It was the end of an era this week over on G4. Their Attack of the Show! series came to a close after more than 1,700 episodes on the air. The show's cancellation was announced late last year as part of the plan to rebrand G4 as the Esquire Channel, focusing on programming for "metrosexual viewers."
Back in March 2005, Attack of the Show! replaced The Screen Savers, a beloved computer and tech help show that started back when the channel was known as TechTV. Over its seven year run, the Screen Savers hosts included Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kate Botello, Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, and Sarah Lane.
After it was announced that Attack of the Show! would be ending, producer Joshua Brentano contacted Laporte and Norton about filming a special sketch for the last episode.
Below, you can see the...
Back in March 2005, Attack of the Show! replaced The Screen Savers, a beloved computer and tech help show that started back when the channel was known as TechTV. Over its seven year run, the Screen Savers hosts included Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kate Botello, Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, and Sarah Lane.
After it was announced that Attack of the Show! would be ending, producer Joshua Brentano contacted Laporte and Norton about filming a special sketch for the last episode.
Below, you can see the...
- 1/27/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
/Film was featured on Revision 3's internet tech show Tekzilla as one of their "Website We Just Can't Get Enough Of". I want to thank hosts Patrick Norton and Robert Heron for featuring us on the show. It's such an honor to hear people I've watched and respected for so long say nice things about /Film. When I traveled across country to San Francisco nearly a decade ago, I forced my friends to come with me to a live taping of The Screen Savers. This was before TechTV became G4, and before the once great call-in-tech show was turned into Attack of the Show. I use to watch the Screen Savers nearly everyday, and have followed Patrick and Robert through the many mutations over the years, be it Dl TV, This Week in Tech, or Techzilla. Thanks guys! Watch the clip embedded after the jump.
- 7/12/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
And yet, that's exactly what's happening. Yahoo! Buzz is the search engine giant's answer to Digg—essentially, a social bookmarking service run from Yahoo's portal that opened for business early last year. Part of Digg's appeal was its associated weekly web series, Diggnation, which had former The Screen Savers hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht review beer, act like fools, and present the top ten news items of the week with plenty of, ah, additional color. So, naturally, Yahoo wants to do a show of its own, aptly titled Yahoo! Buzz, and with industry giant 20th Television's help they're aiming to get it on the air. Meanwhile, the New York Times reported last month that the show is aiming to start syndication Fall 2009, and apparently Ananda Lewis of MTV fame has been tapped as a potential co-host.
- 2/25/2009
- by Pat Miller
- Tubefilter.com
To be honest, I was a little bit baffled when I stumbled across Project Lore. After all, one would think that if you're not the kind of person who likes to play World of Warcraft, you're probably not the kind of person who would want to watch somebody else play World of Warcraft, and if you do like playing World of Warcraft, then you'd probably rather play it yourself instead of watch. As it turns out, I was surprised by Project Lore, which manages to appeal to my gaming geek sensibilities despite my avoidance of all things WoW. The Project Lore team consists of five WoW-holics: the leader, Alex Albrecht, co-host of Diggnation and formerly of The Screen Savers, is the creator/host of the show (and the party Rogue). Albrecht launched the series back in June of last year, backed up by Hunter-playing Zand "Dorkins" Broumand, Joshua Brentano, who...
- 2/3/2009
- by Pat Miller
- Tubefilter.com
G4’s Attack of the Show aired a segment on today’s show called The Best Movie Blogs. /Film was one of three sites featured, alongside The Movie Blog and Chud. Video after the jump.
I want to thank the producers of Attack of the Show for including us. I really appreciate it as I’ve been watching the show for what seems like a decade (I just looked it up and it has in fact been a decade… I’m getting old). For those who don’t remember, before the most recent incarnation, Attack was a small computer tech call in show called The Screen Savers. This was before G4 ate Tech TV, and before Kevin Rose went from being a tech guy on the small tech call-in show to the creator of one of the biggest websites on the internet. I even attended one of the shows live...
I want to thank the producers of Attack of the Show for including us. I really appreciate it as I’ve been watching the show for what seems like a decade (I just looked it up and it has in fact been a decade… I’m getting old). For those who don’t remember, before the most recent incarnation, Attack was a small computer tech call in show called The Screen Savers. This was before G4 ate Tech TV, and before Kevin Rose went from being a tech guy on the small tech call-in show to the creator of one of the biggest websites on the internet. I even attended one of the shows live...
- 1/30/2009
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
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