A proposed Texas bill banning transgender youth from participating in sports is "bad for business," Gearbox Entertainment testified yesterday before the Texas Committee on Public Education. Gearbox Director of Institutional Partnerships David Najjab told lawmakers that bills and others like it targeting transgender youth will make "Texas appear unfriendly and unwelcome." He argued that such bills stand to hurt Gearbox's efforts to recruit top game development talent to the state. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/05/borderlands-the-movie-gets-an-official-synopsis"] "[Game development] requires an educated workforce of a certain type. It makes us look bad. It sullies us and makes it hard to recruit," Najjab said. "Our game companies are in competition worldwide. We sell more to Asia than we do in the U.S. We bring a lot of money to Texas. We're headquartered here. Don't drive us to where we have to start expanding outside of Texas and outside of the country. We want to keep doing business here." Gearbox's opposition comes amid a recent wave of bills targeting transgender youth in states like Arkansas, Florida, and Texas. Similar bills will also impact healthcare for transgender youth by banning doctors from prescribing blockers that delay the onset of puberty. Asked for a statement, a Gearbox representative said that Najjab's testimony "can stand alone." The studio also highlighted its previous opposition to a proposed bill targeting which bathrooms trans people could use. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the issue, saying that discriminatory bills would "only increase the challenges that we face in attracting top talent to Texas." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-borderlands-review&captions=true"] "We are in a battle for globally competitive talent, and our ability to successfully recruit and retain our future workforce is critical to our long-term economic prosperity. We already face stiff competition with employers in places such as California. Discriminatory laws will only increase the challenges that we face in attracting top talent to Texas," Pitchford wrote in the letter to Abbott. Gearbox has been based in Texas since its inception in 1999, relocating to a new facility in Frisco, Texas in 2014. It most recently published Godfall as a next-gen launch title, with Homeworld 3 set to launch in 2022. A Borderlands movie is also under development. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN.

A proposed Texas bill banning transgender youth from participating in sports is "bad for business," Gearbox Entertainment testified yesterday before the Texas Committee on Public Education. Gearbox Director of Institutional Partnerships David Najjab told lawmakers that bills and others like it targeting transgender youth will make "Texas appear unfriendly and unwelcome." He argued that such bills stand to hurt Gearbox's efforts to recruit top game development talent to the state. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/05/borderlands-the-movie-gets-an-official-synopsis"] "[Game development] requires an educated workforce of a certain type. It makes us look bad. It sullies us and makes it hard to recruit," Najjab said. "Our game companies are in competition worldwide. We sell more to Asia than we do in the U.S. We bring a lot of money to Texas. We're headquartered here. Don't drive us to where we have to start expanding outside of Texas and outside of the country. We want to keep doing business here." Gearbox's opposition comes amid a recent wave of bills targeting transgender youth in states like Arkansas, Florida, and Texas. Similar bills will also impact healthcare for transgender youth by banning doctors from prescribing blockers that delay the onset of puberty. Asked for a statement, a Gearbox representative said that Najjab's testimony "can stand alone." The studio also highlighted its previous opposition to a proposed bill targeting which bathrooms trans people could use. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the issue, saying that discriminatory bills would "only increase the challenges that we face in attracting top talent to Texas." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-ign-borderlands-review&captions=true"] "We are in a battle for globally competitive talent, and our ability to successfully recruit and retain our future workforce is critical to our long-term economic prosperity. We already face stiff competition with employers in places such as California. Discriminatory laws will only increase the challenges that we face in attracting top talent to Texas," Pitchford wrote in the letter to Abbott. Gearbox has been based in Texas since its inception in 1999, relocating to a new facility in Frisco, Texas in 2014. It most recently published Godfall as a next-gen launch title, with Homeworld 3 set to launch in 2022. A Borderlands movie is also under development. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN.

NASA expects to see 10 to 20 meteors per hour during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower happening tomorrow. The Lyrid meteor shower is the first of Spring and it's set to peak in the early morning hours of tomorrow, according to NASA as reported by BusinessInsider. The Lyrid meteor shower happens in the final days of April each year as the Earth passes through the dusty trail behind comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, otherwise known as Comet Thatcher. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/10/25/nasa-names-new-constellations-after-hulk-tardis-more"] As for the best way to view this shower, NASA says in its blog post about the shower that its "best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere during the dark hours (after moonset and before dawn)," and that those interested should "find an area well away from city or street lights." "Come prepared with a sleeping bag, blanket or lawn chair," the blog post reads. "Lie flat on your back with your feet facing east and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible. After about 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adapt and you will begin to see meteors. Be patient — the show will last until dawn, so you have plenty of time to catch a glimpse." NASA says that Lyrids "frequently leave glowing dust trains behind them as they streak through the Earth's atmosphere" and that these trains remain observable for several seconds. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=gorgeous-photos-of-earth-from-space&captions=true"] According to BusinessInsider, viewers should wait until the "waxing moon sets," which will happen around 4 a.m. EST in the U.S., as doing so will make it easier to see the meteors and their tails in the sky. The meteors are best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere, per NASA, but BusinessInsider reports that those in need of a reference point of where to look should look for the "harp-like constellation Lyra, from which the Lyrids often seem to emerge." This comet was discovered in 1861, according to NASA, and the pieces of space debris from the comet that interact with the Earth's atmosphere are what's responsible for the Lyrid meteor shower that's happening tomorrow. This shower is one of the oldest-known meteor showers, according to NASA, as they've been observed for 2700 years, with the first recorded sighting happening in China in 687 BC. "The Lyrids are known for their fast and bright meteors, though not as fast or as plentiful as the famous Perseids in August," NASA's blog post reads. "Lyrids can surprise watchers with as many as 100 meteors seen per hour. Sightings of these heavier showers occurred in 1803 (Virginia), 1922 (Greece), 1945 (Japan), and 1982 (United States). In general, 10 to 20 Lyrid meteors can be seen per hour during their peek." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/14/signs-of-alien-life-found-on-venus-ign-now"] For more science from IGN, check out this story about how NASA named some new constellations after Hulk, Thor's hammer, Godzilla, Doctor Who, and more. Read this story about possible signs of life detected on Venus as far back as 1978 after that and then check out this story about how the next possible Earth might be a planet with two suns like Tatooine. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer, guide maker, and science guru for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

NASA expects to see 10 to 20 meteors per hour during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower happening tomorrow. The Lyrid meteor shower is the first of Spring and it's set to peak in the early morning hours of tomorrow, according to NASA as reported by BusinessInsider. The Lyrid meteor shower happens in the final days of April each year as the Earth passes through the dusty trail behind comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, otherwise known as Comet Thatcher. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/10/25/nasa-names-new-constellations-after-hulk-tardis-more"] As for the best way to view this shower, NASA says in its blog post about the shower that its "best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere during the dark hours (after moonset and before dawn)," and that those interested should "find an area well away from city or street lights." "Come prepared with a sleeping bag, blanket or lawn chair," the blog post reads. "Lie flat on your back with your feet facing east and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible. After about 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adapt and you will begin to see meteors. Be patient — the show will last until dawn, so you have plenty of time to catch a glimpse." NASA says that Lyrids "frequently leave glowing dust trains behind them as they streak through the Earth's atmosphere" and that these trains remain observable for several seconds. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=gorgeous-photos-of-earth-from-space&captions=true"] According to BusinessInsider, viewers should wait until the "waxing moon sets," which will happen around 4 a.m. EST in the U.S., as doing so will make it easier to see the meteors and their tails in the sky. The meteors are best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere, per NASA, but BusinessInsider reports that those in need of a reference point of where to look should look for the "harp-like constellation Lyra, from which the Lyrids often seem to emerge." This comet was discovered in 1861, according to NASA, and the pieces of space debris from the comet that interact with the Earth's atmosphere are what's responsible for the Lyrid meteor shower that's happening tomorrow. This shower is one of the oldest-known meteor showers, according to NASA, as they've been observed for 2700 years, with the first recorded sighting happening in China in 687 BC. "The Lyrids are known for their fast and bright meteors, though not as fast or as plentiful as the famous Perseids in August," NASA's blog post reads. "Lyrids can surprise watchers with as many as 100 meteors seen per hour. Sightings of these heavier showers occurred in 1803 (Virginia), 1922 (Greece), 1945 (Japan), and 1982 (United States). In general, 10 to 20 Lyrid meteors can be seen per hour during their peek." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/14/signs-of-alien-life-found-on-venus-ign-now"] For more science from IGN, check out this story about how NASA named some new constellations after Hulk, Thor's hammer, Godzilla, Doctor Who, and more. Read this story about possible signs of life detected on Venus as far back as 1978 after that and then check out this story about how the next possible Earth might be a planet with two suns like Tatooine. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer, guide maker, and science guru for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

New to Netflix in May means kick-ass titles from some of Hollywood's most dynamic creators. To kick things off, the streamer is releasing Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead on May 21. This zombie apocalypse film features an impressive lineup of actors, including Dave Bautista, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Garret Dillahunt. Be sure to check out the zombie-infested trailer in the video below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/13/army-of-the-dead-official-trailer"] On the TV front, Netflix is dropping Season 3 of comedian Aziz Ansari's Master of None after a four-year hiatus, and the series premiere of Jupiter's Legacy on May 7, which is an adaption of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's graphic novel. And if you're looking for some adult-animated fun, Netflix has you covered with Volume 2 of its Love, Death & Robots anthology series on May 14, and Castlevania Season 4 on May 13. In our exclusive interview with Love, Death & Robots creator Tim Miller and director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, IGN's Julia Alexander uncovered what we can expect from the upcoming season. Check out the slideshow gallery below for highlights of Netflix's May offerings followed by the full list (U.S. Netflix only): [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflix-spotlight-may-2021&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"]

May 1

• Aliens Stole My Body
• Angelina Ballerina: Season 5
• Angelina Ballerina: Season 6
• Back to the Future
• Back to the Future Part II
• Back to the Future Part III
• Barney and Friends: Season 13
• Barney and Friends: Season 14
• Best of the Best
• Dead Again in Tombstone
• Due Date
• Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
• Green Zone
• Hachi: A Dog's Tale
• JT LeRoy
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
• Mystic River
• Never Back Down
• Notting Hill
• Open Season
• Resident Evil: Afterlife
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• S.M.A.R.T Chase
• Scarface
• SITTING IN LIMBO
• Stargate
• State of Play
• The Land Before Time
• The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
• The Lovely Bones
• The Pelican Brief
• The Sweetest Thing
• The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
• Under Siege
• Waist Deep
• Your Highness
• Zack and Miri Make a Porno
• Zombieland

May 2

• Hoarders: Season 11

May 4

• The Clovehitch Killer
• Selena: The Series: Part 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Trash Truck: Season 2 -- NETFLIX FAMILY

May 5

• Framing John DeLorean
• The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

May 6

• Dead Man Down

May 7

• Girl from Nowhere: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Jupiter's Legacy -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Milestone -- NETFLIX FILM
• Monster -- NETFLIX FILM

May 8

• Mine -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Sleepless

May 11

• Money, Explained -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

May 12

• Dance of the Forty One -- NETFLIX FILM
• Oxygen -- NETFLIX FILM
• The Upshaws -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 13

• Castlevania: Season 4 -- NETFLIX ANIME
• Layer Cake

May 14

• Ferry -- NETFLIX FILM
• Haunted: Season 3 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• I Am All Girls -- NETFLIX FILM
• Jungle Beat: The Movie -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Love, Death & Robots: Volume 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Move to Heaven -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Strange House -- NETFLIX FILM
• The Woman in the Window -- NETFLIX FILM

May 16

• Sleight

May 18

• Sardar Ka Grandson -- NETFLIX FILM

May 19

• The Last Days
• Sabotage
• Small Town Crime
• Who Killed Sara?: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 20

• Hating Peter Tatchell
• Special: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

May 21

• Army of the Dead -- NETFLIX FILM
• Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season 3 -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• The Neighbor: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 22

• Sam Smith: Love Goes - Live At Abbey Road Studios

May 25

• Home

May 26

• Baggio: The Divine Ponytail -- NETFLIX FILM
• High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Nail Bomber: Manhunt -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

May 27

• Black Space -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Blue Miracle -- NETFLIX FILM
• Eden -- NETFLIX ANIME
• Soy Rada: Serendipity -- NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL

May 28

• Dog Gone Trouble -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Lucifer: Season 5 Part 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Kominsky Method: Season 3 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 31

• Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story
• The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Exact Date TBD

• AlRawabi School for Girls -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (2021)
• HALSTON -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Mad for Each Other -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Master of None -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Racket Boys -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Ragnarok: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/07/jupiters-legacy-official-trailer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

New to Netflix in May means kick-ass titles from some of Hollywood's most dynamic creators. To kick things off, the streamer is releasing Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead on May 21. This zombie apocalypse film features an impressive lineup of actors, including Dave Bautista, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Garret Dillahunt. Be sure to check out the zombie-infested trailer in the video below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/13/army-of-the-dead-official-trailer"] On the TV front, Netflix is dropping Season 3 of comedian Aziz Ansari's Master of None after a four-year hiatus, and the series premiere of Jupiter's Legacy on May 7, which is an adaption of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's graphic novel. And if you're looking for some adult-animated fun, Netflix has you covered with Volume 2 of its Love, Death & Robots anthology series on May 14, and Castlevania Season 4 on May 13. In our exclusive interview with Love, Death & Robots creator Tim Miller and director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, IGN's Julia Alexander uncovered what we can expect from the upcoming season. Check out the slideshow gallery below for highlights of Netflix's May offerings followed by the full list (U.S. Netflix only): [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflix-spotlight-may-2021&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"]

May 1

• Aliens Stole My Body
• Angelina Ballerina: Season 5
• Angelina Ballerina: Season 6
• Back to the Future
• Back to the Future Part II
• Back to the Future Part III
• Barney and Friends: Season 13
• Barney and Friends: Season 14
• Best of the Best
• Dead Again in Tombstone
• Due Date
• Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
• Green Zone
• Hachi: A Dog's Tale
• JT LeRoy
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
• Mystic River
• Never Back Down
• Notting Hill
• Open Season
• Resident Evil: Afterlife
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• S.M.A.R.T Chase
• Scarface
• SITTING IN LIMBO
• Stargate
• State of Play
• The Land Before Time
• The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
• The Lovely Bones
• The Pelican Brief
• The Sweetest Thing
• The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
• Under Siege
• Waist Deep
• Your Highness
• Zack and Miri Make a Porno
• Zombieland

May 2

• Hoarders: Season 11

May 4

• The Clovehitch Killer
• Selena: The Series: Part 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Trash Truck: Season 2 -- NETFLIX FAMILY

May 5

• Framing John DeLorean
• The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

May 6

• Dead Man Down

May 7

• Girl from Nowhere: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Jupiter's Legacy -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Milestone -- NETFLIX FILM
• Monster -- NETFLIX FILM

May 8

• Mine -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Sleepless

May 11

• Money, Explained -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

May 12

• Dance of the Forty One -- NETFLIX FILM
• Oxygen -- NETFLIX FILM
• The Upshaws -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 13

• Castlevania: Season 4 -- NETFLIX ANIME
• Layer Cake

May 14

• Ferry -- NETFLIX FILM
• Haunted: Season 3 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• I Am All Girls -- NETFLIX FILM
• Jungle Beat: The Movie -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Love, Death & Robots: Volume 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Move to Heaven -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Strange House -- NETFLIX FILM
• The Woman in the Window -- NETFLIX FILM

May 16

• Sleight

May 18

• Sardar Ka Grandson -- NETFLIX FILM

May 19

• The Last Days
• Sabotage
• Small Town Crime
• Who Killed Sara?: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 20

• Hating Peter Tatchell
• Special: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

May 21

• Army of the Dead -- NETFLIX FILM
• Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Season 3 -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• The Neighbor: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 22

• Sam Smith: Love Goes - Live At Abbey Road Studios

May 25

• Home

May 26

• Baggio: The Divine Ponytail -- NETFLIX FILM
• High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Nail Bomber: Manhunt -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

May 27

• Black Space -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Blue Miracle -- NETFLIX FILM
• Eden -- NETFLIX ANIME
• Soy Rada: Serendipity -- NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL

May 28

• Dog Gone Trouble -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Lucifer: Season 5 Part 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Kominsky Method: Season 3 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

May 31

• Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story
• The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Exact Date TBD

• AlRawabi School for Girls -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (2021)
• HALSTON -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Mad for Each Other -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Master of None -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Racket Boys -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Ragnarok: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/07/jupiters-legacy-official-trailer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

Activision is actively investigating an issue with Call of Duty: Warzone servers that are keeping players in a long server queue as they wait to try out the new event before Season 3. The next Call of Duty: Warzone season begins with a large bomb that seemingly nukes Verdansk. But players hoping to catch a glimpse of this before Warzone goes down for maintenance are instead stuck in a long line. Some players who successfully get in have had the game crash on them before the event finishes.

We're actively investigating an issue with long wait times in the server queue for #WARZONE. Stay tuned for updates.

— Activision Support (@ATVIAssist) April 21, 2021

Another series of events is expected to follow after 2 pm PT, and there will be updates leading into tomorrow when the event wraps and presumably new changes go live. Players who do successfully queue into the Destruction of Verdansk event will find themselves in a large-scale game of Infected. Players who are killed will be resurrected as zombies and able to hunt down other players. All while the skies rumble and scared soldiers are heard on the radio begging to be extracted from the site. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/09/call-of-duty-warzone-official-trailer"] Activision Support will likely update players when servers are functioning properly again, so check back with IGN for the latest updates. For more, check out our full rundown of what to expect from Call of Duty: Warzone season 3. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor.

Activision is actively investigating an issue with Call of Duty: Warzone servers that are keeping players in a long server queue as they wait to try out the new event before Season 3. The next Call of Duty: Warzone season begins with a large bomb that seemingly nukes Verdansk. But players hoping to catch a glimpse of this before Warzone goes down for maintenance are instead stuck in a long line. Some players who successfully get in have had the game crash on them before the event finishes.

We're actively investigating an issue with long wait times in the server queue for #WARZONE. Stay tuned for updates.

— Activision Support (@ATVIAssist) April 21, 2021

Another series of events is expected to follow after 2 pm PT, and there will be updates leading into tomorrow when the event wraps and presumably new changes go live. Players who do successfully queue into the Destruction of Verdansk event will find themselves in a large-scale game of Infected. Players who are killed will be resurrected as zombies and able to hunt down other players. All while the skies rumble and scared soldiers are heard on the radio begging to be extracted from the site. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/09/call-of-duty-warzone-official-trailer"] Activision Support will likely update players when servers are functioning properly again, so check back with IGN for the latest updates. For more, check out our full rundown of what to expect from Call of Duty: Warzone season 3. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor.

Star Trek and Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton will be one of the final guest hosts of Season 37 of Jeopardy. They say it never hurts to shoot your shot and that's exactly what Burton did earlier this month after expressing his interest in hosting the show. He even tweeted out a Change.org petition made by fans that amassed nearly 250,000 signatures. All of that brought him to today where it was announced that he'd be one of the final guest hosts for Season 37 of Jeopardy.

THANK YOU... to all y’all for your passionate support! I am overjoyed, excited, and eager to be guest-hosting Jeopardy!, and will do my utmost best to live up to your faith you in me. YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE! Go ahead and take my word for it, this time. https://t.co/C7mZWMok2X

— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) April 21, 2021

As you can see in the tweet above, Burton is quite excited about this opportunity and very thankful for the fans across social media that voiced their support of Burton's push to become the new permanent host of Jeopardy following the death of Alex Trebek last year. Burton will join Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, David Faber, and Joe Buck as part of the final group of guest hosts for Season 37 of the show. Fans online are already hoping that Burton's showing on Jeopardy soon will lead into a permanent spot as the host of the show, with some even speculating that him being one of the final guest hosts could be a lead-up to such an announcement. Burton's episodes of Jeopardy will air from July 26 to July 30 later this year. Burton made his acting debut in 1976 with Almos' a Man and since then, he's gone on to become famed Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the host of Reading Rainbow, which he did for 23 years before kickstarting a return of the show. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes. 

Star Trek and Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton will be one of the final guest hosts of Season 37 of Jeopardy. They say it never hurts to shoot your shot and that's exactly what Burton did earlier this month after expressing his interest in hosting the show. He even tweeted out a Change.org petition made by fans that amassed nearly 250,000 signatures. All of that brought him to today where it was announced that he'd be one of the final guest hosts for Season 37 of Jeopardy.

THANK YOU... to all y’all for your passionate support! I am overjoyed, excited, and eager to be guest-hosting Jeopardy!, and will do my utmost best to live up to your faith you in me. YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE! Go ahead and take my word for it, this time. https://t.co/C7mZWMok2X

— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) April 21, 2021

As you can see in the tweet above, Burton is quite excited about this opportunity and very thankful for the fans across social media that voiced their support of Burton's push to become the new permanent host of Jeopardy following the death of Alex Trebek last year. Burton will join Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, David Faber, and Joe Buck as part of the final group of guest hosts for Season 37 of the show. Fans online are already hoping that Burton's showing on Jeopardy soon will lead into a permanent spot as the host of the show, with some even speculating that him being one of the final guest hosts could be a lead-up to such an announcement. Burton's episodes of Jeopardy will air from July 26 to July 30 later this year. Burton made his acting debut in 1976 with Almos' a Man and since then, he's gone on to become famed Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the host of Reading Rainbow, which he did for 23 years before kickstarting a return of the show. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.