Mayim Bialik, who acquired an Emmy nomination for her work on “Jeopardy!” after the dying of longtime host Alex Trebek, mentioned on Friday that she wouldn’t return to the favored recreation present, leaving Ken Jennings as the only host.

Bialik started internet hosting “Jeopardy!” on an interim foundation in 2021, and on a everlasting one final yr. She has not appeared on this system or its “Celebrity Jeopardy!” offshoot for the previous few months. In Might, the leisure information web site Deadline reported that she had stepped away from “Jeopardy!” in solidarity with the Hollywood writers’ strike.

“Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!” Bialik wrote on social media on Friday, referring to the agency that produces the present. “I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been part of the Jeopardy! family.”

She didn’t point out the strike, which ended within the fall.

Sony confirmed Bialik’s departure in a separate assertion, saying solely that the choice for Jennings to proceed alone was made “to maintain continuity for our viewers.” The corporate thanked Bialik for her contributions and mentioned that it hoped to proceed to work together with her on prime time specials, with out elaborating.

The shake up at “Jeopardy!” is the most recent for a present that struggled to find a replacement for Trebek after his death in November 2020. Following a string of celeb hosts, together with LeVar Burton and Mehmet Oz, and a botched plan for govt producer Mike Richards to take over, Bialik crammed in as a short lived host and cut up duties with Ken Jennings, a former champion.

Bialik, who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and is greatest identified for starring in “The Big Bang Theory,” a tv present, made it clear when she stepped in as interim host in 2021 that she needed the place to develop into everlasting.

Some critics questioned her impartiality. Trebek had been celebrated for having a impartial and neutral air, whereas Ms. Bialik was outspoken on matters reminiscent of vaccines.

However in July 2022, Bialik and Jennings had been named permanent joint hosts, and each had been nominated this yr for an Emmy for “Outstanding Host for a Game Show.”