G4 getting re-branded next year

[AntiLeaf33]

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/09/06/g4-going-less-geek

Writing has been on the wall for a while now. Adam Sessler left X-Play, Olivia Munn, Kevin Pereira, and Alison Haislip have all left Attack of the Show. I used to order G4 Canada a la carte since the other channels in the package sucked, but I cancelled it a while back due to terrible programming.

 

[Youth N Asia]

The more I hear the less interested I am. I like the network as it is now. Granted, I don't need to see episodes of Cheaters, but they've found a market that's been ignored by all the other networks, why not stick with it.

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

Adam Sessler left X-Play, Kevin Pereira, left Attack of the Show.

Good.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

The more I hear the less interested I am. I like the network as it is now. Granted, I don't need to see episodes of Cheaters, but they've found a market that's been ignored by all the other networks, why not stick with it.

I have a feeling a more tech-oriented audience is less and less likely to watch traditional TV these days. I like it, but I'm also a bit of a dinosaur—I don't have a smartphone or a decent tablet, I've never really done podcasts, or paid close attention to any sort of web series, for whatever reason. Also, until recently, the only computer in the house was 6+ years old (slightly upgraded here and there), with a 4.2 Mbps connection. Now, I'm... still using that old computer, and got a bump to about 5.1 Mbps. Woop woop. And there's no big HDTV I can use as a computer monitor. That's all to say, it's not been unbearable to turn to web sources for traditional TV content, but it's not ideal. Anyhow.

They've moved away from the techy audience already. The Canadian primetime lineup is currently AOTS at 7, UFO Hunters, an assortment of Adult Swim, and then a repeat of Reviews on the Run and EP Daily. X-Play is one of the two American flagship shows, and I don't even know when new episodes air. 1AM maybe? It's on plenty if I tune in during the day, but all I ever seem to catch is reruns.

http://g4tv.ca/static/schedule.shtml

I'm curious what the Canadian channel will end up doing. It's not like losing two shows (I'm assuming) would be crippling. Vic Lucas and the Greedy gang could probably fill that time with some kind of new thing.

 

[Golgo]

I like Kevin Pereira. He gets way too much flack. And Adam Sessler is more tolerable when he's not playing Adam Sessler.

I don't think much of value was lost. Spike already covers the demographic and could capture some of the G4 audience if they chose to. Add a tech and gaming show or two... I think they've had some before... and it's basically the same network G4 is now. The only thing I'm really worried about is the future of Ninja Warrior, but I guess it could and will likely remain on the network and it seems to have NBC backing.

Although I think tech and maybe gaming will still have its place on the new network. Not in the same format it is now, certainly, but with just about as much focus as G4 has given it the last five years.

Ditto on a tech oriented audience being less likely to watch TV. Not that G4 could be called such anymore. But just hit the internet and find all that the G4 and Tech TV of now or previous offers. G4 is just awfully redundant.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

When I first had the channel in Canada their some of their main programming was Lupin III and then reruns of The Office. Things changed.

 

[AntiLeaf33]

This was expected after the first announcement. X-Play and Attack of the Show! will be done in 2 months time

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/729197/g4-marks-the-end-of-aots-and-x-play-with-two-month-farewells/

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Good riddance to both. X-Play hasn't been fun in years. The "On the X-Play Boards" song is the best thing the show ever did. They started taking themselves way too seriously.

 

[2GOLD]

Without DirectTV, is anything going to improve for them ratings wise?

 

[Youth N Asia]

As my boner for Morgan Webb died so did my interest in X-Play. While I almost never watch it anymore, I like the idea of a video game review show on tv. So it sucks that way.

I used to really like AOTS, it's the only reason I even stop on G4 anymore when channel surfing. After Kevin left ir just wasn't any good. It seemed clear a while ago that they weren't going to cast a permanent host, and it hasn't helped the show any.

I don't think I'll really bother tuning in once the entire network gets re-branded.

 

[bps21]

What is it getting rebranded to? I heard they ordered a lot of reality TV crap. That's what the world needed.

 

[KingPK]

They want to make it a higher-brow version of Spike TV focused towards men.

 

[bps21]

Men don't like video games and funny web videos?

 

[tekcop]

I still miss Leo Laporte and that other guy on the Screensavers.

 

[Golgo]

Reality TV, so high brow.

I'm still not sure what their intention is, Bravo for straight dudes?

Also, where am I supposed to go for easily accessible COPS reruns now? truTV?

 

[Brocklock]

Best show G4 ever aired

Starcade | Jim vs. Mike

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I'll take Martin Sergeant's Unscrewed over almost anything G4 is airing.

 

[NoCalMike]

The rumor is a "GQ" style show. I've never read a single issue of GQ, so I have no idea.

This re-branding was kind of inevitable once Comcast bought G4, the changes started happening subtly, but crept in more and more with passing time.

Kevin Pereira gets shit on a lot by folks, but he actually comes off as a pretty intelligent and nice guy outside of G4. He was fantastic on both his appearances on Joe Rogan's podcast, and recently started up his own podcast "Pointless" which has been a blast so far. He is also is the creator of that Viral Video showdown show coming to SYFY network, and has put together that touring geek-esque live show. So it looks like he had plenty on his plate and left G4 at the right time.

 

[Jaxxxson Mayhem]

I really like Kevin. Seems to be a pretty cool dude.

 

[Youth N Asia]

I liked Kevin as well. Olivia came off like she could have been a legit bitch though. I also liked The Screen Savers.

Bring back Tech TV

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Another show I couldn't tell you how many afternoons I spent, glued to the TV, watching marathons of: Filter.

Icons was great too. I really enjoyed the one about Nobuo Uematsu.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Soooo now that all of their original programming has been cancelled and buried. It looks like the channel isn't going away. Esquire is taking over the Style Network.

 

[Just Call Me Dan]

I had been hearing of G4's demise for so long (probably from here) that I was shocked when I stumbled upon it the other day running what appeared to be its normal programming. I'd be back on board for watching it more regularly, but just kind of tuned it out when I thought it would just be dying a slow death.

 

[Rendclaw]

I lost interest the second they stopped doing regular reviews and started doing more and more sketches to fill airtime and started putting way too much comedy in the reviews that they did do. AOTS peaked when Olivia was in the Princess Leia slave costume, and it was a steady downward slide from there. I just don;t have any interest anymore in it. Its a shadow of its former self.

A decent tech and Screen Savers type show would be good, but Leo Laporte has his own empire now out of Petaluma, and aside from Patrick Norton (who has been doing Tekzilla for a long time now), there aren't too many out there who could do such a show justice. Not to mention anyone with even passable google fu can find out the answer to their problems with a quick search. On top of that, there are guys like Chris Smoove on Youtube who cover games in a much better and funnier way now. I think nowadays, a channel like G4 is superfluous.

 

[KingPK]

Yeah, sites like Giant Bomb and Rev3Games (where Adam Sessler is now) can do what G4 did at a fraction of the cost.

 

[2GOLD]

By January, all systems are dropping it, including the parent company. Channel is dead.

 

[Angle-plex]

I use to think Olivia Munn was the hottest thing walking around, and even then I though she was a big phony. No way that girl knows dick about video games or computers or anything like that.

 

[vivisectvi]

Yeah! No one attractive never knows anything about video games or computers or anything like that!

 

[Angle-plex]

Same with her. Or at least she plays it up major to appeal to Internet guys. And I'm pretty sure Olivia has admitted she knows next to nothing about video games before.

 

[tekcop]

She doesn't (didn't?) actually like video games if I remember correctly. She's pretty into computers, gadgets, and all that "geek-friendly" fiction like Star Wars and stuff.