creator Merv Griffin, left, and host Art Fleming. “I swear to you,” Freedman promised, “no one will ever know.”Other game shows did the same thing. But one man saw opportunity in the scandal’s wake: TV talk show host and media mogul Merv Griffin. (Ben Hider/Getty Images)(Asked to describe Griffin, Trebek said: “What is overweight?”)But Griffin (and his wife) were right about the format and right about Trebek. Today, critics have derided Holzhauer, a baseball gambling whiz and stat junkie, for his analytics, soul-less approach to the game.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2019 17:37 UTC