Mike Richards (television personality)

Michael G. Richards (born July 5, 1975, in Burbank, California), is an American television producer and personality.
Career.
Richards is best known as the second host of "Beauty and the Geek", and has produced numerous game shows including "Weakest Link". Richards was, until the end of the 2018–19 season, the executive producer of "The Price Is Right" and "Let's Make a Deal" and was a candidate to host "The Price is Right" before Drew Carey was chosen. Richards hosted GSN's 2012 revival of "The Pyramid" and the network's 2016–17 version of "Divided". Richards left both shows in 2019 and joined Sony Pictures Television, where he was assigned to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" as a co-executive producer with Jimmy Kimmel, who is also the host of the show, and Michael Davies for the eight-episode run in the 2019–20 season. For the 2020–21 season, Richards succeeded the retiring Harry Friedman as executive producer of "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!".
Following the death of "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek in 2020, Richards filled in temporarily for two weeks as a guest host. His first episode as guest host aired on February 22, 2021.