GSN Live Expands on September 15th!

GSN's latest endeavor into interactivity has proven to be successful. GSN Live, the live interactive Morning show which premiere on February 25th of this year, has continued to grow in viewership. Because of this, GSN will expand Live to another 3 hours. Viewers on the east coast will see the show from 12:00pm-6:00pm, and west coast viewers will see the show from 9:00am-3:00pm.

Fred Roggin and Heidi Bohay will continue to host the show, but will be separated with different co-hosts. During the morning show, Heidi Bohay will be joined by Catch-21 host, Alfonso Riberio. During the last 3 hours, Fred Roggin will be joined by actress Kelly Packard.

GSN Live in the morning will continue to air the greatest game shows from back then including Card Sharks and Password Plus. GSN Live in the Afternoon will air shows that are gaining classic status including Lingo and Weakest Link.

Personally, GSN could have replaced Fred with a much better host. Alfonso is nothing but annoying and just someone who is trying to hard. GSN had a few other hosts on during Fred's departure to China for the Olympics. Let me go over them.

-Wink Martindale: The legend Wink Martindale was very good during his appearances on Live. He was fun and kept the show going without slowing it down to be goofy. He would have been a perfect fit for a show that is aimed for the older viewers.

-Bob Goen: Bob was also good. Of course anything Bob does, he is perfect. Of course there is one thing probably in his way. That would be GSN Radio. It would have been fun to have him, but he is too busy for the show.

-Bil Dwyer: Bil was great. He was fun and engaging to the callers and viewers. He only got to be on for 2 days, but he just looked like he was having a lot of fun. He would have been a great on this.

-Ty Treadway: Ty hosted the ill-fated Merv Griffin's Crosswords that was canceled after one season. He was not that great of a host on Crosswords, but he was great on Live. He and Heidi had great chemistry and it was very enjoyable to watch. He wouldn't be my first choice, but he sure would be a good fit for the show.

But I guess someone out there likes Alfonso. I will say this right now. It is a bad decision to hire Alfonso for this job. He is way to loud and annoying for most of your regular daytime viewers who are mostly older people. It will not work, and I would not be surprised if he is replaced before the end of 2008.

GSN Live - Expands to 6 hours on September 15th starting at 12:00pm ET/9:00am PT, Only on GSN.