Joe Buck Announces His Plans For ESPN Jeopardy! Show

Before the NFL season begins in September, legendary sportscaster Joe Buck will get to showcase his skills as a game show host.

Buck, 57, will officially host "ESPN Jeopardy!" this summer. This show, which is part of the "Jeopardy!" franchise, will air on Disney+ and Hulu. ABC Entertainment described this spinoff as the "ultimate match-up between sports and the world’s leading quiz show."

Earlier this week, Buck opened up about hosting "ESPN Jeopardy!" during an interview with longtime baseball reporter Tim Kurkjian. As you'd imagine, he's amped up about this opportunity.

"I'm excited. When Alex passed away, and they went through one guest host after another, probably the most famous of which was Aaron Rodgers doing a week — I think he might’ve done two — I was in that mix," Buck said, via Awful Announcing. "Now, I showed up there, it’s like when I’ve done GMA. I just did it this year as a host a few times, and there’s a very freeing way to go about something like that when you don’t want the job. I didn’t want the full-time job, but I wanted to say A, that I had done Jeopardy! and B, I wanted to see if I could do it well."

As for what fans should expect, Buck said this version of the popular game show will include Triple Jeopardy.

"There’s Triple Jeopardy in this. You’re going to get to know the contestants instead of just the ‘Hey, well, it says here that you ate a donut once while riding a unicycle. Tell us about that,’ and then they go back to the game," Buck continued. "It’s going to be — I think — some moments for light kind of moments in the show."