Comments on: Al Roker to Host NBC’s “Family Feud”

By: pmuff

pmuff — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:25:08 +0000

i like the episode when “iced-t” appeared. his son had on a islamic themed shirt. i wonder if it’ll cause a controversy?

By: devares

devares — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:41:18 +0000

I agree, Julia. John O’Hurley is the best host Family Feud had since Ray Combs (mat he rest in peace). And I’m shocked that it will be on NBC. I would’ve thought that it would be on its original home of ABC. I guess the price was too much for ABC.

By: LaJuan

LaJuan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:26:57 +0000

Chris Parsley, looks like your dream came true. MSN reported that “Secrets” was canned after one episode brought in 4.6 million viewers and lost them quickly as the show continued.

CBS has been fast on the trigger this year!

By: James

James — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:33:08 +0000

Note as well that O’Hurley, in addition to hosting Secret Talents, appears regularly in the Las Vegas production of “Spamalot” at Wynn Las Vegas. O’Hurley, who lives in Las Vegas, frequently works the “Vegas Broadway circuit” during his Feud off-time.

Given all that this guy does (hosting Feud and Secret Talents, appearing on stage, doing voiceovers, active involvement in two venture capital groups, co-owner of the real J. Peterman company AND being a husband and father), I don’t mind O’Hurley taking a little break to let Roker host the prime time show. Hopefully he could make a cameo with Roker on one episode.

By: Chris Parsley

Chris Parsley — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:03:41 +0000

thank god someone said it first..

O’Hurley and Craptastic BS of the “stars” should be canned asap… :)

By: Marc Power

Marc Power — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:17:35 +0000

It should probably be mentioned here too that John O’Hurley is hosting “Secret talents of the Stars” so maybe that’s why they didn’t get him for this. I think he made a mistake that type of show seems out of his element IMO.

By: Donald Pedersen

Donald Pedersen — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:09:03 +0000

Yeah… I can definatly see him doing a better hosting gig with Feud than Millionaire. Al seems like the guy that goes better with multiple contestants than singles. Meredith is the 1 on 1 type of host, which explains why the syndicated Millionaire is still a hit to this day. She does great on that. I cannot wait to see how Al does with this.

One other good thing about him doing this on NBC… it breaks the stand-up comic chain of game show hosts on NBC. Of course Bob and Howie are great hosts; dont get it twisted.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:58:40 +0000

IIRC, wasn’t Al Roker who Freemantle wanted to host when Anderson was ousted? They couldn’t get a contract together, and they ended up going with Richard Karn. I think he’s going to be great, but not any better than John O’Hurley. I think O’Hurley might be the best host since Ray Combs. I have never been a big Dawson fan, since I grew up with Ray Combs hosting, and barely knew who Richard Dawson was. I thought Richard Karn, while he had some really annoying sayings (”I’m DOUBLING THE POINTS!!!!!” *APPLAUSE!!!!* and “First blood”), he wasn’t all that bad. He was just not right for the show, IMO. Louie Anderson is a great stand-up comedian, but a horrible game show host. I think John O’Hurley is a great host. I love his charisma, his sense of humor, and his quick wit with the contestants. We shall see how good Al Roker is at hosting Feud. I can understand why NBC decided to throw their own shill in to host, but was O’Hurley even considered to host his own show?

By: The Great Butler

The Great Butler — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:29:50 +0000

This only saddens me that the syndie version will continue to be saddled with O’Hurley, who imo is much more suited to the formality of a panel show—I actually consider his performance on TTTT better than Collyer’s (but then again, I never liked Collyer anyway)

Too bad this isn’t on ABC, otherwise I would have loved to see Tom Bergeron get a crack at it.

By: KBGUY09

KBGUY09 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:14:20 +0000

I think Al Roker is a good choice. In responce to Gabel, it seems to me like FF would be one of the easiest game shows to host. It would be hard to screw it up (but Louie seemed to do it!) TWL, WWTBAM, DOND, etc. u need to have that “you are playing for BIG MONEY, this is serious” quality. Win Lose or Draw, Super Password, Match Game, etc. you need to be very loose. But on FF u can either be as loose as u are on Super Password and Match Game or u can be a little more professional. There’s more leeway. However Al Roker does seem like a good choice nonetheless.