Trebek with Ken Jennings, one of the most successful ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants. (REUTERS)
LOS ANGELES — “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek says he is considering retiring from the game show after 28 years.
“Yes, I have been thinking of retiring,” Trebek, 71, said in an interview to air May 6 on “FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace,” according to the media website zap2it.com.
“But I’m torn because I enjoy doing the show so much. A lot of people have been telling me — ‘Alex, you’ve got to go for at least 30. You’ve just done 28. Now at least do two more.’ So that has a nice ring to it. Put in your 30. And go help people,” he added.
Wallace will go behind the scenes on the set of “Jeopardy!” as part of the news show’s “Power Player of the Week” segment.
Trebek previously hinted that he was considering leaving the show, telling Newsweek in February 2011, “I don’t want to do this forever.”
He began hosting the syndicated game show in 1984.