Jeopardy! fans and contestants slam Mayim Bialik for showing ‘no love’ to 3-day champ Jared Watson’s major on-stage flex

A JEOPARDY! contestant impressed viewers by sweeping an entire category on Tuesday’s episode- but Mayim Bialik wasn’t so swept off her feet.

The host raised eyebrows for not acknowledging that outgoing 3-day winner Jared Watson got the whole column correct as expected.

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Jared, a quality control specialist from Greenville, Texas, lost to Suresh Krishnan, a networking engineer from Suwanee, Georgia, ending his $56,000 run.

But he went out with a bookish bang having swept the Double Jeopardy! category “Books and Authors,” beforehand.

He racked up $6000 as a result but host Mayim, 47, did not mention that he ran the category and swiftly moved on.

Running a category is a respected and rare feat.

When a contestant swept a “Phobias” category earlier this year co-host Ken Jennings was quick to applaud: “That’s correct, you know your phobias!”

‘MAYIM FAILED TO GIVE PROPS’

One Reddit user wrote in an internet thread: “No love for Jared running the category of Books and Authors? Jeez…”

Another spotted the snub too: “For some reason, Mayim failed to give props to Jared on running the BOOKS & AUTHORS category.

“It was an impressive run since it covered the literary gamut from Bram Stoker to Octavia Butler.”

A third argued: “I thought I heard or read somewhere that they’re no longer doing the applause/acknowledgment for running categories, probably because of how nearly everyone jumps around the board nowadays.”

While even Suresh, who won the episode, chimed in to say: “I wondered that too.

“If I remember correctly, Jared did not go through all of them top down (but did all of the category together) and that might have thrown that recognition off.

MAYIM BIALIK’S ‘LONG PAUSES’

Ken recently wrapped the thrilling Jeopardy! Masters special, which was won by James Holzhauer, underdog Mattea Roach, 24, came in a close second.

Mayim, who is Ken’s co-successor to Alex Trebek, is finishing out the regular season until the summer.

Ken won’t be seen until the 2023 Tournament of Champions, which will kick off Season 40 in September, barring the last week of Season 39.

Many Jeopardy! viewers who’ve tuned in since Masters have not been overly impressed with Mayim and her hosting style.

In particular, they noticed that the actress takes too long to respond to contestants when they give their responses and contestants have even started adding to their responses while they wait for her to rule.

One Reddit user recently put it: “I’m not posting this to open up any Mayim bashing, but do we know the reason why she pauses so long before confirming an answer is correct?”

Another agreed: “It’s not ‘Mayim bashing’ at all to point out her pregnant pauses are confusing contestants (not to mention we viewers).

“Producers need to address this as it is not just annoying, it could affect the outcome of a game,” they added.

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