If you listen to “The Dan Patrick Show,” you know that one of the things Dan jokes about is one day ditching his show to replace Alex Trebek and become the host of “Jeopardy!” Well Dan is now one step closer to having that happen.
Crackle announced that it is creating a “Sports Jeopardy!” game show that will be hosted by Patrick. The Hollywood Reporter says the show will air weekly for 52 weeks and will be an interactive experience for viewers, who “will be able to download a mobile app that will coincide with the show and unlock new clues.”
Sports Jeopardy! is a spinoff of the — you guessed it! — Sony-produced Jeopardy!
Sony owns Crackle, which is the network best known for producing Jerry Seinfeld’s popular “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” web series.
Though the show will probably initially be popular/available online and through an app, my guess is the end goal is to produce the show and have it picked up by a TV network. This is something Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing also mentioned.
Of course, DP already has a strong background as a game show host, so he should be a natural:
