7 best/7 worst celebrity game show hosts

[PYLdude]

Unpopular opinion alert:

I don’t like Craig Ferguson as a game show host.

I felt he added nothing to CNG and he isn’t much better on The Hustler, which I also felt wasn’t very well done.

[Dbacksfan12]

When it aired on Lifetime, I thought Ruprecht was earmite annoying, but now I see a spark of humanity in him and realize the writers and producers made it as dumb as it was.

I seem to recall you weren't a fan of Marc Summers either. 

In re: Leslie, I'm not a fan.  She screams during the show.  The host is supposed to guide the ship, not sink it like the Titanic.

[PYLdude]

Leslie does need to dial it down a few decibels. But that’s just how she is; can’t really change it.

[Unrealtor]

I assume Brady was excluded because the writer limited this list to prime time. But I would have thought he (and Drew Carey for that matter) would have still qualified because of the nighttime specials. So it was, in my view, an oversight.

How quickly we forget Power of 10...

[Loogaroo]

In re: Leslie, I'm not a fan.  She screams during the show.  The host is supposed to guide the ship, not sink it like the Titanic.

The show is very clearly a vehicle for Leslie. That's why she has the extended interviews with the teams at the top of the game, it's why there are various "store employees" for her to interact with, and it's why she does commentary on the Big Sweep and not a disembodied announcer voice.

[cmjb13]

I assume Brady was excluded because the writer limited this list to prime time. But I would have thought he (and Drew Carey for that matter) would have still qualified because of the nighttime specials. So it was, in my view, an oversight.

How quickly we forget Power of 10...

Unfortunately, we can’t no matter how hard we try.
With No Power of 10, there’s no Drew on Price.

[BrandonFG]

It’s been 14 years. Might be time to let go of that obsession.

[PYLdude]

It’s been 14 years. Might be time to let go of that obsession.

Not might. Is.

Regardless of how you feel about Drew’s performance as host (and to me, he hasn’t gotten a whole lot better over the years), he’s not going anywhere until he decides it’s time to step aside.

[BrandonFG]

Regardless of how you feel about Drew’s performance as host (and to me, he hasn’t gotten a whole lot better over the years), he’s not going anywhere until he decides it’s time to step aside.

And he's gained a new generation of fans who have no idea who Bob Barker is, and have never seen him host (not counting that April Fool's prank from about 2015).

/That new generation can get TF off my lawn

[chargeradiocom]

I assume Brady was excluded because the writer limited this list to prime time. But I would have thought he (and Drew Carey for that matter) would have still qualified because of the nighttime specials. So it was, in my view, an oversight.

If so...
Brady still gets the nod from me.

No disagreement here.

How quickly we forget Power of 10...

Not sure whether you were meaning I forgot about Po10 or the writer of the article forgot. But the article said it was based on current prime time shows, so Po10 wouldn’t be part of this discussion.

(And that’s no disrespect toward Po10. Personally I kinda liked it and thought it deserved to be more than just a glorified screen test audition for Drew Carey. But CBS had other ideas.)

…And speaking of oversights, why isn’t Sajak on one of these lists?

[Neumms]

I seem to recall you weren't a fan of Marc Summers either. 

Yeah, I’m not crazy about Marc Summers. I should point out that I’ve watched almost no Double Dare, however. (I was in that age bracket when Trebek’s Double Dare premiered.) My opinion is based more on WinTuition and History IQ: two dry shows, one of them awful, that Summers brought no life to.