It's Been a Year Since Bob Boden Left the Good Old GSN

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As you probably know, Bob Boden left the good old GSN one year ago this week. Here is the article from the tvgameshows.net archives from December 8th of last year.

BODEN LEAVES GSN

Bob Boden, the original programming chief of Game Show Network when GSN launched in December 1994 and senior vice president of programming since August 2001, has left the network.

A GSN spokesperson said Monday afternoon Boden "has left the company to pursue other business opportunities". Boden was not available for comment. However, some insiders says he is expected to form his own company.

Kevin Belinkoff, an assistant to Boden and a former senior producer of "Family Feud", will serve as interim chief of GSN programming while a search is underway for a permanent successor. Belinkoff could become a candidate for the job.

Boden rejoined the network more than two years ago from his post as senior vice president for production and development of Dick Clark Productions. He created "Greed" and developed "Challenge of the Child Geniuses" for Fox.

Since returning to GSN, Boden has overseen the most ambitious slate of original programming in the nine years of the network's history. The company's biggest hit has been "Lingo", which is in its third cycle of first-run episodes. Under Boden's watch, GSN's first documentry, "Big Bucks: the 'Press Your Luck' Scandal" garnered the highest ratings of any program ever on the network.

At GSN's outset in 1994, Boden developed the "Prime Games" and "Club AM" concepts, which featured on-camera hosts and playbreaks between clssic Goodson-Todman and Barry Enright games.

Boden's recent interview with Bob Barker, who turns 80 (now 81) this week, was appearing in excerpts during a morning marathon Barker birthday celebration through Friday.

[EricIdlefan]

Bring back Boden! Bring back Boden!

[musicradio77]

Originally posted by EricIdlefan
Bring back Boden! Bring back Boden!

I told ya, Bob Boden is not coming back to GSN.

[EricIdlefan]

Yeah but GSN has been a mess since his departure.