now report to Suzanne Prete, a longtime business and legal affairs executive at Sony. Prete is also responsible for overseeing the financial relations of the program. Sony says Prete’s new role was determined before all recent business.
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According to the Time, Richards will undergo sensitivity training.
In the meantime, Danger! has taken advantage of the former Big Bang theory star Mayim Bialik, who was already chosen to host the show’s first-hour specials, as a temporary host. It’s not that great either.
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