G4TechTV Announced

Str8Dog writes "Looks like Comcast has made its plans for the G4 / Tech TV merger public via, G4TechTV.com. The FAQ page list the shows that will be surviving the merger. Call For Help seems to have received the axe. No word is given if the casts will remain the same."

Comments

G4??

[Anonymous Coward]

Haven't you heard, it's all G5 these days.

If Leo goes, I go.

[Seoulstriker]

Leo is the only reason I watch the Screensavers and is only one of two reasons I even watch the network (the other is for X-Play). If Leo isn't there anymore, I'm out of there. :-(

Re:If Leo goes, I go.

[ScottGant]

How can you say that? Leo Leporte treats his viewers like they're 3rd graders.

Actually, Leo is one of the nicest people on the face of the planet. When someone is having a problem, he is patient enough to walk them through it.

Not to mention the fact that Leo has many times shown how easy it is to get Linux up and running on a machine.

The Screen Savers is a great show.

Re:If Leo goes, I go.

[FrostByte12]

Leo is...TECHTV. When all the boring tech news gets you down, Leo's black shoes with speed-style flame stripes come to the rescue. Best of all, they make whoever wears them go faster. Removing leo is like taking Krispy Kremes from a fat man. It's a sin.

Re:If Leo goes, I go.

[sweeney37]

except everything was worked out with the parent company and he was back on TV by April 20th.

Mike

Re:If Leo goes, I go.

[deviator]

There are very few people out there who can speak authoritatively about technology--teaching people how to use it without sounding like an arrogant prick. Leo is the *best* I've ever seen anywhere at this--and the tone at TechTV follows his lead.

The few times I watched G4 the people on it seemed to have a 'tude, because there isn't a "Leo" presence there. I hope Leo at least signs on as a creative consultant for the newly combined channel. (G4's design & branding looks like ti was done by a third-grader, as well...)

Comcast's lineup choices seem to be on target though--it's unfortunate they may be dropping Call for Help (at least until a massive write-in campagin restores it) but it's great to see Unscrewed made the cut! Martin Sargent is pretty brilliant--and I think his star (and Laura Swisher's) are just beginning to rise...

(and if you haven't seen Unscrewed, think of Letterman circa 1986...)

I'm bummed that I'll probably never get down to the Bay Area to see a taping of TSS or Unscrewed in time at this point. :(

Thank god!

[SirPhreak]

Was ready to change the channel today at 5 to avoid the horrible robot wars, was suprised to see that Filter was on, a former G4 show. No complaints show far, work out the techtv crap and bring in decent G4 shows. If they keep the right people this might not work out too bad.

Now featuring

[Anonymous Coward]

All outsourced Indian hosts! In the near future, they'll be replacing the Indian hosts with computer generated people to lower the costs even more.

And the timeliness of /. prevails!

[LinuxHam]

I was *just* wishing for TechTV to start showing up on my Comcast Digital Cable. In the meantime, I was watching a Screen Savers episode On Demand -- the one about security, not 20 minutes ago. I figured it was going to be a lousy glossing over, but they opened by talking about Nessus and spent a good 10-15 minutes going over a nice-looking Windows port of Nessus, Newt. They really seemed to know what they were talking about. A couple of screw-ups here and there, but I was just blown away that a couple of tv dorks even heard of Nessus and could speak authoritatively about it.

How is this bad again?

[MrZaius]

Okay.... so they're keeping the two shows I sometimes actually liked (Anime Unleashed and the Screen Savers), adding gamer-oriented content I never got to see before.

I'm supposed to bitch and moan....... why?

What article about G4 would be complete

[Talez]

Without Penny Arcade's Review of G4TV!

The big question

[Profane MuthaFucka]

Will that sweet sweet maiden Sarah Lane still be on Screen Savers, and will she dump Kevin Rose for me?

Re:The big question

[Profane MuthaFucka]

Wow, my comment about Sarah Lane got modded up to +5! That means there's a chance she might read it!

Oh shit...that means there's a chance she might read it, and she'll never become Mrs. Muthafucka now.

Anime stays?

[Quebst]

No offense to the anime lovers, but doesn't comcast already have other outlets for anime? I fail to see the direct connection to technology, although gaming is somewhat related.

Again, no offense to anime lovers, but it seems to be in places where it shouldn't. I really don't mind it on Cartoon network(where it may belong) but would still prefer other adult swim titles. I guess it's better than many of the new kids cartoons, which can't compete with even my generation's(X) classics.

the good and the bad

[dirk]

While I see a lot of good stuff staying (TSS, G4TV.com, Icons, X-Ply, I see some things that I just can't figure out.

They kept the fucking Thunderbirds?? The Thunderbirds??? I have never talked to anyone who actually watched this show, much less enjoyed it. Same thing with Portal and Cheat.

They should definitely tone down the G4 contribution, as that was by far the weaker channel. And they need to keep the hosts as is if at all possible. I like Leo, but he was a much better fit for Call for Help than the Screen Savers. He is better with the lower knowledge crowd, and TSS was moving towarda a geekier crowd.

A Sreen Savers without Kevin Rose...

[callipygian-showsyst]

A "Screen Savers" without Kevin Rose is like a Day without Sunshine! I can't imagine watching some LA "actor" portraying a Silicon Valley nerd.