JEOPARDY! fans were impressed by weatherman Eric Ahasic’s 5th win on Friday with $133K total.

But host Mayim Bialik rained on his parade with a shockingly “snippy” shutdown.

Jeopardy! fans are trying to warm up to Mayim Bialik who is hosting as Ken Jennings is on hiatus

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Jeopardy! fans are trying to warm up to Mayim Bialik who is hosting as Ken Jennings is on hiatusCredit: ABC
But before weatherman Eric won his 5th game and $133K total, she got 'snippy' with him and yelled

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But before weatherman Eric won his 5th game and $133K total, she got ‘snippy’ with him and yelledCredit: ABC

Mayim, 46, hosted Jeopardy! for the fifth week in a row, returning after alum Ken Jennings’ prior three weeks at the helm and announcement he’d be out for “months.”

The permanent hosting slot is still on the board and will be decided by the end of Season 38 in July 2022.

This week was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rideshare driver Ryan Long’s last lap -after 16 wins, the ninth-longest streak ever, the beloved broad-shouldered brainiac was bested by Eric.

The Minneapolis, Minnesota meteorologist won again tonight with a massive $133K and 31 correct responses – but while he heated up, Mayim lost her cool.

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During the regular Jeopardy! round, a clue in the category “US Dates” read: “On this date in 1921 an unknown soldier was buried at Arlington National Cemetary.”

Eric buzzed in, and suddenly Mayim was warring with the taken-aback player.

“What is Memorial day?” he responded, to which the actress clapped back, “Looking for the date.”

Seemingly leading Eric to get more specific, he then said, “May 31st?

Mayim then cut him off, “No, nope. No!”

The other two players quietly watched, and right podium’s Siobion then also decided to respond, “What is May 31st?” as that was seemingly what Mayim was implying.

Mayim bluntly said “No” once more.

Concluding the confusing category that saw her get terse, the actress said, “What is November 11th.”

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“Well that was clunky,” one Twitter user wrote after Mayim shut down everyone on stage with the confusing clue that was actually looking for Memorial Day.

“Mayim seems a tad snippy tonight,” wrote another.

“I guess she let him know she wanted the date not the holiday name,” wrote another. “He won’t make that mistake again.”

Another ripped, “She sounds like the artificial computer voice that directs your call when you phone a business.”

A fifth simply wrote, “BRING BACK KEN JENNINGS. MAYAIM BIALIK IS AWFUL & she hesitates because she doesn’t know the answers.”

A sixth wildly wrote, “Mayim should be canceled.”

As a seventh expressed, “I can’t stand Mayim Bialik as jeopardy host. When the contestant answers, there’s a long pause while she waits for someone in her ear to tell her if it’s right or not. It’s maddening.”

Eric was able to bounce back and now qualifies for the Tournament of Champions.

He has a 92% correct response rate so far, per Daily Box Scores and has responded to 129 clues correctly overall with 11 incorrect.

He also has a dandy Daily Double average, going 11/13 total on the randomly placed clue.

However, fans felt Mayim reacted in quite the other direction when Eric lands on one, one user writing: “Mayim is weirdly excited when Eric finds a Daily Double.”

Canadian tutor Mattea Roach, Ryan, and Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio – all from this stunning season – will compete in the Tournament of Champions in November along with Eric.

Ken revealed on a recent podcast episode he was doing more tapings of pre-recorded episodes this month, as many are leaning his way – while Mayim’s sitcom Call Me Kat was given the green light to tape and premiere in just months.

Weatherman Eric will be back to try and strike lightning a sixth time on Monday – if he went on a streak just days after beating Ryan it would be an impressive achievement.

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