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I thought Leslie Jones was pretty good on SNL. Not great, she couldn't remember her lines to save her life (eyes glued to cue cards), but she had the potential to be funny.

Once upon a time I got a chance to see Leslie perform stand up, and wow, it was bad. Screaming, I mean non stop screaming. Yelling the punch line doesn't make it funny if you do it every time.

With all that in mind, apparently Leslie took her stand up routine to this game show? She yells. A lot. That's cool for enthusiasm and all, but it's just too much.

I appreciate the fact that you can tell Leslie Jones loves this game show, but her delivery is just too "over the top".

The show itself has a format extremely similar to the original, if you enjoyed it you'll recognize everything here. But, a host makes or breaks a game show, and so far this one is broken.

Leslie Jones is new at all this, maybe she'll get better, but right now watching this has been painful at times.

The show is good IF she would stop screaming! I dvr it in order to not hear her screaming, fast forward through a lot of her conversations. Different host and the show might be watchable.

Have always enjoyed the original host. Jones is totally obnoxious and hard to listen to with all the incessant screaming and rude attitude. I was so looking forward to this show but once is enough.

What is it going to take to get the writers of this game show to understand that Leslie Jones is just not funny? I don't care if she doesn't miss SNL. That's where she belongs. If she wants to be an obnoxious game show host, then she should do it in a skit, and leave the actual game shows to people who are willing to provide real humor, not forced humor. You could just tell me not to watch it, but I really think that's missing the point. The more obnoxious she becomes, the more likely ratings will suffer. Leslie Jones needs to be replaced, but I doubt that will happen. I also think this show is difficult to look forward to or take seriously, as long as Leslie Jones is the host.

Also unnecessary: Neil, the security guard. Considering this is really a skit, then maybe Leslie Jones really does miss SNL. Does this guy really need to appear in every episode?

In many cases reboots come in with unmeetable expectations. The charm of something that was enjoyed by someone years ago won't be replicated and they will be left disappointed regardless of how excited they were going in. Nostalgia is for the old, not the new version.

However with that being said....

Hate to jump on the bandwagon but Leslie Jones was indeed a terrible choice for the host. She doesn't have the charisma to pull in an audience. She is trying to make it more about getting her jokes in than injecting humor in the game naturally. Not that the original host was special but he knew to keep it about the game. Leslie should not be front and center. The game should.

We've been in an era for quite some time of overproduced contestants. "Make sure you're excited and good for tv." Price is Right in particular has been cringey for years in the current era due to this. Unfortunately here is another example. Most people's natural excitement have always worked fine for game shows. The artificial kind does not.

Reboots can be somewhat polarizing. Sometimes it's unfair. In this case however, the dissatisfaction is earned.