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Attack of the Show! (commonly referred to as AOTS) is a U.S. live television program shown weeknights on G4 and G4techTV Canada in Canada.
History
Attack of the Show focuses on technology, gaming, music, current events, pop-culture, movies and relationship advice. 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. On 1st September, 2006 HOW TO Channel in Australia stopped airing the program citing that the program no longer suited its D.I.Y format of the channel. The program no longer airs outside of North America. During certain times of the year, Attack of the Show will travel to places like Japan or Comic-con.
Hosts
Co-hosts
Contributors
Former hosts
Segments
| Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| AOTS Hardware | Wil O'Neal reviews and showcases the latest gadgets and gear. |
| Attack This! | 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. |
| Game Break | Adam Sessler's (and/or on occasions, Morgan Webb's) update on current video game news and opinions of the industry. Shown each Wednesday. |
| In Your Pants | Sex columnist Anna David gives relationship advice to male and female viewers. |
| It Came From eBay | A showcase of strange auction items that can be found on eBay. |
| Jimmy the Geek | Jimmy makes his betting picks on upcoming sporting events. The game picks were originally based on video game simulations but is now based on pure guess work. Jimmy was supposedly killed by mobsters in the February 2nd Episode, it is not currently known wether the segment will be continued in some way |
| The Loop | A daily forum featuring different opinions on the latest news, usually with three guests appearing via satellite. |
| MySpace Girl of the Week | An on-going beauty contest in which viewers vote online for their favorite of three girls from MySpace. The winner critiques three new candidates on the next edition of the segment. |
| Olivia's Rack | Olivia showcases new magazines and their content. |
| Punchline | Short clips of the best lines from various television shows. |
| 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." |
| YouTube Star of the Moment | A contest in which viewers can vote for one of three nominated videos from YouTube. Presented weekly. |
Former segments
| Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| Agent 000's Tech Update | Former co-host Brendan Moran discusses the newest gadgets, dressed as James Bond-esque character trying to defeat the evil Spector. |
| Can Corrado Break It? | A short-lived segment featuring Corrado, a muscular segment producer, attempting to break a piece of technology with his bare hands. |
| Damn Good Download | Former co-host Sarah Lane’s selections of useful free or low-priced downloads. |
| Damn Good Website | Former co-host Sarah Lane’s selections of the best websites. |
| Dark Tips | Miscellaneous technology related tips and mods by former co-host Kevin Rose. |
| Free Play Friday | A weekly profile of a computer game which is usually freeware or a demo of a popular computer game done by Kevin. He has also profiled independent computer game titles. |
| Frugality (formerly Dark Deals) | A selection of low priced and sometimes free deals on the internet ranging from DVDs to small appliances. |
| Game Lab Reviews (Formerly First 50) | The G4 game labs review new games. Reviews presented by Kevin. |
| Gems of the Internet | Coolest and most bizarre around the Internet. Replaced by Around The Net. |
| Live Music Thursday (Formerly Live Music Friday) | Live in-studio performances by bands of various genres. The segment formerly featured unsigned and independent artists, but has recently included well-known acts such as Alien Ant Farm, Ziggy Marley, and DragonForce. |
| Mi Amante Robotico | A mustached, Spanish-speaking robot is involved in a love triangle. |
| This Week in Crap | A weekly monologue by Kevin where he discusses and slams the bad side of technology, music, & entertainment. |
| User Created | A showcase of AOTS-related creations made by viewers, who are given a week to complete. Kat Hinzman, who has won several user created contests, was crowned Queen of User Created. |
| Verizon Broadband Battle (formerly NVIDIA LAN Party) | A weekly online event where viewers can play a computer game against co-hosts, models, and actors. Games have included Unreal Tournament 2004, Battlefield 2, and F.E.A.R.. |
Behind the scenes shake-ups
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 show's audience, and for several months various candidates auditioned on the air. In the end none of the candidates was actually selected (although, puzzlingly, this was never actually announced on the air) and Sarah Lane, who had previously been relegated to occasional segments throughout the show, gradually became the show's 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 have begun a thirteen-month honeymoon traveling the world and documenting their adventures online at Sarah's website . 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 show's 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.