Mike Richards is out as producer of ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel’

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of radio, television and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by WPIX-TV (New York) for the article “Mike Richards is out as producer of ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel’.” Thompson, an expert on television pop culture, comments on Mike Richards’ recent exit as executive producer of both “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” after past misogynistic and disparaging comments.