Here are my thoughts on CNG:
Craig - yeah, he's not your typical host, agreed. He's a wise-ass, much like Rayburn and Sajak. But I'll take Craig over someone like John Davidson or Louie Anderson any day. I also thought Craig did a good job for the one show of The Price is Right that he hosted, but I digress.
Format - meh. Pyramid with names, basically. Craig is decent and funny in the head-to-head round, and that's okay. I like that in the bonus round, the contestants give the clues, so if they blow an answer, it's on them, not the celebs.
Playing of the game - Dear God! Some shows it was good and others it was a train wreck. Not knowing Nixon's first name, on three occasions someone saying Ben Franklin was a president. There were a few celebs who should NOT have been allowed to play, like Guillermo (sp?) from Jimmy Kimmel. But I will say to my knowledge, they didn't have Kellie Pickler on - and that's a good thing, as Martha Stewart would say.