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An Emmy-award winning cult comedy from FOX that centers around Micheal Bluth, the son of wealthy real-estates man George Bluth, who's been thrown in jail for treason. Micheal tries to keep the family company alive while dealing with his wacky, self-centered family and raising his 13 year-old son. AD ran for three seasons on FOX before coming G4 and won numerous Emmy's and the TV Land "Future Classic" award. A movie for the series has been discussed but not yet confirmed.

Bill Nye the Science Guy meets Jackass in Brainiac, the show that makes science TOTALLY NEATO!
Brainiac is a show from the UK that solves the tough science questions and answers the public's questions. They do dangerous stuff that most would not even attempt to do and even figure out new ways to solve problems.

-Brainiac airs weekdays at 9am ET/PT; New episodes being produced in the UK; New episodes now air Mondays at Midnight (12am) as a part of Midnight Spank

Current Host

Richard Hammond Richard Hammond was born on December 19, 1969, he first worked for Radio York and Radio Cumbria. He then went to work on Top Gear which he is famous for. He attended Harrogate College of Art and Technology in 1987 and graduated in 1989, He currently works on Brainiac: Science Abuse. In September of 2006, Hammond was involved in a car wreck and suffered brain injuries while filming an episode of "Top Gear." He is recovering but it is not known if he'll return to Brainiac. In the meantime, the fifth season will be hosted by Vic Reeves.

History

Brainiac started out as a Mythbusters style show with an emphasis for science. Over the years the show adapted a will for more ways to improve and increased it's audience size greatly. The show was brought to the US in 2005 and aired the on various night blocks on G4 until it was moved to early mornings in 2006/2007. While season 5 is being produced the UK, it's not known if G4 will air it.

Not to be confused with the G4 original program, "Cheat!," Cheaters allows couples to spy on each other and follows their counterpart in hopes of catching them in the act with another lover. Arguements, fights and ruined lives ensue.

Joining FOX, FX and Court TV, G4 airs reruns of the "original reality show" which follows on-duty police officers on patrol.

An obstacle challenge show where fighters, wrestlers and Olympic athletes compete to beat all four levels of an extremely hard course.

The original sci-fi epic that spawned 10 movies and 6 television series. G4 exclusive "Trek 2.0" allows interactive elements such as trivia, Spock market, chat and more.

After decades, Trek returned with TNG, which ran for 7 seasons and 4 motion pictures. TNG 2.0 released in January 2007 brings interactive elements such as trivia, Spock market, chat and more to the TNG series.

From the now-dead WB network, JKX is a hidden camera show where strangers are tricked into strange situations, not realizing they are on TV. Reruns only. Originally airing at 6pm ET/PT, the show was moved to a single half hour in January 2007, to 2pm ET/PT

The original "WTF is this doing on G4" show, also the longest running. From Comedy Central, The Man Show is all about men, what they want, what they love. Raunchy and pulls no punches, The Man Show ran for two years under the helm of Adam and Jimmy, reruns only.

Another FOX sendoff, TOB is a collection of crazy videos featuring everything from car chases to sporting events gone wrong. Reruns only.

Tech help is just a phone call or email away in Call for Help, G4TechTV Canada's continuing series that seeks to enlighten viewers with tips, tricks, advice and more. Call for Help is hosted by world-renown tech expert and former "The Screen Savers" host, Leo Laporte.

Longtime TechTV host Leo Laporte helms Call for Help, but also hosts various other shows including his own tech radio show and a weekly tech podcast hosted by other TechTV alumni. Laporte attended Yale, has written his own software and has authored numerous help books. His blog and website is at www.leoville.com

Premiering in May of 1998 on ZDTV, Call for Help is easily one of the longest running technology-related shows to date. Originally hosted by Laporte, ZDTV became TechTV and C4H was later hosted by Becky Worley and then Chris Prilillo. Prillio was laid off and Laporte was again put at the helm of the C4H ship. The show also had a short co-host stint by current X-Play host Morgan Webb. In May of 2004, Call for Help fans were stunned when it was announced that the show would be canceled with the network's merger into G4, despite the show being second in network ratings.

Summer of 2004 brought relief, as Rodgers Communication, a part-owner of TechTV Canada commissioned Laporte to begin making new episodes of Call for Help in Toronto. Laporte was joined by new co-hosts Andy Walker and Monica Litonjua, later replaced by Amber MacArthur. The show was briefly shown on the US's G4TV, however was dropped from the schedule late in 2005 after low-ratings in terrible time slots. Currently the show does not air in the US, but episodes can be bought for 99 cents each on Google's video service.

In December of 2006, Rodgers Communication commissioned Greedy Productions, the same production company behind G4 shows Judgment Day and The Electric Playground, to produce the next season of Call for Help. The show will move production to Vancouver and the crew will be laid off. Although MacArthur left the show in November 2006, Laporte will stay on as host. To be renamed "The Lab with Leo Laporte" the final episodes under the C4H moniker aired in January 2007.

Showcasing the best in animation from across the pond, Anime Unleashed aired dubbed anime such as Last Exile, Gad Guard and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. Acting as a block rather than an actual show, AU rotated in and out new episodes and reruns of anime often and was relatively light on edits.

If you've ever considered video games art, Cinematech is your show. Cinematech is a showcase of video game cutscenes, trailers and in-game footage. Be it FMV, real-time or animated, the show takes a no-frills approach with only an on-screen playlist inbetween videos. No hosts, no snappy music, just games.

Cinematech has largly stayed the same over it's long run on G4. Mostly the show has clips from current and upcoming games, however there are some all-request and theme-based episodes. Being an extremely cheap show to produce, it works well as filler throughout the daytime and has even spawned a spinoff "Cinematech: Nocturnal Emissions," which airs game footage with mature rated content such as violence and sexual themes. Cinematech got a visual makeover soon after the TechTV merger.