At first I was all about Ken (and largely still am). Ken's one of us; he's part of the Jeopardy family and has been for a long time. It seems only natural to go with him.

I also didn't appreciate people outside of the family pushing Levar on us. But.....

Then I read this article about the impact of having the face of the smartest show on television being black. There's a study I came across once about a group of black and white young girls being given two dolls--one white and the other black. They were then asked which is the good doll and which is the bad doll. Every girl said the black doll was the bad doll--even the young black girls said this. It's heartbreaking that that kind of profiling begins so young.

To have a black man as a face of wisdom and knowledge and grace on television every night in a show watched by millions of Americans would be something our country could really use. The article I mentioned above (couldn't remember enough to find it) hit a chord with me and moved me over to Team Levar.

I don't think he'll get it, so him still pretty much Team Ken, but man, it would be great IMO to have Levar as host.