Joe Buck Confirms ‘ESPN Jeopardy!' News

ESPN “Monday Night Football” play-by-play man Joe Buck recently landed a new gig in the world of entertainment.

As first reported by Front Office Sports earlier this month, Buck will host a new spinoff show: “ESPN Jeopardy!”

Sony Pictures Television is teaming up with ESPN to launch a version of the iconic gameshow catered specifically toward sports trivia. Contestants on the show will be ESPN talent representing charities of their choice, with a grand prize of $500,000 and the title of “ESPN Jeopardy!” champion on the line.

Buck confirmed that he will host the show during a recent appearance on “Is This A Great Game, Or What?” with Tim Kurkjian.

"Yeah, I'm excited," Buck said, via Awful Announcing. "When Alex passed away, and they went through one guest host after another, probably the most famous of which was Aaron Rodgers doing a week - I think he might've done two - I was in that mix. Now, I showed up there, it's like when I've done GMA. I just did it this year as a host a few times, and there's a very freeing way to go about something like that when you don't want the job. I didn't want the full-time job, but I wanted to say A, that I had done Jeopardy! and B, I wanted to see if I could do it well."

Buck understands the weight that comes with hosting a show in the “Jeopardy!” family.

"What you realize when you do Jeopardy! is it is so special to people who are lifers with that show that if you take it in any different direction or you don't use the exact words that Alex used, you're going to fail," Buck said. "It's not a bet, it's a wager."

“ESPN Jeopardy!” will stream on Disney+ and Hulu this summer.

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This story was originally published April 30, 2026 at 9:08 AM.