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G4 Moves Further From Technology Roots
Variety has a piece detailing some new hires at G4, all designed to further move the channel away from its technology roots. From the article: "One of Finn's priorities will be to scout people to profile when 'Icons' relaunches this summer. The 'Biography'-style skeinskein has been revamped to focus on figures that appeal to young men, including J.J. Abrams and Bryan SingerBryan Singer. She'll also continue to strengthen the lineup of guests visiting G4's live, studio-based series. In addition, both 'Filter' and 'Attack of the Show' will be relaunched in June with a scaled-back focus on technology. Heavier emphasis will be on attitude, humor and a broader range of male-oriented topics."
Is this one of those Little Caesar's commercials?
Pizza Pizza!
Isn't it Bryan Singer that young men appeal to, and not the other way around? :)
Just hours after announcing their latest change, the G4 management have decided to update the channel again.
"Even with the recent changes," Finn said, "we still don't think we're still not reaching our target audience. We've decided that every program will be replaced with a guy sitting in shorts and a wifebeater, drinking a low-quality beer. The guy will occasionally scratch himself, and of course the wifebeater will be covered in the requisite motor oil and pit stains. We feel this'll really gel with the 'masculine audience' we're striving for."
Audiences will have to wait for the fall season for "Guy in a Wifebeater", but focus groups are already responding by vomiting.
You mean to tell me that the shiny video-game box can be used for non-interactive media?
How strange.
Wait a second... G4 was about technology? Dude, I had no idea!
Next thing you know, people will be saying that MTV was originally designed for music videos... *shudders* The world is all crazy, Mommy...
You are still innocent until proven guilty. What's changed is what they do to innocent people. - notnAP, #26891325
I thought the G4/G5 CPUs being replaced by Intel CPUs. Some technology just don't know how to die gracefully.
> Someone tell me why they are showing "Saved by the Bell" on Adult Swim?
3 words:
College drinking games.
In the near future, G4 will acquire Spike TV. The new channel will be known as G4 Spike TV. Within 1-2 years, the station will be rebranded G4. Six months after that we will see an increase in programming of such things as "The Martha Steward Show"...
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I have my G5 power mac. I could careless about the status of G4.
The war with islam is a war on the beast
The war on terror is a war for peace
What, no Morgan Webb? "I'm surrounded by blown Kha'ak but strangely unsatisfied."
I want to know how much they bought 'Tom' for, because if they will buy that shit, I think i just found step 2.
This is not bad proofreading or copy editing.
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It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Honestly, I have watched a lot more G4 since they started running Star Trek TNG re-runs, and now TOS re-runs (I watch the Saturday uncut episodes, not the 11pm Star Trek 2.0 with the annoying chat bar and stupid "stock" ticker). However, that is going to get old as soon as I have seen all the re-runs once, and then they start repeating.