The fan favorite host of HQ Trivia is moving on from the viral mobile quiz show in favor of hosting a show about Major League Baseball. Scott Rogowski, who HQ Trivia players had affectionately called ‘Trivia Daddy’ and other loving nicknames, hadn’t appeared on an HQ Trivia broadcast since March 24.
According to TMZ, the host had been negotiating with HQ Trivia to attempt hosting both the trivia show and a baseball show called “ChangeUp” on the network DAZN. But those negotiations, in which Rogowsky hoped to host HQ Trivia on the weekends, didn’t go anywhere.
For his part, Scott tells us there is anything but hard feelings. He tells TMZ, “Nothing in my decade-plus entertainment career has meant more to me personally and professionally than my involvement with HQ.” He couldn’t be more grateful for all the people who grew the co., and for the “HQties” who kept it thriving.
He states, “While the decision to leave HQ was a difficult one, I am delighted to begin this next chapter in my career with the amazing people at MLB and DAZN. If you miss me on HQ, you can now get three hours of me every weeknight watching ChangeUp on DAZN.”
Later on Friday, Rogowsky addressed his departure on Twitter, thanking his fans and HQ Trivia while explaining what happened with negotiations.
Sadly, it won’t be possible for me to continue hosting HQ concurrently as I had hoped, and because I wasn’t given the courtesy of a farewell show, please allow me to use this thread to say all the things I would have said on my final broadcast. (2/5)
— Scott Rogowsky (@ScottRogowsky) April 12, 2019
I will forever be indebted to my former colleagues who created and supported this innovative platform that allowed my face and voice to reach millions of people around the world, and there will always be a special place in my heart for my HQties all across the HQniverse. (4/5)
— Scott Rogowsky (@ScottRogowsky) April 12, 2019
PS: HQ is staffed by brilliant writers, researchers, producers & animators who have hand-crafted nearly 1,000 small-batch quizzes from scratch, helped me come up with the silly puns & nicknames you hate to love, & designed killer GFX packages — all w/o any on-screen credit…
— Scott Rogowsky (@ScottRogowsky) April 12, 2019
Also big ups to social media wunderkind @thatswattsup who taught me how to buy followers, partnership wizards @bteitel & @DylanAbruscato who kept the lights on at HQ HQ, and @stellabouzakis who dolled me up every night (pls send me an invoice for all the eyeliner)
— Scott Rogowsky (@ScottRogowsky) April 12, 2019
As Kotaku noted, the affection for Rogowski had often appeared in contrast to the strange way HQ Trivia seemed to protect Rogowsky’s image. A feature on the host was essentially killed about the host when founder Rus Yusupov said he’d have to fire Rogowsky if the feature ran.
