Kevin Pereira
Kevin Pereira | |
|---|---|
| File:Kevin Pereira 2012 Headshot.jpg Pereira from a 2012 Photoshoot by Miko Lim | |
| Born | December 28, 1982 |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | kevinpereira.com |
Kevin Pereira (born December 28, 1982[1]) is best known as a former co-host of G4's Attack of the Show!.
Biography
While he was 14, Pereira hosted Pointless Audio under the pseudonym Captain Immy.[2] The show featured many prank calls and was hosted on such gaming sites as Planet Quake and ShugaShack (now Shacknews); it later evolved into Pointless TV, and finally LickMySweaty.com.[2] One of the projects featured on the latter site, a short film created for his video production class at Deer Valley High School, earned him three California Media Festival awards in 2001.[3] A different film project was recognized in 2002.[4] He studied film and television production with a scholarship to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California for one semester.[2]
After working as a network administrator at an internet service provider for five years and also at a television network, he pursued a career at G4.[2] He started as a production assistant on the talk show in 2002 G4tv.com, then moved on to Arena and Pulse and then quickly moved to another G4 show, The Screen Savers, in 2004.[5] Pereira was a co-host of Attack of the Show!, G4's live tech info show, and was the last original cast member to leave. He co-hosted the show for a year with Sarah Lane, who left in 2006, followed by Olivia Munn, who left in 2010. In 2011 Candace Bailey joined Pereira as cohost.[6] He hosted his last episode of Attack of the Show! on May 31, 2012 after it was announced on May 8, 2012 by G4 that his final broadcast would take place on that day. His final broadcast for the channel was their Electronic Entertainment Expo coverage, preceded by a month-long retrospective of highlights from the show.[7] Pereira is also producing a show for SyFy titled Viral Video Showdown.[8]
He hosts the quiz show Let's Ask America. On October 4, 2012 Pereira launched his podcast Pointless on the Deathsquad podcast network.[9]
Pereira appeared as a co-host on the political webshow The Young Turks on February 4, 2013, alongside long-time co-host of the show Ana Kasparian.[10]
References
- ^ Kevin Pereira (December 28, 2005). Operation: Birthday. Accessed 2006-11-04.
- ^ a b c d Stephen A. Johnson (April 15, 2006). AOTS hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn. g4tv.com. Accessed 2007-01-25.
- ^ 2001 Secondary Subject Area Award Winning Videos. 35th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.
- ^ Secondary Awards 2001-2002 School Year. 36th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.
- ^ Kevin Pereira. IMDb.com. Accessed 2007-01-26.
- ^ Moye Ishimoto (December 6, 2010). Candace Bailey is the New AOTS Co-Host. g4tv.com. Accessed 2011-08-02.
- ^ Kevin Pereira Leaving Attack Of The Show. G4 (TV channel). Accessed 2012-05-08.
- ^ http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/54968/syfy-announces-lots-new-shows
- ^ http://deathsquad.tv/kevin-pereira-pointless-1-pilot/
- ^ http://www.tytnetwork.com/ TYT Network. Accessed 2013-02-06.
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