Rumor Control: Carnie Wilson Leaving GSN’s “Newlywed Game”
One of GSN’s most popular originals may be searching for a new host. According to Joe Adalian from New York Magazine’s Vulture GSN is likely to bring back The Newlywed Game for a fourth season. It will tie Catch 21 to be the second longest running show in the network’s history, behind Lingo. However, host Carnie Wilson is said not to return. It’s late so obviously we can’t confirm anything today but we will try to later. Joe hasn’t been wrong with this stuff before and he has two sources confirming this so it’s looking likely.
Carnie Wilson became the host in 2009, taking the place of original host Bob Eubanks which elicited quite a vocal reaction. Her reaction among hardcore fans was mixed (as expected), but for casual viewers she did very well. I thought she fit the game nicely. I saw her on set in the first season for a few days and she’s incredibly nice and talented in interacting with the couples. Editing is an issue these days, obviously, though. Only 21 minutes of show so not a ton of time to show her full personality.
Her full personality was shown on her ill fated reality show Carnie Wilson: Unstapled which drew poor ratings and negative critical response. But that didn’t stop her pretty good performance on Newlywed Game. No new season of the show produced by Embassy Row has been announced but given that it’s one of the top rated GSN shows, it would be a jaw dropping situation not to see it come back.
Now comes the speculation about who replaces Carnie if this happens. Again, we can’t 100% confirm it but Joe has two different sources saying this so it’s hard to imagine it being wrong. This isn’t coming from a fanboy place because A: I’m not and B: I’m not really a fan of The Newlywed Game since these types of shows don’t appeal to me that much. But it will be a stunning act of slight ignorance if, if when the show returns, Bob Eubanks does not come back to host this. He’s already guest hosted twice. It’s not like we don’t know how he will do. He’s already proven he can do well. The ratings for each time he appears are larger than when Carnie hosts. It just isn’t a smart business decision, unless his fee is massive, to not select him.
Eubanks would have to be the front runner, I’d think. His highly successful guest hosting shots have got to count as a foot in the door for him.
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye.
David Goldhill’s prospective next “face of GSN”, soon to be no longer on GSN, and it all happens in less than a year.
I think she was decent as the host, but after the “Unstapled” BS and having her shoved down our throats and being told by Goldhill et al to like her and like the network no matter what they provided for us as “entertainment”…well, let’s just say I’m triumphantly chuckling a bit at this news.
I think Carnie Wilson is the best person they have had host the Newlywed Game.
She is witty and interacts with the contestants very well.. I will be sad if she leaves and will stop watching the show…
While Bob Eubanks should host (and should have, all along; this is HIS signature show, after all), the format has long outlived its usefulness.
…Time to pull the plug…for the very last time,
Why kill one of the highest rated shows on the network? It’s not like GSN is swimming with successful Originals, which they need to have a strong and varied line-up.
And what about Family Feud? It’s been on the air a longer time over the same period. Has its format “outlived its usefulness”…whatever that means? Maybe it just means that the two formats are relatively stable over time.
I 100% disagree! It’s been successful on the network because it’s definitely a still relevant show. It will never be the same as it was in the ’60s and ’70s, but it deals with newlyweds and that is universal. People will always enjoy it. Completely disagree. And the fact that it’s been on more than 2 seasons with each revival is more proof. It has NEVER been on for just one season.
I’m sorry, and I know I’m going to get some very negative responses to this, but I just don’t like Bob Eubanks. I’m not quite sure why. I’ve always felt Carnie is down on the same level with the contestants and can relate to them better, but Bob has (in the small amount of episodes I’ve seen) felt more like he’s just there to keep things moving. Carnie also seems to really get into the game, something I didn’t feel with Bob.
The only thing Eubanks is good at is stirring things up. He never really gives the vibe that he likes anybody on the show, unless they prove to be outstandingly funny.
Just from observation, Bob Eubanks didn’t seem to like how the crew was running the show.
Don’t think he’ll want to do it. But, since my first article about “The Newlywed Game”, I’ve always thought Corbin Bernsen would be a better fit to host than Carnie. – Hollywood Junket
Doesn’t mean he can’t make demands for changes he likes as a condition of him coming on, if they ask him to.
I think if Carnie leaves the Newlywed Game, it will be a HUGE mistake. I believe she really started to outshine Bob right around the time they did a “Old vs. New” Newlywed Game marathon, where they showed certain episodes of the original Eubanks version (such as the infamous “in the butt, Bob”) and then they showed Carnie’s version. And I have to say, much as I love Bob Eubanks’s version of Newlywed Game, Carnie outshined him then, even with the lameness of the “Goldyweds” bonus round.
This season of The Newlywed Game has been so great, it’d be a real shame if Bob took over after that. I’ll fully admit that I wasn’t too keen on Carnie Wilson at first, but now I like her as host of The Newlywed Game better than Bob.
Oh, and BTW, I did get “Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned” flashbacks when I saw snippets of Carnie Wilson: Unstapled, but “Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned” was actually quite decent for that very limited time it was on the air, and I (blessedly if you read every negative review on the Internets) never saw a full-blown episode.
BJ
It’s even more strange that she’s leaving after being the first GSN host/hostess EVER to be nominated for a Daytime Emmy. John O’Hurley and Jeff Foxworthy weren’t nominated for one, but she was and she’s leaving. Sad day, I say… :(
According to Joe Adalian from New York Magazine’s Vulture The Newlywed Game is likely to bring back The Newlywed Game for a fourth season. I didn’t know a show can decide whether to renew itself or not (I know it was a misprint, just making light of it). As for who should host the show, why not the person who started the show some 44 years ago…..Bob Eubanks. Another great choice is Chuck Woolery, who, I believe, will do a fantastic job should he host the show.
Bob Eubanks or Chuck Woolery — don’t be surprised if Chuck gets the nod, as he did Lingo on GSN for years, and has done relationship shows succesfully (and in an iconic manner) previously, and himself had a horrible reality series (so he has at least that much in common with Carnie). Not that I don’t like Bob, but I expect Chuck would bring more eyes to sets, at least in areas where GSN is still on cable systems.
Good idea, but I doubt Chuck wants to work for GSN ever again.
I would be curious as to why Wilson is leaving the show, particularly after she earned GSN’s first Emmy nomination. Money dispute? Felt like moving on? Other reasons?
I wonder why she really left Newlywed game did she get fired?
My choices are Bob Eubanks i have a feeling hes going to host it
Jerry Springer
George Gray
I’m also wondering if Carnie left of her own free will or if GSN canned her. Eubanks is the obvious choice for the job, but he’s up there in age and GSN might not want to pay Eubanks the big bucks. We’ll just have to wait and see. Todd Newton, Mark walberg and Bob Goen are also available.
Bob can be a good host for it, BillCullen1, and he never did another GSN show since GSN Radio.
Bob Eubanks, I mean.
I’m sorry to correct myself. Actually, Bob Goen can do it now that I mentioned GSN Radio.
Can’t believe I didn’t think of Walberg… he could definitely pull this off. Not so sure about Newton or Goen though. Like Carnie, they’re both pleasant and likable, and certainly competent at hosting, but they lack the snark needed for this show. Newton would be too cheerful and happy-go-lucky, while Goen has a low-key style that’s best suited to quiz shows.
WILL BE SORRY TO SEE CARNY GO. THINK SHE DOES A GREAT JOB. I AM A FAITHFUL WATCHER HOWEVER WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TO SES THE GAY COUPLE ON THE SHOW. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST GAY PEOPLE BUT DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO KISSING AND COMMENTS OF THEIR LIFE TOGETHER. KEEP IT PRIVATE! IF THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN I WILL STOP WATCHING.
Well I know what show I’m not watching anymore.. I hate the view and anybody associated with it..
She didn’t leave, she was fired and she’s also sueing gsn over mones they still owe her for the unstapled show…the shows took longer to make then what she was payed for at 5,000 a day.
My choice for host would be Howie Mandell, to replace carnie.
I think that Carnie Wilson was very good hosting the Newlywed Game. I liked her more that I did
Bob Eubanks. I think that GSN will find out they made a mistake letting her go. I will miss not
seeing her.
I liked Carnie and the Newlywed Game the first season. However, each successive season the questions became more and more risque and suggestive. We finally quit watching. Questions required the contnestants to tell us more than most of us wanted to know…kind of like Jr. High humor…not funny. I really liked Bob Eubanks comment after hosting…He said the questions asked on the show should “leave the bride with her teddy on.” I call that good advice.
been watching the new new newlywed game with Sherry and………………………..it sucks she is boring clueless and out of her element even Bob Ubanks was more racy than her it was worth watching when Carlie was on it but now i am just gonna watch somthing else
I must agree with Cindy but I wouldn’t want them to stop broadcasting the show because too many of us stopped watching. The Newlywed Game is one of the few classics we have left and folks; this garbage they have come out with today just doesn’t compare!!! I grew up watching the Newlywed Game and some of us out here still like to watch it MrQuiz. So go pull the plug on something YOU like to watch and leave those of us, desperately seeking a show that still delineates some quality, alone please!! Thank You.
working with carney wilson,on a daily basis, is like wrestling an alligator on steroids in the middle of a swamp.she needs constant attention,constant patience and to be deaf.