Citing steady audience growth over the last few years, GSN officials boldly vowed to stay the course and continue with the strategy they say is responsible for the network’s growth -- creating original series in two categories, contemporary game shows and skill-based competitions.

“We’re going to continue to make shows that are really defined by being fun, funny and even a bit uplifting and inspiring, because that’s what GSN is about. So I am proud to announce that we are going to be doing more of the same,” said President/CEO David Goldhill in his opening remarks.

The upfront event, staged by GSN -- owned jointly by Sony and AT&T -- was an intimate breakfast-time presentation held at the Paley Center for Media. GSN talent on-hand included Rebecca Romijn, host of the body-painting competition show, “Skin Wars”; RuPaul Charles, a judge on “Skin Wars” and host of a new “Skin Wars” spinoff GSN announced Tuesday, “Skin Wars: Fresh Paint”; actor turned game-show-host Donald Faison, host of the new GSN game show “Winsanity”; comedian Ben Glieb, host of GSN’s “Idiotest”; and the goth twins of GSN’s “Hellevator” series, Jen and Sylvia Soska.

“The commitment we’ve made for expanding original programming that we’ve talked about over the past few years has really achieved exactly what we promised it would.” Goldhill told his audience.

“The best way to understand our network is for me to do what I’m personally best at, which is boring repetition,” Goldhill said. “Last year was the most-watched year in GSN’s history. That is the fourth year in a row that I have made that statement. And that’s really the most important thing about our network. In prime time, which is where we program our originals, we have double-digit growth across all key demos. … Our little niche television network is now a top 30 television network.”

Much of the GSN presentation was given over to announcing renewals of its existing originals -- including the game shows “Idiotest,” “Hellevator” and “Skin Wars,” its first skill-based competition show.

But more are on the way, announced Amy Introcaso-Davis, GSN’s executive vice president of programming and development. In addition to the “Skin Wars” spinoff “Skin Wars: Fresh Paint,” she announced another greenlit series from “Skin Wars” executive producer Michael Levitt -- “Window Warriors.” It is TV’s first competition series for designers of department-store window displays.

“Winsanity,” GSN’s other new show, will test contestants’ knowledge of pop culture. Clips shown at the upfront indicated that this show will be adept at incorporating brands of all types into the show both in the context of questions and in the wide array of prizes the show will be awarding its winning contestants.

“The prizes give us a lot of great opportunities to work with different brands and incorporate them in the show, and as you can see, [the] questions incorporate different brands and products as well,” said executive producer Barry Poznick.

GSN also announced it is producing pilots for two more prospective series -- “Breaking App,” a competition series for app designers; and “The Investigation,” described as a crime-based game show.

Also in development is “Glass Wars,” another skill-based competition show -- this time featuring artisans in glass-blowing.