Trebek expected back on 'Jeopardy!' Tuesday

Alex Trebek is scheduled to return to host "Jeopardy!" next week, after having torn his Achilles tendon chasing an alleged hotel burglar early Wednesday morning.

"He's doing well," a "Jeopardy!" spokesman told Newsday. "Our taping resumes Tuesday and he's planning on coming back for that." Using crutches and a wheelchair, Trebek, 71, hosted the National Geographic World Championship at Google headquarters as scheduled Wednesday.

On the "Today" show Thursday, he described what happened, telling host Matt Lauer, "I woke up and saw a figure in our hotel bedroom" at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, where he was staying with his wife. "And I thought I was dreaming and I realized immediately that someone had been in the room. And I . . . ran down the hall to see if I could find her."

Trebek confronted Lucinda Moyers, 56, whom police later arrested and described as having a long criminal record. "She came out of the little room where the ice machine is," Trebek told Lauer, "and I said, 'What were you doing in our room?' And she said, 'I wasn't in your room.' I said, 'What are you doing here?' She said, 'I was visiting friends,' and I said, 'No, you weren't.' "

Somewhere along the way, he noted, "I crashed to the ground, but I managed to hobble back to the phone and informed security."

Trebek was originally reported to be having surgery Friday, but now no specific date has been set.