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Originally Posted by hurtin_albertan
It may be a bit redneck and old boys club of me, but give me Ron McLean over skin tight suited, earring and clunky beaded bracelet wearing, awkwardly touching people all the time, is easily 40 but desperately trying to be a trendy twenty-something, George Strombolopolous ANY FREAKING DAY!
I honestly can't watch HNIC anymore, the guy creeps me out that much. It's such a crime, McLean is still such a good host but he's stuck on the short bus road tour of Canada all winter that nobody really cares about.
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I'm getting really tired of people listing these petty reasons as why they don't like George. Same goes for the people that mistake the enthusiasm and energy he brings to HNIC as simple fan boydom. The man does his homework and is quite good at what he does, and will only get better with time as Ron Mclean did. I would go so far as to say he's probably one of the best personalities HNIC has at the moment.
You also need to realize that Mclean (who replaced a very popular Dave Hodge mid season) faced many of the exact same criticisms Stroumboulopoulos is facing now when he took over as host of HNIC.
Even with all that stated, the biggest factor working against George may be that HNIC is nowhere near the same quality of show as it was when Mclean got the host job in nearly every way. George also does not have anywhere near the same caliber of personalities to work with that Mclean did.
The show maybe be bad, but it's definitely not because of George Stroumboulopoulos.