MAYIM Bialik has looked tiresome in a new video while recovering from an unpleasant but thankfully routine medical procedure instead of filming her game show.

Mayim, 47, is being replaced by Ken Jennings on Celebrity Jeopardy! this season, and it’s unknown when she’ll return to hosting.

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Mayim’s latest Instagram video saw the TV star looking exhausted but in good spirits over the weekend.

She spent all of Friday and perhaps even went overnight at the hospital after getting a colonoscopy while Jeopardy! taped new episodes.

The Big Bang Theory star earlier said the colonoscopy was “not terribly fun.”

While makeup-free and her eyes looking heavy in a black tee, she shared that all was well and she was now resting up.

“Okay, I am home. I have survived the colonoscopy,” Mayim told the camera with a gentle laugh.

“The prep can be daunting, I can share another time my top tips.

“This is one of those things a lot of people put off, and I highly recommend you do not put it off if you are of the age they recommend a colonoscopy.”

“Preventative care in this arena is very important.”

“It’s nothing to be ashamed of, and it’s not as scary as you anticipate.”

“There are ways for it to not be a traumatic experience.”

She captioned the post: “Colonoscopy Update: I have survived! Here are some reasons to consider scheduling a preventative procedure if you’re eligible.”

‘THANK YOU FOR THIS!’

Fans deeply appreciated Mayim’s advice about less-than-glamorous topics and that she’s taking charge of her health.

“As a gastroenterologist, I appreciate your getting the word out for people to get a colonoscopy. Too many people put it off until the have symptoms / a tumor,” one person commented.

“Thanks for sharing this. I had a tumor removed from my colon when I was 45. 14 colonoscopies and 20 years later, I’m still cancer free,” wrote another.

A colonoscopy is a procedure a doctor uses to look at the inside of the colon with a colonoscope and nearly always requires a patient to be sedated under anesthesia.

According to the CDC, it’s recommended that adults begin getting routine colonoscopies at 45 or earlier if a person has inflammatory bowel disease or a family history of colon cancer or polyps.

Mayim shared extremely candid photos from her procedure, wearing a hospital gown, hair cap, and a blood pressure cuff on her arm as it happened.

Given Jeopardy! taped the day of her procedure; according to On Camera Audiences, it’s safe to say Mayim is not hosting the start of the new season.

CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! EXIT

Mayim, 47, will also not be hosting the upcoming season of Celebrity Jeopardy!, it was reported by Deadline today.

Instead, former champion Ken, 49, will host the ABC special and nightly regular episodes for the foreseeable future.

According to On Camera Audiences, the Celebrity spinoff resumed taping today.

Celebrity Jeopardy! will premiere its second season on Wednesday, September 27 at 8 p.m.

The game show shared an Instagram post featuring Ken, making it clear he was hosting instead.

“Clue: Hollywood’s brightest are back when this show premieres Wednesday, Sept 27 at 8/7c on ABC! Answer: What is #CelebrityJeopardy!?” they wrote.

The changeup marks Ken’s first time to host all programming for Jeopardy! and signals that Mayim may be staying off the board until the dual Hollywood strikes end.

Mayim hosted the entirety of the special last year -which returned for the first time since 2015 and without Alex Trebek.

Ike Barenholtz won the special and, in another first, earned a ticket to the next annual Tournament of Champions.

While it’s no secret fans and contestants largely prefer Ken for the syndicated show, people praised the Big Bang Theory star for finding her wheelhouse with her fellow celebs last season.

In July 2022, Mayim and Ken were named co-hosts of the long-running show, and it was explained that they would split the duties of hosting the syndicated show, tournaments, and specials between them.

The co-host arrangement changed in light of the WGA strike, which began in early May.

Not long after, Mayim bowed out of filming regular episodes in solidarity with the writers, and Ken took over as host for the last week of taping Season 39.

Jeopardy! employs WGA writers to write the heavenly head-scratching clues that challenge contestants night after night.

Deadline reported today that Mayim exited Celebrity Jeopardy! as she is a SAG-AFTRA member: “Add striking actors to that news and now you have Jennings taking over.”

KEN TO HOST ALL OF JEOPARDY! FOR NOW

Nightly Jeopardy! is now on summer hiatus and will return with Season 40 on September 11.

When filming Season 40 of Jeopardy! began last Tuesday, Jeopardy! writers and former players picketed outside of the show’s studio, as confirmed by the WGA.

The Writers Guild of America West posted photos of members on strike and tweeted, “Writers and past contestants showed up at 6am this morning to picket @Jeopardy which began filming today with recycled questions.”

As The U.S. Sun reported, Ken apparently entered the studio through an entrance that didn’t require him to go past the protestors.

An anonymous WGA member exclusively shared: “It sounded like most of the writers were there.

“We didn’t get a chance to turn away Ken Jennings because no one saw him drive up.

“So he either heard there was a picket line and didn’t leave home, or he went another route into the production.”

Furthermore, The U.S. Sun reported that a Reddit user who claimed they were in the studio saw Ken hosting the taping.

They noted that the filming wasn’t canceled and responded to a fan who asked if Ken was there.

“Yes, he was,” they wrote. “And at the end of the taping, Ken told everyone his son Dylan was in the audience!”

KEN CLAPS BACK

The legendary champ recently clapped back about hosting during the strike come fall.

On August 13, a disgruntled fan called out Ken on X, formerly known as Twitter.

They posted: “Ken Jennings, you’re a disgrace if you’re trying to cross picket lines.

“Alex [Trebek] would NEVER do anything of the sort. He would turn over his grave seeing you act like that.”

The star replied with a screenshot of Sony’s recent statement about the upcoming 40th season: “Jeopardy! has a long history with and tremendous respect for the WGA and our writers. We have always been careful to honor our WGA agreements and we would never air game material not created by WGA writers.”

He then highlighted the following section: “However, just as we did, led by Alex Trebek, during the 2007-2008 strike, we will deliver first-run episodes again this fall.”

BIG CHANGES

In addition to Ken being the only host, some massive changes have been made amid the strike.

Season 40 of the game show will consist of recycled questions from past seasons, and former contestants instead of new ones.

Executive producer Michael Davies explained on an episode of the official podcast Inside Jeopardy! why no new contestants will be on the show during the strike.

“I believe, principally, that it would not be fair to have new contestants making their first appearance on the Alex Trebek stage, doing it with non-original material or, as we’ll talk about, a combination of non-original material and material that was written pre-strike,” Davies said.

Because of this, Season 40 will open with a Second Chance tournament of former Season 37 contestants.

Some former contestants have already claimed to have turned down invitations to return in solidarity with the strike.

As Davies mentioned, the other big departure from normal gameplay is that the show will use a combination of clues written prior to the strike and recycled clues from past episodes.

That the show is working around the strike rather than going on hiatus has viewers furious and announcing that they will boycott watching.

Moreover, the decision to reuse questions concerned fans since contestants can just memorize the online archive of previous material.

That said, Season 2 of Celebrity Jeopardy! will be comprised of new material written before the strike.

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