G4 is gaming no more: 'Attack of the Show' and 'X-Play' canceled
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[quote]via press release:
PRESS RELEASE:
G4 MARKS END OF ATTACK OF THE SHOW! AND X-PLAY WITH TWO-MONTH FAREWELLS
Both Long-Running Series Helped Define, as Well as Expand,
The Pop Culture and Gaming TV Experience for a Generation
Los Angeles, CA, October 26, 2012 – Attack of the Show! and X-Play are the longest-running and defining series for G4 through its first decade. With the shows ending production at the end of 2012, G4 is getting set to showcase the landmark series as they wind down their long runs on the network.
With upwards of 1,700 and 1,300 episodes, respectively, Attack of the Show! and X-Play defined the gamer culture for a generation of young men, and served as the launch pad for prominent personalities including Kevin Pereira, Olivia Munn, Chris Hardwick and Adam Sessler. Guests James Cameron, Ryan Reynolds, Jimmy Fallon, William Shatner, Sasha Baron Cohen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among the notables who got their geek on. The shows also pioneered live-from-the-floor coverage of the two most important conventions in The Game culture universe: San Diego Comic-Con and E3.
Leading up to their final episodes, Attack of the Show! and X-Play will look back at their most memorable moments, important scoops, entertaining programming and appealing hosts. A rotating lineup of guest co-hosts like John Barrowman, Michael Ian Black, Josh Myers, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Horatio Sanz will join AOTS hosts Candace Bailey and Sara Underwood, and X-Play hosts Morgan Webb and Blair Herter as part of the farewell shows.
“Attack of the Show! and X-Play have been important for G4, and we want to acknowledge the creative people who have helped inspire and showcase the phenomenon of gamer culture,” G4 Media General Manager Adam Stotsky said. “With more than 3,000 episodes aired between them, we have more than enough great material to honor these innovators and their amazing contributions as we bring both shows to a close.”
Attack of the Show! debuted March 28, 2005 and from the start was the ultimate male guide to everything cool and new in the world of technology, web culture, gaming and pop culture. For the next few months, AOTS will mix new segments with audience favorites, such as the iPhone extravaganza on June 29, 2007, on the eve of the debut of the first generation of Apple’s market-changing smartphone. The July 2006 premiere of the first live-from-the-floor coverage from San Diego Comic-Con will be celebrated as well. Old friends will return to join the celebration, and the show’s signature cheeky attitude and feel-for-the zeitgeist will be very much in evidence.
X-Play made its debut almost two years earlier, on April 28, 2003 (on G4’s previous incarnation: TechTV), and immediately became the go-to destination for young men seeking the latest video game news, honest reviews, hands-on demos and exclusive video game trailers and footage. The year-end celebration will take viewers back through highlights of this landmark show’s history, including its exclusive live-from-the-floor coverage of the E3 convention in Los Angeles, the most important annual gathering for the gaming COMMUNITY. X-Play has also established a franchise of doing an annual year-end round-up of the best in a wide range of video games, and you can be sure those will be revisited before the show signs-off for good. As with AOTS, expect old friends to return too.
Attack of the Show! and X-Play will air original episodes through the end of the year.[/quote]
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Now we'll have more slots for Cheaters!
Wasn't that channel designed for gaming?
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;38197733]Now we'll have more slots for Cheaters![/QUOTE]
Nah man, it needs more Cops. You can [i]never[/i] have enough Cops!
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;38197839]Wasn't that channel designed for gaming?[/QUOTE]
yes and it absorbed / merged with tech tv too
it's their own fault though. gaming sites are up to date where as G4 was full of reruns and no one really wants to watch old news.
also they took out the funny from xplay and atos was a terrible show from the start that got progressively worse
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;38197733]Now we'll have more slots for Cheaters![/QUOTE]
Don't forget Campus PD!
I stopped watching G4 when my cable service started asking you to pay for the channel.
how could you guys forget ninja warrior!!!!!!!
Kinda sad to see X-Play go, but something like this was bound to happen eventually. TotalBiscuit pretty much summed up the situation for gaming shows in today's market in a video he did a while back; Something along the lines of shows like X-Play just not being able to keep up with resources like the internet and gaming websites. I mean, personally, I'd rather just check GameFAQs if I need help on a game or just Google game info instead of watching a full-length TV episode full of commerials and such to get the same content.
The channel has been crap for some time, damn shame because I'd actually watch it if it wasn't trying to be another Spike.
I had a fondness for G4 before 2008, but then they never evolved past Ninja Warrior and Cops.
Yeah, all the good guys left.
Sorry, but in my eyes, G4 died a long time ago.
Oh man, I remember the good days of this channel. I would look from the kitchen while I prepared nachos at some E3 coverage, or maybe X-Play would be on and I'd seem some neat previews. I would watch the few episodes of Code Monkeys I could manage to find. At night, I could watch some interesting cop videos.
RIP G4.
How is this channel still on the air?
I'm not impressed at all! This is sad news for me; G4 was television's final frontier in my life, and truly one of the only channels I ever watch apart from Discovery Channel and Spike occasionally. G4 was always a nice fall-back for me when my internet was screwing up or when I was too lazy to plug in the Wii to go watch Netflix, and I don't like that it's going away, not one bit.
No more golden mullet awards ;(
Finally Campus PD can get more time for reruns!
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I miss Judgement Day.
RIP Disembodied Voice.
you were my favorite.
AOTS was only half as good after Olivia left, however it turned to complete shit after Kevin left - so nothing of value lost there. I miss the old AOTS and I'll definitely miss X-Play.
TechTV was never the same.
[video=youtube;DvteeYjtfec]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvteeYjtfec[/video]
X-play I can understand, but Attack of the Show was great.
[QUOTE=credesniper;38199375]X-play I can understand, but Attack of the Show was great.[/QUOTE]
X-play went downhill over time but AotS started at the bottom of the hill
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;38199228]TechTV was never the same.
[video=youtube;DvteeYjtfec]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvteeYjtfec[/video][/QUOTE]
And don't forget Call for Help! I loved that show. Or was this what morphed into that?
I miss Portal, Arena, CinemaTech, and Filter. I haven't watched since all those shows went down the drain. Can't say i'm surprised though.
I used to watch G4 often for AOTS, XPlay, Reviews on the Run and EP Daily. I mean I didn't have the Internet to watch other shows or online and I didn't like reading magazines and such so I watched G4 for about 4 years now...
It's really sad that those two shows I enjoyed are gonna away. I stopped watching in general during summer when I started seeing random people be hosts for a week, I later found out that Kevin left.
I'll miss all of the enjoyment with these shows and the channel. Now there isn't much that interests me on TV anymore...
[QUOTE=Demolitions2;38199548]I miss Portal, Arena, CinemaTech, and Filter. I haven't watched since all those shows went down the drain. Can't say i'm surprised though.[/QUOTE]
Oh jeez the nostalgia
The only thing they didn't fuck up was a while back when they had old episodes of x-play and portal and shit that came on in the morning. Every morning was like christmas...and then they got rid of it.
how does this channel make money
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