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Is it possible for G4 to hit a new low? Because I think they did.

You know, I thought things were bad when I skipped over the channel and saw nothing but Cops and Cheaters re-runs for days on end. Then they mostly got rid of Olivia Munn and I thought, "well, at least most of the people on Attack of the Show aren't as awful as she was, maybe things could be looking up."


And then I get this.
  
  
I'm genuinely curious: who the fuck are they marketing their channel towards? I have no clue. No clue at all. And it's awful, because I want G4 to be good. I remember what it used to be, and I remember how wonderful Tech TV was and I realize I'll never get that (on a TV station) again.
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I watched that, what the fuck is wrong with me. GIVE ME BACK THOSE 48 SECONDS!

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Last weekends G4's MK tournament interview with Ed Boon was totally dumb as well.


So lame. They should have gotten some of the match commentators to speak to him. Not some random girl who obviously knew very little about MK.
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Wow, I literally got kinda sick lol

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Meh. 

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God I miss Tech TV, at least there is  http://www.twit.tv/

with their new studio about to open, I hope it gets even more popular
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If G4 is no longer a gaming/geek channel, why doesn't another one exist?

Speaking of TechTV, other than The Screensavers and the old Extended Play, I miss the Biography-style show on game developers (I remember they had episodes on Lucasarts and Gabe Newell/Valve), and Eye Drops. Eye Drops is what confirmed my decision to become an animator.

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As a self-contained clip, I found it incredibly amusing: in the same way that japanese game shows are funny. However, trying to make an entire TV program out of that is just a waste of time.

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Oh god.

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If I ever meet Sessler, I'm buying him a few shots of vodka (pure, no bullshit) to wash down the pain, because goddamnit he deserves it.


My thought after seeing this is that I didn't think it would be this short of a timeperiod before people forgot how we all agreed silently on never bringing back anything that is sort of 90s again, ever. Seriously. Didn't we all repress that? Because this is some awful 90s looking shit. I think it would take til the kids born in the oughts grew up and repeated the mistake.
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I like Adam... and Morgan... 

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What did I just watch?

Oh, American Television.
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@yakov456 said:
They hit a low when having a full day dedicated to pot on 4/20. Video games!
I dunno, I thought the porn expo was lower.  But yeah, G4 is worthless other than Ninja Warrior.  It's pretty damned easy to see why people don't watch it.  They still haven't figured out that people who wanna watch a game-themed network wanna actually watch stuff about games.  It's like they're embarrassed about their original audience and want Spike's audience instead.  Problem is that Spike is better... Which really says something about G4 when they can't even rise up to Spike's pathetic level.
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@ChristianCastillo said:

Why does the channel still exist?  I mean it's supposed to be a channel about video games right?  

No.  It's not.
This is the problem.  A lot of people complain about G4 not being about video games, when that hasn't been it's target demographic in years.  They have exactly ONE video game-focused television program.  ONE.

Judge it for what it is, not what you expect it to be.
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The only time I care to watch G4 is when it has expo coverage like PAX or E3, and sometimes, but not as much, Comic-con.
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I just watched Feedback and listen to the Soapbox, they can be good when they want to be (Their E3 coverage outside of the whole Munn/Jaffe thing has been consistently good since the start). and AOTS can be fun when they have good segments on the loop


Problem is, all the video game stuff is on the website, tons of news, reviews, features, interviews and of course their web  shows, which MURDERS 90% of what they put on their actual channel. 
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They are trying to be a much shittier version of spike tv and spike tv is already pretty shitty.

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I still can't believe that  someone as classy as sessler is a part of the same network that features stuff like this. I will admit it was worth a chuckle the first time they did it as a one off joke, but to make it a recurring show...  

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I'd rather watch this:

  

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Never found the appeal of G4. Part of me thinks it perpetuates negative stereotypes about gamers.

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It's no worse than some of the stuff that used to appear on NBC's fear factor.  People upchucked on that show all the time, too.  If anything, it just proves how unoriginal G4 is with its programming.  "Fear Factor was cool 10 years ago...let's do some of that."  They've also done Discovery Channel rip offs of Mythbusters and Futureweapons.    

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@benjaebe: Oh come on, thats not fair...Olivia Munn is hot.
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I always feel bad about how terrible G4 is because I really like Sessler.  The dude is a great personality and is about the only person in-tune with reality there.  I hope somehow he finds a better gig.  I'm curious how much they're paying to hold on to him.

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Slightly off-topic, but does US' MTV have game one? It's a really good weekly show that we have. They were just nominated for our most prestigious (german) media award.

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And that explains why i never visit or watch anything related to G4.

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Ya know, we're living in the golden age of television. We have high quality shows like Breaking Bad, Dexter, The Walking Dead, 30 Rock, and The Office just to name a few. And yet, we are also in an age of the absolute worst diarrhea of the eyeballs can somehow find a network to produce MULTIPLE seasons of garbage that people will watch.

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i saw kevin pereira on the joe rogan podcast, and he was surprisingly cool. dunno know why he's still on g4.

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@applet0n said:
Just imagine going onto Giant Bomb and watching Sessler chat it up with the crew and have his own weekly soapbox...
Yeah, I remember an E3 I think, or maybe it was a convention, that Sessler was on a Bombcast. It was pretty awesome.
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Yeah this is just one of the reasons that DIRECTV removed G4 from it's service.

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So, does this mean we'll be able to get Adam Sessler to join the bomb-squad too? Because that would make this site perfect.
Just imagine going onto Giant Bomb and watching Sessler chat it up with the crew and have his own weekly soapbox...

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Hot, watched it a few times.

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Personally I think Adam Sessler only stays due to the legacy he has had there. He is the only person still on that network from the ZDTV days (what TechTV was originally call when Ziff-Davis owned it). He is also arguably the only person who actually should be on a gamer based network that they have.

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How is this a programme that people can turn on their televisions to see?

HOW!?

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@benjaebe: Is that Mathew Perry in your icon?
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@Lord_Yeti said:
I'm proud to say that I haven't watched G4 at all since 2004.
This.
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@OsvaldoMoreno said:
And to think that before AOTS and this whole G4 shit, there was The Screen Savers and Call For Help... I really miss those shows...
Same here. I desperately miss seeing Leo Laporte on TV.
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@Everyones_A_Critic said:
Does anyone else remember Judgement Day? I used to love that fucking show.
That was my favorite show back when I was heavy into watching G4.
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First off, gross. Second, that girl is really cute. Third, what in the fucking holy shit is this garbage?

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@KaosAngel said:
First off, I got off to this.  Second off, and looking at it with a clear head, why are you watching G4?
I... what?
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We have all seen this coming countless times, as DirecTV dropped them, olivia munn left, the original staff from both channels aka TechTV and G4TV are gone. and the channel has lost its identity completely... I only ever watch xplay when i do check out that channel. i miss the old staff. G4rewind had a stream up of Oldskool g4 style stuff. it was interesting to watch. i honestly don't even know why the channel is in existence anymore...

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I watched G4 last year for the E3 conferences

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@slightconfuse said:
  Glad direct tv dropped it
...And nothing of value was lost.
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@Patman99 said:
I think that the Canadian version of G4 (G4Tech TV), is very different. There is AOTS and X play but it is much more centered on tech shows, game shows and general nerd culture shows. The American version seems to try to copy Spike TV a little too much and thats where this kind of stuff falls into place...
Every time I go to watch it though it's just reruns of Leo Laports show from 2-3 years ago, sometimes 4-5 years ago, with reviews on the run/EP scattered in every 4-5 hours.
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I think that the Canadian version of G4 (G4Tech TV), is very different. There is AOTS and X play but it is much more centered on tech shows, game shows and general nerd culture shows. The American version seems to try to copy Spike TV a little too much and thats where this kind of stuff falls into place...

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@Lord_Yeti said:
I'm proud to say that I haven't watched G4 at all since 2004.
No sarcasm intended, that actually is pretty admirable, since it was right at that year that everything started turning to shit.
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And to think that before AOTS and this whole G4 shit, there was The Screen Savers and Call For Help... I really miss those shows...

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And here i thought they canceled cops. The only reasoni was wathing g4 was ninja warrior.

Glad direct tv dropped it

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Does anyone else remember Judgement Day? I used to love that fucking show.

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@weeman105 said:
@MariachiMacabre said:
@yakov456 said:

They hit a low when having a full day dedicated to pot on 4/20. Video games!

This. "No one gives a shit" is probably my most uttered phrase on 4/20.
Just put this on a shirt and wear it all day:
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I would wear the hell out of that if it were on a shirt.
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I hope  Sessler is getting paid a shit tone of money to work there.   


Dude deserves better.    


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@benjaebe: Oh i agree with you.  That channel is horrible but i was saying they do have good content and over all talented people somewhere.