The Saturday Night Live star made his game show hosting debut on December 4

COLIN Jost has been praised for his superb hosting skills on Pop Culture Jeopardy!, which premiered on Wednesday.

The Saturday Night Live star, 42, shined on screen with a better sense of humor than Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings, fans insisted.

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Colin Jost won over viewers on Pop Culture Jeopardy!’s premiere episodes, which dropped on Amazon Prime on December 4Credit: Amazon Prime

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Ken Jennings, here on Jeopardy! Masters championship in May, doesn’t have ‘star power’ like Colin Jost, Pop Culture Jeopardy! fans arguedCredit: Getty
Colin appeared to be cool, calm and collected as he took the stage on a shiny new set on the first episode, which dropped December 4 on Amazon Prime.

He immediately cracked up the studio audience with a joke in his signature style.

“Finally, a version of Jeopardy! for people who get upset when regular Jeopardy! players miss clues about rappers and reality TV,” he said before beginning the game.

Colin then presented cheeky categories, including Sad Girl Summer, That’s Not My Name, and even included Jeopardy!’s longtime announcer in Johnny Gilbert: Film Thespian.

In the category’s clues, Johnny read film quotes in a dramatic fashion, cracking up the audience.

LOVIN’ COLIN

The host’s performance immediately attracted positive reviews from longtime Jeopardy! fans.

“Colin Jost is a really good host,” one fan wrote on a Jeopardy! Reddit fan page. “I’m enjoying him immensely to be honest.

“I think Ken is really good too, but Colin is more telegenic and has a great sense of humor.

“Obviously, he has more star power than Ken too.”

“Colin’s quick wit and off-the-cuff remarks fit right in without getting in the way of the gameplay,” another said.

“I feel like Colin was very polished for a newbie, and definitely funnier than Ken,” said a third.

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JEOPARDY! GOLDEN BOY

As The U.S. Sun previously reported, Jeopardy! execs were thrilled to sign Colin on as the Pop Culture spinoff’s host.

“At Sony TV, getting Colin to come aboard Jeopardy! was a major coup,” an insider shared.

“And Colin has more experience with live TV than almost anybody involved with Jeopardy!

“He can make things work in the moment that Ken can’t, and nobody is in denial about that.”

The source said Colin could even becom the future host of Celebrity Jeopardy! instead of Ken.

“Colin can interact with celebrity contestants with confidence because they see him as a peer,” the insider continued.

“Unfortunately, that’s never going to be the case with Ken.”

TOUGH CLUES

Jeopardy! fans were initially nervous the show would be “dumbed down” from the high-brow original, with easy and even vulgar clues.

But viewers seemed to agree that the clues were far from simple.

“Surprisingly not too much of a walk in the park with some questions,” one Reddit fan commented. “Yet all very on par with pop culture, new and old.”

“The show was surprisingly not a cakewalk. I didn’t even run the cartoon category,” said another.

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Pop Culture Jeopardy! boasts a shiny, brand-new setCredit: Amazon Prime

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Pop Culture Jeopardy! features three teams of three, instead of individual players as in the original showCredit: Amazon Prime