It wasn't going to with that ninny at the helm, is my point. The host's role on that show is a little more important than you've giving it credit for.
It wasn't going to beginning in that year, regardless of host. Look at all the shows (and versions of them) that died in the 1990-2 range... and the few (none at all, that I can think of) that *began* in that timeframe that lasted longer than 1991 Pyramid did.
That's not a good example to use as:
-2 were crappy revivals of previous hit series (TJW and TTD)
-1, unfairly, was labeled as a Jeopardy! clone (Challengers)
-1 had a host who was so unprofessional he sucked the meat missile harder than Patrick Wayne and that's saying something (Quiz Kids Challenge)
-1, unfairly just didn't have much in the way of luck (Trump Card)
-1 was Ruckus
-The last was Freaking Studs (sorry), which really wasn't a game show
And that's only if you count the syndicated adult series. Let's not forget about the revival of LMaD, the last licks of daytime Wheel, Monopoly, the last year and change of Fun House, and whatever was on Nickelodeon at the time. (Also TTTT, forgot)
Out of all of those series, only two may have had capable hosts throughout (that being The Challengers and Wheel; TTTT really didn't pick up any steam until Trebek came in and by that time it was too late). You could say what you want about JD Roth but once they made the move to Fox it sort of screwed everything up, and wasn't Marc Summers knee deep in his OCD problem by then?
