Attack of the Show!

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Attack of the Show!
Program logo
Format Live action, comedy, variety television series
Starring See the Attack of the Show Hosts.
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Production
Running time 60 minutes per episode (inc. advertisements)
Broadcast
Original channel G4
Picture format 480i SDTV
Original run March 28 2005 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Attack of the Show! (commonly referred to as AOTS) is a U.S. live television program shown weeknights on G4, G4techTV Canada in Canada and Fuel TV in Australia.

Contents

History

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Attack of the Show! is a show that focuses on technology, gaming, music, current events, pop-culture, movies, relationship advice, and comic book news. It is also known for commonly having segments where viewers can call, chat, and e-mail questions which are answered live on the show. It is also the only form of media to advertise most Internet fads. The show premiered on March 28, 2005 as the replacement for The Screen Savers. The show originally aired live five days a week; the week of January 2, 2006, the show was truncated to air for only four days a week. Fridays formerly featured a "Mash Up" which compiles the best segments from the week's four live shows. New shows now air on Fridays, which are taped in advance.

Personalities

Co-host Kevin Rose, one of the holdovers from the TechTV days, left the show in May 2005. The show announced a search for a new co-host among the shows audience, and for several months various candidates auditioned on the air. In the end none of the candidates were actually selected, although, puzzlingly, this was never actually announced on the air. They randomly chose Robert Van Winkle (a.k.a. Vanilla Ice), although he only co-hosted for a single episode. Sarah Lane, who had previously been relegated to occasional segments throughout the show, gradually became the shows official co-host. She continued in this capacity until Thursday, April 6, 2006, when she and Brendan Moran announced their engagement and stated that they would be leaving the show. They married in late May 2006 and had a thirteen-month honeymoon travelling the world and documenting their adventures online at Sarah's website .[1] The Morans appeared on the show, via satellite, on July 13, 2006 to talk about their adventures. The couple had been involved with TechTV and G4 since 2001, and their departure, like Rose's, was greeted with distress by the shows fans.

Olivia Munn was hired to replace Lane and began hosting on Monday, April 10, 2006. Zach Selwyn, the runner up on ESPN's Dream Job, was hired to replace Moran and started his hosting duties a week later on April 17, 2006. So far, Munn and Selwyn have met with mixed reaction from the show's fans. Wil O'Neal, a CNET senior editor who was one of the co-host candidates following Rose's departure, now appears on the show semi-regularly as a technology correspondent. Kevin Pereira is now the sole remaining host from the AOTS launch in 2005.

Hosts

Co-hosts

Contributors

Former hosts (The Screen Savers)

Guest hosts

Segments

Title Synopsis
Attack This! (formerly The List) A daily showcase of various things that the G4TV hosts recommend the viewers to buy, download etc. Presented by Olivia Munn
Around the Net A daily profile of websites and online videos with unique or bizarre idiosyncrasies.
DVDuesday Chris Gore’s reviews and picks for DVD releases and rates them as: buy, rent, or pass. Shown each Tuesday.
The Feed Pop culture and technology news delivered in blurbs, presented by Layla Kayleigh.
Fresh Ink! Blair Butler reviews upcoming comic book titles and rates them as: buy, browse, or burn. She also visits comic conventions.
Gadget Pr0n (formerly AOTS Hardware) Kevin Pereira reviews and showcases the latest gadgets and gear.
Game Break Morgan Webb's (and/or on occasions, Adam Sessler's) update on current video game news and opinions of the industry. Shown each Wednesday.
User Created... Viewers send in videos they made doing different stuff requested by the host.
In Your Pants Sex columnist Anna David gives relationship advice to male and female viewers.
The Loop A daily forum featuring different opinions on the latest news, usually with three guests appearing via satellite.
Olivia's Rack Olivia showcases new magazines and their content.
Video Viewer Mail Viewers send in videos of themselves, asking questions, giving opinions, etc. Olivia and Kevin usually introduce it by saying something along the lines of "Let's talk to you guys over in the army of monitor heads."

International broadcasting

In Australia, the program has experienced a short but turbulent broadcast schedule. In September, 2006 long-time broadcaster of the show, HOW TO Channel in Australia stopped airing the program after the format no longer suited the channel's D.I.Y. format. However, in November 2007 Fuel TV began airing the program. The program also airs special episodes outside of the states, During certain times of the year it will travel to settings like Japan, Comic-Con, or Amsterdam for 4/20.

References

  1. ^ Sarah Lane's Official site

External links

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