Attack of the Show!
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| Attack of the Show! | |
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| Program logo | |
| Starring | See the Attack of the Show Hosts. |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes per episode (inc. advertisements) |
| Original release | |
| Network | G4 |
| Release | March 28 2005 – present |
Attack of the Show! (commonly referred to as AOTS) is a U.S. live television program shown weeknights on G4, G4techTV Canada in Canada and Fuel TV in Australia.
History
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Attack of the Show! is a show that focuses on technology, gaming, music, current events, pop-culture, movies, relationship advice, and comic book news. It is also known for commonly having segments where viewers can call, chat, and e-mail questions which are answered live on the show. It is also the only form of media to advertise most Internet fads. The show premiered on March 28, 2005 as the replacement for The Screen Savers. The show originally aired live five days a week; the week of January 2, 2006, the show was truncated to air for only four days a week. Fridays formerly featured a "Mash Up" which compiles the best segments from the week's four live shows. New shows now air on Fridays, which are taped in advance.
Personalities
Co-host Kevin Rose, one of the holdovers from the TechTV days, left the show in May 2005. The show announced a search for a new co-host among the shows audience, and for several months various candidates auditioned on the air. In the end none of the candidates were actually selected, although, puzzlingly, this was never actually announced on the air. They randomly chose Robert Van Winkle (a.k.a. Vanilla Ice), although he only co-hosted for a single episode. Sarah Lane, who had previously been relegated to occasional segments throughout the show, gradually became the shows official co-host. She continued in this capacity until Thursday, April 6, 2006, when she and Brendan Moran announced their engagement and stated that they would be leaving the show. They married in late May 2006 and had a thirteen-month honeymoon travelling the world and documenting their adventures online at Sarah's website .[1] The Morans appeared on the show, via satellite, on July 13, 2006 to talk about their adventures. The couple had been involved with TechTV and G4 since 2001, and their departure, like Rose's, was greeted with distress by the shows fans.
Olivia Munn was hired to replace Lane and began hosting on Monday, April 10, 2006. Zach Selwyn, the runner up on ESPN's Dream Job, was hired to replace Moran and started his hosting duties a week later on April 17, 2006. So far, Munn and Selwyn have met with mixed reaction from the show's fans. Wil O'Neal, a CNET senior editor who was one of the co-host candidates following Rose's departure, now appears on the show semi-regularly as a technology correspondent. Kevin Pereira is now the sole remaining host from the AOTS launch in 2005.
Hosts
Co-hosts
- Kristin Holt - often replaces Layla Kayleigh
- Zach Selwyn
Contributors
- Blair Butler
- Anna David
- Chris Gore
- Adam Sessler
- Morgan Webb
- Kristin Holt
- Jimmy The Geek (Scott Moschella)
- Kristen Rutherford
Former hosts (The Screen Savers)
Guest hosts
- Blair Butler with various other hosts
- Zach Selwyn with various other hosts
- Jessica Rose with Zach Selwyn
- Rachel Specter with Zach Selwyn
- Layla Kayleigh with Zach Selwyn
- Adam Sessler with Morgan Webb
- Jay Chandrasekhar with Olivia Munn
- Michael Weaver with Olivia Munn
- Bijou Phillips with Kevin Pereira
- Kristin Holt with Kevin Pereira
- Anna David with Kevin Pereira
Segments
| Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| Attack This! (formerly The List) | A daily showcase of various things that the G4TV hosts recommend the viewers to buy, download etc. Presented by Olivia Munn |
| Around the Net | A daily profile of websites and online videos with unique or bizarre idiosyncrasies. |
| DVDuesday | Chris Gore’s reviews and picks for DVD releases and rates them as: buy, rent, or pass. Shown each Tuesday. |
| The Feed | Pop culture and technology news delivered in blurbs, presented by Layla Kayleigh. |
| Fresh Ink! | Blair Butler reviews upcoming comic book titles and rates them as: buy, browse, or burn. She also visits comic conventions. |
| Gadget Pr0n (formerly AOTS Hardware) | Kevin Pereira reviews and showcases the latest gadgets and gear. |
| Game Break | Morgan Webb's (and/or on occasions, Adam Sessler's) update on current video game news and opinions of the industry. Shown each Wednesday. |
| User Created... | Viewers send in videos they made doing different stuff requested by the host. |
| In Your Pants | Sex columnist Anna David gives relationship advice to male and female viewers. |
| The Loop | A daily forum featuring different opinions on the latest news, usually with three guests appearing via satellite. |
| Olivia's Rack | Olivia showcases new magazines and their content. |
| Video Viewer Mail | Viewers send in videos of themselves, asking questions, giving opinions, etc. Olivia and Kevin usually introduce it by saying something along the lines of "Let's talk to you guys over in the army of monitor heads." |
International broadcasting
In Australia, the program has experienced a short but turbulent broadcast schedule. In September, 2006 long-time broadcaster of the show, HOW TO Channel in Australia stopped airing the program after the format no longer suited the channel's D.I.Y. format. However, in November 2007 Fuel TV began airing the program. The program also films special episodes outside of the states; during certain times of the year it will travel to settings like Japan, Comic-Con, or Amsterdam for 4/20.