Like other hosts of the day, Trebek made several guest appearances as a panelist or player on other shows. In this show, Trebek alternated smoothly between French and English throughout. Trebek's francophone side was put on display in 1978, in a special bilingual edition of Reach for the Top and its Radio-Canada equivalent, Génies en herbe. Since the second incarnation of High Rollers premiered while The $128,000 Question was still airing and taping episodes, Trebek became one of two hosts to emcee shows in both the United States and Canada, joining Jim Perry, who was hosting Definition and Headline Hunters in Canada and Card Sharks, which coincidentally premiered the same day as High Rollers in 1978 in the United States.
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Double Dare turned out to be his only game show with the CBS network (he returned there in 1994 to host the Pillsbury Bake-Off until 1998), and the first show he hosted for what was then Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, as well as the second season of the syndicated series The $128,000 Question, which was recorded in Toronto. In between stints as host of High Rollers, Trebek hosted the short-lived CBS game show Double Dare (not to be confused with the 1986 Nickelodeon game show of the same name). A year later Trebek hosted the popular Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley game show High Rollers, which had two incarnations on NBC (1974––80) and an accompanying syndicated season (1975–76). In 1973, Trebek moved to the United States and worked for NBC as host of a new game show, The Wizard of Odds.
Although Trebek was the preferred choice of executive producer Ralph Mellanby, based on his audition and other CBC roles, Mellanby stated in 2020 that he ultimately chose Dave Hodge instead, because his boss did not want someone with a mustache to host Hockey Night. In 1971, Trebek was one of several to have been shortlisted to succeed Ward Cornell as host of Hockey Night in Canada. From 1971 until the end of 1972, Trebek hosted I'm Here Til 9, the local morning drive radio show on CBC Toronto. Starting on April 1, 1969, Trebek also hosted Strategy, a weekday afternoon game show. For one or two seasons he hosted a weekly skating program. From 1967 to 1970, he was a host for the CBC, introducing classical music programs including performances by Glenn Gould. In 1966, he hosted a high school quiz show called Reach for the Top. Trebek's first hosting job was on a Canadian music program called Music Hop in 1963.
According to Trebek, "I went to school in the mornings and worked at nights I did everything, at one time replacing every announcer in every possible job." He would eventually read the CBC national radio news and cover a wide range of special events for CBC Radio and CBC Television, including curling and horse racing. Broadcasting career CBC īefore completing his degree, Trebek began his career in 1961 working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. At the time, he was interested in a broadcast news career. While a university student, he was a member of the English Debating Society. Trebek graduated from the University of Ottawa with a degree in philosophy in 1961. Trebek attended Sudbury High School (now Sudbury Secondary School) and then attended the University of Ottawa. Trebek's first job at age 13 was as a bellhop at the hotel where his father worked as a chef. Shortly after, he attended a military college but dropped out when he was asked to cut his hair. Trebek was almost expelled from the boarding school his parents sent him to. He grew up in a bilingual French- English household. Trebek had roots in Renfrew County, Ontario, where his maternal grandmother was born in Mount St. Trebek was born on July 22, 1940, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the son of George Edward Trebek ( born Terebeychuk), a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine as a child, and Lucille Marie Lagacé (Ap– 2016), a Franco-Ontarian. Trebek had been contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022. He received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host eight times for his work on Jeopardy! He died on Novemat the age of 80, after a 20-month battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. He also made appearances, usually as himself, in numerous films and television series.Ī native of Canada, Trebek became a naturalized U.S. Trebek also hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, High Rollers, Battlestars, Classic Concentration, and To Tell the Truth. He is best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020. George Alexander Trebek OC ( / t r ə ˈ b ɛ k/ July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality.
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