To answer your question at the end..well, George doesn't really do ANY shows on par with Art Bell's. So..I'd unfortunately have to say "no."
I don't necessarily think George is the worst radio host ever. I mean, he's not a three-legged retarded pygmy or anything. But out of all the people they could have replaced Art Bell with, I have NO idea why they chose him.
Me personally, I can listen to George's shows sometimes. Only when I'm in my car and out somewhere, though. It's generally better than whatever the hell else is on talk radio at the time. Otherwise, in the ideal situation, I listen to Michael Vandeven's stream, which I have been thankful to have access to for a couple years now. I'd much rather hear Art's shows a few times over than hear new shows from George.
The main issue with George that you will find if you listen to him, is his habit of scheduling ridiculous guests over and over again...or doing really corny things like "talking to a future version of himself". It sounds kind of intriguing at first, but trust me...it's made of fail.
Also, he always injects completely unrelated (and usually predictable) babble into the conversation. That's when he's pretending to be interested. The rest of the time he just lets the absolutely WORST guests and callers ramble on for ages....
I could point out more differences between he and Art, but the short version is basically that they're two completely different hosts.