America has been speculating for months at the host who would step in to fill the shoes of the legendary Alex Trebek after he passed away in November 2020.

According to Variety, the show's executive producer, Mike Richards, is in "advanced negotiations" with Sony Pictures Television to take over the show.

Unless you watch a lot of "Jeopardy!" or saw Richards serve as a guest host, you may have no clue who he is. He joined "Jeopardy!" last year as executive producer, and previously served as the host of the game shows "Divided" and "The Pyramid."

And that's not all:

Earlier in his career, Richards served as host of reality shows "High School Reunion" on The WB network and "Beauty and the Geek" for The CW. He joined "The Price Is Right" in 2008 as a co-executive producer. The following year he became executive producer and also helped sell the revival of "Let's Make a Deal" to CBS, which he also executive produced. By the time he took the reins of "Jeopardy," Richards had produced more than 4,000 hours of game shows.

Richards came to Sony as executive producer of the celebrity edition of the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" specials for ABC.

I have to admit, that's a pretty impressive resume for a guy I don't know.

With all this being said, Sony told Variety that they are still considering "several potential candidates," and a source inside the network warned "that other candidates remain in the mix," so it seems like a bit of an inside power play for Variety to name Richards as heir apparent.

Personally, I think a trivia contest to the death between the final candidates (including fan-favorite player Ken Jennings) would be kinda cool!

What do you think? How do you feel about Richards as the new host?