LeVar Burton‘s TV days are removed from over, and ditto for increasing individuals’s minds — ‘trigger the dude is about to enterprise out on a Trivial Pursuit … one which’s nearly a sealed deal.
Sources with direct information inform TMZ … LeVar and his group are near locking in phrases on a brand new job he is been teeing up for a pair years now — particularly, as govt producer and host of the brand new Trivial Pursuit sport present … which goes to be aired on the CW.
We’re instructed issues are nearly finalized between LeVar and the community, and that the sequence already has a 12-episode order. So, sure … we’re gonna see LeVar on the tube once more in due time.
As for the way all this got here collectively … nicely, our sources inform us that is truly all attributable to Hasbro — the toy firm that owns the rights to Trivial Pursuit, who initially introduced him in.
We’re instructed Hasbro honchos considered LB after he received snubbed by Sony execs for the highly-coveted “Jeopardy!” internet hosting job — which was an entire saga in and of itself. Keep in mind, Sony by no means even approached him for the gig — nor did they severely think about him.
Clearly, Hasbro thought in a different way … and the conversations kicked into excessive gear after the CW grew to become connected to growing Trivial Pursuit right into a sport present. If you happen to’re unfamiliar, TP sees gamers answering a wide range of trivia questions, relating a bunch of classes.
It is type of the proper subsequent chapter for the dude who hosted “Studying Rainbow.”
Congrats!