The internet has figured out who they want to replace late Alex Trebek as the host of danger!
April 6th LeVar Burton, the Star Trek: The next generation actor, who hosted the PBS series Reading Rainbow for 23 years, tossed his hat in the ring by sharing a petition from Change.org asking him to host the game show .
“Leave this here in case the powers that be listen,” LeVar wrote of the petition.
The petition started by a person named Joshua Sanders, reads, “LeVar Burton inspired and inspired hosting 21 seasons of the educational Reading Rainbow, playing brain engineer Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: the Next Generation, and playing the role of Kunta Kinte on the increasingly important miniseries Roots.” This petition is designed to show Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and producers Mike Richards and Harry Friedman how much the public loves Burton and how much we would all like to see him as the next host of danger! ”
So far, the petition has over 173,000 signatures for its 200,000 goal.
Fans on Twitter loved the idea. One wrote: “If you have well-read, personable and well-known qualifications for hosting Jeopardy, you should definitely have this job!” Another added: “There is no more personable man in the business.”
A third shared, “Good luck LaVar! You would be a wonderful danger. Rooting for you !!”
