Welcome to the beginning of the end of Alex Trebek. The struggles of Matt Lauer at the Today show have gotten the rumor mill in full gear, with Anderson Cooper, Brian Williams, and Dan Patrick now in the mix. Let's examine the possibilities.
Somehow we were not surprised that CNN's Arab Spring coverage and StoryCorps's 9/11 stories picked up Peabody awards, but it was pretty delightful to see Game of Thrones, Homeland, and of course the Colbert Report on the list as well.
What's next for Watson, the most famous Jeopardy! contestant in recent years? A job on Wall Street, of course. His first client is Citigroup, for which he will analyze customer needs and process data.
The Atlantic's James Warren reminds us Richard Cordray, whom was just appointed as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, won Jeopardy! five times in 1987, which is not at all what Bloomberg meant by "Obama Nominees in Jeopardy After Cordray Appointment."
The 74-time Jeopardy! champion says you can ask him anything
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