"Reading Rainbow's" LeVar Burton wants to host "Jeopardy!" – and fans have created a petition to get him there

"Jeopardy!" has been featuring a slew of guest hosts, including Ken Jennings, Katie Couric and Aaron Rodgers – and yet another host wants to throw his hat in the ring: "Reading Rainbow" host LeVar Burton.

This is not the first time Burton, who hosted the iconic children's show from 1983 to 2006, has said he'd like to host "Jeopardy!"  Beloved long-running "Jeopardy" host Alec Trebek died last November at age 80 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.