I never really cared much about Crossfire back in it's heyday when it was the only political talk show of it's kind. I was young and disinterested in politics back then. As I grew older, the show's original format changed, and I never really liked it anyway. Besides, their idea of being balanced was to have 4 rabidly left wing moonbats pitted against one faux conservative.
I lived in Vancouver, and Crossfire at 4pm was about the only time I ever saw a conservative opinion being expressed at all. The hosts were generally lame and/or irritating. Lynne Cheney did a really good job of keeping everyone focused when she sat in the seat on the right.