While “Jeopardy!”
Whitaker has also been awarded the Paul White Award for career achievement (viaCBS).
“I have been really blown away by the coverage this all gets,” he told theWashington Post.

“I truly did think, silly me, that I was going to be a ‘Jeopardy!’
guest host and carry on with my life as usual.
In the meantime, “Jeopardy!”

“I work in television news, which is a totally different animal.
I’m used to talking to one camera,” he told theWashington Post.
The thing that I was most surprised about was just how fast-paced it is.”