Celebrity Mound

The former “Saved by the Bell” star was touted by some insiders as the program’s “golden boy” when he was brought in last September, though the numbers tell a different story: Nielsen ratings for the show are down 6 percent from last year, and 25 per cent among females 18-34. (Traffic to the show’s Web site, however, is up.) Still, executive producer Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey tells us, “I couldn’t be happier with Mario. I put him on the next five shows I’m producing. I’ve worked with a lot of hosts, and he’s the best. He’s the hardest-working man I know.”

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