The Hosting Feud

Since the original Family Feud with Richard Dawson in the 1970's, there have been a number of hosts of the Family Feud.

Ray Combs (1988 - 1994)
Louie Anderson (1999 - 2002)
Richard Karn (2002 - 2006)
John O'Hurley (2006 - 2010)
Steve Harvey (2010 - Present)

The reason for the titling of this post is, GSN airs a lot of Family Feud with Richard Karn and Steve Harvey. Just recently, a few weeks ago they added a 5pm hour slot for Steve Harvey and also recently they added an 11pm hour slot for Steve Harvey. John O'Hurley doesn't air much except on Monday's and Saturday's only. It's a shame. I wonder why GSN didn't expose John O'Hurley Feud more if they could? Just a suggestion.

Richard Dawson only airs once every Monday - Friday at 9:00am ET. It's a shame his version doesn't do great in another slot because, he was the original and that's my favorite version. I would like to see the ratings for the Family Feud Dawson marathon back on Christmas Day 2011.

It would be nice is Ray Combs saw the light of day. Next to Richard Dawson, he was my favorite too. It's a shame what happened to him. Maybe that's why he's not on GSN now and why it doesn't get decent enough ratings? But honestly, Karn, O'Hurley and Harvey are good enough for me as much as I'd love a little more Dawson. I like Family Feud regardless of who's hosting. Not a fan of Louie's hosting though, to be honest.

Losing

Don't you hate it when the champions lose on these game shows? Well I was watching an episode of Family Feud on GSN just now and saw the champs lose. I bring this up because someone brought this up in GSN Chat room.

If they are actually good at the game and give good answers and don't fool around and tick me off, then I will say they were great players and would've been nice to see them play longer. If they weren't really worth watching, I could just say "forget it". Family Feud is probably my favorite game show. It's a fun show to play along with. Losing is just part of life, I understand that but it is just kind of sad. Like if I watch others of my favorite game shows such as Match Game, Card Sharks, Jeopardy! or the old version of Press Your Luck and the list goes on...

I will say, however, it is nice to get new champions on these shows instead of watching the same over and over because that can get tiring but, Sometimes it can be fun watching the same champion play over and over!