Which is why I cannot get too down on Rich Cronin. He fought the good fight and made an effort to keep GSN as both contemporary and classic, along, of course, with Bob Boden. I woud hope that the rebranding was forced upon him--but I would've rather had that than GSN turned into AXN or going blank.
(On the other hand, no GSN might've meant that Fox Reality and Reality Central, if it had launched, might be including game shows in their programming. Is Boden still at Fox Reality besides working on "Lyrics?" David Lyle must be immovable if after two years on the air, there still aren't any studio game shows on the schedule--even Freakin' "Studs." I just like to think that Bob would've sneaked a game show on the schedule by now.)