G4's Attack of the Show and X-Play coming to an end

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#1  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

From G4's facebook page:  

G4's two longest-running and defining series, Attack of the Show! and X-Play, will be ending their run at the end of 2012. Both shows will include original episodes through the end of the year, and will look back at their most memorable moments as we lead up to their final episodes. 

A rotating lineup of guest co-hosts including John Barrowman, Michael Ian Black, Josh Myers, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Horatio Sanz will join AOTS hosts Candace Bailey andSara Underwood, and X-Play hosts Morgan Webb and Blair Herter as part of the farewell shows.

With well over a thousand episodes each, Attack of the Show! and X-Play have defined gamer culture for a generation, serving as the launch pad for prominent personalities including Kevin Pereira, Olivia Munn, Chris Hardwick and Adam Sessler. Attack of the Show! debuted March 28, 2005 and from the start was the ultimate guide to everything cool and new in the world of technology, web culture, gaming and 

pop culture. 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 you back through highlights of these landmark shows' history, including its exclusive live-from-the-floor coverage of San Diego Comic-Con and E3.

Both long-running shows helped define, as well as expand, the pop culture and gaming TV experience for a generation. We hope you've had as much fun watching them as we have had making them, and sincerely hope you join us in bidding a fond farewell to Attack of the Show and X-Play's as we look back over the next two months and head towards each series' finale.


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#2  Edited By LONGTIME

Meh haven't watched either show in years. I miss TechTV.

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#3  Edited By texasdeathmatch

Not gonna lie, those shows absolutely sucked balls. Random bimbo hot chicks who didn't know what they were talking about, was a shame they couldn't find real girls who were into the same material.
 
Anyways, as long as they don't stop playing Cheaters or Cops, I'm cool with this.

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#4  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator
@LONGTIME@texasdeathmatch: I'm not a loyal viewer of either, but I wonder if Kevin P and Adam S knew in advance about the station changing drastically and that's why they jumped ship.
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#5  Edited By LONGTIME
@k4tzm4n: I didn't think about that, could be the case. So Kevin P is producing some new show called ''Viral Video Showdown'' for SyFi but what's Adam S doing nowdays?
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#6  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator
@LONGTIME: Sessler says he's going to be on that show.  I've also seen him appear on various podcasts.
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#8  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

LOL

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#9  Edited By StMichalofWilson

@SoA said:

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LMAO

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#10  Edited By Chronus

...What else does G4 have?

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#11  Edited By Xanni15

I've never even heard of these shows or the network.

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#12  Edited By TheBlueAngel93

I stopped watching Attack of the Show years ago, the show just lost my interest...

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#13  Edited By Strider1992

Is it wrong that I have never heard of either of these shows? Or G4 for that matter?

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Meh. I never really cared for these shows a lot.

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#15  Edited By texasdeathmatch
@k4tzm4n: Ah I dunno, weren't those shows kind of like Adam Sessler's babies?
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#16  Edited By ShadowsofBirds

I used to dig both AOTS and XPlay back when it was techtv.. I haven't been able to watch much since G4 took over, but I did catch an episode of AOTS a few weeks ago and.. the laugh track.. good god why??

Anyway - It seems like on a relatively recent Nerdist podcast (http://www.nerdist.com/podcasts/) they were speculating on weather Matt Mira was going to take over hosting AOTS.. weird.

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AOTS was at least mildly amusing at times.

X-Play and most of it's reviews were a complete joke. Sessler's act was old before the first episode aired.

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#18  Edited By Eternal19

Meh. Don't really care

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#19  Edited By Big_Nasty

Ever since DirecTV dropped G4TV, I mostly forgaot about these shows.

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#20  Edited By Auralaria

I remember when I first found out they ended Cheat! I don't feel as bad here. I remember when I was first introduced to AOTS, I hated Kevin and O Munn. Then, they grew on me and I really loved them. Then O Munn left and they started looking for new co-hosts, and I watched it still, but less frequently, because I wasn't feeling the chemistry like I did when it was Kevin and Olivia. Then when Kevin left, I was done altogether. X-play was less attached anyway, and they fluctuated between pretty cool to okay guys, come on now;

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#21  Edited By King_Saturn
well it kind of sucks... but they had a good run on TV.
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#22  Edited By _Zombie_

Honestly can't say I'm broken up over this. Never was a fan of AOTS, but used to watch X-Play daily until the show got completely shtty. Can't blame Adam for leaving, things were just not what they used to be around there. He probably figured the ax was bound to fall sometime soon.

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#23  Edited By Bigheart711

To be honest, I don't mind AOTS being killed off since I stopped watching it for 2 or 3 years, but X-Play's death sentence is pretty much a low blow. Up until ignoring the better fighting and RPG games from this year as well as Adam Sessler's leave, X-Play was actually fun to watch. So, an "I'll miss you" for X-Play and a "Good [BLEEP]ing riddance" for AOTS.

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#24  Edited By CrimsonCake

For Tine Slots for more Cops Marathons!

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#25  Edited By Jack Donaghy

I haven't watched either show in such a long time that this news has absolutely no effect on me whatsoever, didn't even know X-Play was still on the air. The only thing this news makes me feel is how much I miss Tech TV.

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#26  Edited By InnerVenom123

A few years too late.

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#27  Edited By nickp

Xplay was doomed to fail after Sessler left

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#28  Edited By superstay

@k4tzm4n:

Man I remember the old G4 with Portal, Filter, Cheat!......those were the days.

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