Leo Laporte Returns to G4TV

TimeForGuinness writes "Leo Laporte returns to G4TV along with the show Call For Help. It premieres Monday the 29th of August at 11am ET/8am PT. As a long time ZDTV and TechTV fan, I am happy to see him return." Agreed. Good to see him back on a cable show. The first few episode topics include: "Waterproof Your Gadgets, Find a Wi-Fi Hotspot, Tweak Your TV Tones, Network Enabled DVD Players"

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That channel went to hell

[illegal_op]

after g4 took over

Re:That channel went to hell

[Seumas]

Cheats! is an awful show. Aside from it being just a dumb idea, the host is awful. Some gimpy looking ostrich-like chick who clearly knows dick about gaming telling a bunch of people how to beat a crappy console game with her oh-so-witty scripted remarks?

Filter is just as retarded. Another weird looking chick (they're trying to push the hot-chick thing for the male viewers, but aside from the punky blonde, morgan webb and sarah lane, they're all kind of below-average). And she basically presents what's nothing more than a weekly slashdot-poll/meme.

Then the stupid Arena show. A bunch of total dorksj playing games with commentary on TV. And it's so boring. *yawn*. And the host is some blockhead douchebag who probably hasn't played a game in his life and who doesn't get most of the jokes Kevin Perera throws out.

Then there's X-Play, which is okay - Adam is a smart guy even if they make him act like a spaz on the show. And Morgan... smart chick and I'd watch her read the phone book for all it matters.

Kevin Pererra is pretty funny. Kevin Rose was a good balance to him, though. I miss Rose because he added some authenticity and credibility to the show. And a little edge. He was the linux, OSS, screw the RIAA guy. Probably the best thing G4/TechTV has ever had.

Laporte and Patrick are both cool guys. Laporte explains thing so well. I actually like listening to his radio show, because while he talks about mundane windows-oriented stuff that my dog could figure out, I still learn a little bit about how to deal with explaining tech to people and after all these years, that still benefits me in my career. He has a knack for that.

Their race car/naked-whore shows are boring and retarded. If I cared about drifting or car racing, I'd fucking watch ESPN.

Mostly, I just hate all the god damned reruns. I swear to god they play X-Play 12 times per day.. and half the episodes are about games that have been out for two or three years!

Sarah Lane is pretty cool, too. I guess I just think that because I've been watching for a long time and she kind of grows on you. Plus, she's kind of hot in a petite little... nevermind, Kevin Rose might be reading this....

Brendan Moran is... well... Clealry not too tech oriented. But he's a lush. Drunks are cool.

I miss Jessika. The hot little redhead. I miss Patrick. I hoe Leo brings him back on. And Martin Sargeant and (Lauren? - his cohost) were decent. Sometimes his show sucked, but I'd rather watch that than yet another god damned rerun.

And this Cinematech thing... a half hour stretch of fucking videogame vidcaps? LAME!

Their historical stuff is really cool though. Like when they do a whole half hour or hour about the guy who invented the gameboy or Nolan Bushnell or something. Aside from Attack of the Show, that's probably the best thing they do.

You know what I wish? I wish Sean Baby was going to be the new host of Attack of the Show. I swear to god I've always hated that fucking asshole douchebag, but after watching him on the show for about two weeks, I completely changed my opinion of him. He's funny, smart and kind of charming. I don't wanna give the guy a rimjob or anything, but he was just obnoxious enough and smart enough to be fun to watch.

I guess he has his own animated show or something coming on G4 soon, though.

G4 Realizes They Blow?

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe G4 realizes that they're killing their network by driving away all the good talent and now they're trying to resuscitate it. I mean, really, G4 is the horny teen poser network now.

Laporte Returns

[Pablopelos]

I always thought that he was fairly intelligent, but where Leo really shines is his ability to talk to non-techies about technical things. I wish they would put Kate back on also. ;)

Re:Show for n00bs

[Anonymous Coward]

I appreciated the show more for the fact that they were trying to actually help n00bs more than for the actual content of the program.

That and it was a fairly innocuous program that filled that cable programming time slot.

It's about time

[dynamo52]

This is great

Ever since G4 took over, that channel has become increasingly childish and mindless. There is an overabundance of programming devoted to video games and other distractions while the "tech" element has been brushed completely aside. Even if the show is a bit basic, at least it has substance.

Re:Show for n00bs

[PDXNerd]

You forget that most of the world are geek-wanabees and not IT/technical folk. They are geared towards the 85% majority of the folk who like tech who are not non-technical vs. the 15% of us who "walk-the-walk", so to speak..

Miss Kate, where have you gone?

[Y-Crate]

Meanwhile, nerds everywhere futilely pine away for Kate Botello to appear on TV somewhere....anywhere

Re:Show for n00bs

[Anonymous Coward]

I've watched a few segments and learned absolutely nothing, everything was like, so obvious...

Just because you're experienced with Windows, it doesn't mean we all are. As tech-support for the family and close friends, I learnt alot about where to find things when I recieved my family's calls for help.

As far as I know, it was one of the only shows of its type. Let's face it, technical types are going to use a TV show to get information, and TV shows aren't interested in appealing to the arcane topics of hardcore geeks.

I also have to say that there is something refreshing and enjoyable about seeing people have their problems sorted out. It's nice.

Geek-wannabes? Give me a break! Just because someone has an interest in getting their computer to work the way they want does not make them a wannabe geek.

I've seen too many "geeks" on forums who want a high barrier of entry to technology because it makes them feel important. This is the sort of nonsense they spout. As if they were never new to computers themselves.

About Time!

[Techiegeeks]

It's about time G4 bought a fucking clue! How many stupid ass game shows can you watch. The only other show worthwhile is XPlay. Morgan Webb is soo Hot and Adam Sessler cracks me up.

The other garbage (like Attack Of the Show) just sucks ass.

Re:Management Probably Doesn't know about it

[RubberDogBone]

You still can't figure out why they bought TechTV???

There was only ever one reason: TechTV was on DirecTV and Dish Network. They had channel space.

Comcast was never able to get channel space for G4. Nobody wanted to carry it. Buying TechTV gave them the channel space they so badly wanted.

They were probably hoping to gain TechTVs viewers too but they mostly has not happened. The gamers are too busy playing games to watch TV shows about games, and the people seeking tech content got nothing.

Comcast has recently done some housecleaning at G4 -about time considering the channel has used up more than a billion of Comcast's investor's dollars with nothing to show for it- and brought in some new programming people. Can't do a lot worse than the idiots they had running the channel.

Comcast announced this summer than they are going to be demanding better results from their cable channels and G4 will be expected to perform. No more free lunch.

I'd start with putting back the tech programming, treating employees better than dirt (no 401(K), no vacation days paid or otherwise), and fire the consultants.