G4 Rewind

Weekly chat stats from the offical G4 IRC chat room have been updated and can be viewed here.

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Attack of the Show covers everything from gaming and technology news to the latest mods, gadgets, movies and DVDs. Airing live every weekday, AOTS features a daily guest, usually from a pop-culture genre, as well as weekly segments on everything from gaming to sex advice. Hosted by Kevin and Olivia, expect lots of humor and geek jokes and you also might learn a thing or two. Previously The Screen Savers.

Status
-New episodes of Attack of the Show air LIVE every weeknight at 7PM EST!

Current Hosts

Kevin Pereira Kevin "Captain Immy" Pereira was previously the Production Assistant for G4TV.com and worked his way up the ranks, eventually coming to host Pulse, Arena and now AOTS. Kevin is an avid gamer but contrary to popular belief is not a dunce when it comes to technology either. Like many G4 hosts, Immy previously hosted a gaming internet radio show called "Pointless Audio" and hosts his blog at kevinpereira.com.

Olivia Munn Coming from Fox Sports Net, Munn is a former sideline reporter but avid tech and pop culture enthusiast. Raised in Japan and born in Oklahoma, Munn took over co-hosting duties on AOTS when former host Sarah Lane announced her marriage and resignation. Munn is also working on her acting career, staring in the upcoming movie "Big Stan."

Previous Hosts
Kevin Rose
Sarah Lane/Moran
Brendon Moran
Wil O'Neal

History

Attack of the Show first aired in late-March of 2005 and spawned from the long-running The Screen Savers. After G4 retooled TSS in November of the previous year, it was clear show was moving in a separate direction from that of previous incarnations of TSS. G4 realized they had created a whole new show and decided it was time to acknowledge this by renaming the show and creating a new set. With this TSS officially ended and AOTS was born in it's place. All of the hosts and many of the regular segments from G4's TSS returned and now could offically move in the direction it wanted without being constrained by TSS's original format. Originally hosted by Rose and Pereira, G4 let Rose out of his 4 year contract in late May of 2005 to pursue his online shows Systm and TWIT. A contest and test run of potential replacement hosts was held but oddly, no winner was ever chosen and Sarah Lane became the standard co-host.

Skip ahead to May 2006, Sarah Lane and occasional host Brendan Moran announce they are getting married and leaving the show to take a year long, country hopping honeymoon. Olivia Munn was announced as the replacement. Shortly after E3 2006, the show was relaunched, with new graphics, a new set and new segments. AOTS broadened it's topics, now covering everything from comics to sex talk, but still kept a general emphasis on gaming and internet culture. The show also added new interactive features including video mail from viewers, much like "The Screen Savers" did during it's TechTV years. The show now has a heavy emphasis on viral videos, due to the explosion in popularity from sites like YouTube. While the show does still air some tech/gear segments, they're generally not as in-depth as years before. Tech reporter Wil O'Neal covered most of these segments until leaving the show to return to San Fransisco in September of 2007.

Tidbits

-Attack of the Show is the first G4 show to have a name change.
-AOTS is G4's only live and daily show.
-AOTS was the first network show to have live coverage of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Tokyo Game Show.
-You could interact with the show by logging into G4's Chat or calling in, however the show has discontinued these segments in favor of video mail.
-AOTS holds several obscure world records such as the "World's Largest NES Controller" creation and the "First Live Webserver in a Human Ass".
-The show produces several live on-location shows every year including E3, the E for All expo, the San-Diego Comic Con, the Tokyo Game Show and more.

G4Wiki: Attack of the Show

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X-Play has aired their "Best Games of 2005" series and below are the winners.

Action\Adventure: Resident Evil 4
RPG: Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2
Platformer: Sly 3: Honor Among Theives
Online: Battlefield 2
Shooter: Battlefield 2
Fighting: Dead of Alive 4
Sports: MVP Baseball 2005
Original: Psychonauts
Racing: Mario Kart DS

Overall: Resident Evil 4

Thanks to forum member "FFanatic" for posting the winners list.

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The main show lists are back up and have been tweeked for faster reading. I've also added a few shows that were missing, but I know of the Tech Morning stuff isn't up yet like Nerd Nation, Future Fighting Machines, etc. Individual show pages are still on the old format, those will take a little more time.

The new banner is also not final, i'm planning on increasing the length and putting a randomizer in it so it displays a random catch phrase.

-KnuxSonic

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G4 Rewind is down for a rebuild, we'll be back eventually.

The Forums

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About Game On: Game On goes on the road and on-location across the country to find gamers and have them compete against each other. Be in a standard arcade game or a game of Beach Pac-Man, each host would choose a side and the losing host would be humiliated (usually publicly).

Hosts: Randy Kagan - Comedian Randy Kagan is big on improv and is a regular at "Hollywood Improv" in LA. He's also been featured on MTV as well as another on-the-road show, "On the Road with Randy Kagan" on the Sci-Fi Channel. You can check out his website and blog at randykagan.com.

Matt Gallant - "Isn't that the guy from 'The Planet's Funniest Animals'?" Yes. Yes it is.

History Game On holds the dubious honor of being the first G4 show to be cancelled, most likely due to the expense to produce a traveling show. After it's cancellation, it faded off the network entirely until fan demand brought back reruns for a short stint. To this day many fans claim it went before it's time.

Quick Facts -Game On was one of the 13 original series to debut with G4. -Game On was the first series on the network to be canceled.

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About Game Gods Game Gods was the British equivalent to Icons, with in-depth bios on the people behind the games. Part of the Global Gamer lineup, Game Gods was created by Gamer.TV.

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The original video game talk show, G4TV.com centered around three hosts which discussed the latest events and releases in the gaming industry. The show was also the headline show for integration with the network's userbase and community. Viewers could interact by posting in the show's online message boards and even talk to the show's hosts in the network's chat room while they tape each week's episode. User comments often showed up on air or select viewers could appear on the show as callers.

Status
G4TV.com is canceled and no longer in production. No reruns are currently airing.

Hosts

Geoff Keighley G.K. joined G4TV.com in January of 2005 after doing several stints as guest host of the show when Scot Rubin left the show. Geoff has also made several appearances on other G4 shows such as Icons & AOTS and is a regular contributor to The Electric Playground. Outside G4, Keighley has written gaming articles for Entertainment Weekly and runs his own website, GameSlice.

Tina Wood "T-Dub" has been with G4 since launch and also wrote for several other G4 shows including Filter, Cheat!, and Icons. Tina was actually born in England but raised in Flordia. After G4TV.com, Tina does videocasts for Microsoft tech/gaming site on10.

Laura Foy "Thug" originally worked on the All Games Radio Network with Scot Rubin before coming to G4, where she directed as well as hosted shows. At G4, Laura was co-host and associate producer of G4TV.com. After G4TV.com was canceled, Laura joined co-host Tina on Microsoft's gaming/tech videocast on10. You can check out her blog at laurafoy.typepad.com.

Previous Host

Scot Rubin Considered by many as the father of the original G4 vision, Scot Rubin launched his own internet gaming radio network in 1996 called the "All Games Network," which took on various forms and shows throughout it's life. Rubin was hired by Comcast and Charles Hirschhorn as a consultant and vice president for a 24/7 network dedicated to video games. AGN ended and G4 launched in 2002. Rubin's G4TV.com was a similar to "GameTime!" a show he hosted on AGN. Scot left the network in 2005 shortly after E3 and the G4-TechTV merger due to disagreements over the future direction of the network. Today he has revived the All Games network and produces and hosts a daily live show, All Games Interactive.

History

G4TV.com is considered the spirtual successor to "GameTime!", a gaming radio program on the All Games Network, founded by Scot Rubin in 1996, albeit G4TV.com was much less free form to air on television. Originally hosted by Scot "AGN" Rubin, Tina "T-Dub" Wood, Laura "Thug" Foy, Rubin left the trio in Summer of 2004 due to disputes on the direction of the network as well as to continue the The All Games Network, but still occasionally appeared on the network for a few months afterwards. Up until the end of of the year, his spot would be filled by guest hosts from the likes of former-TechTV regular Cat Schwartz, Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley and various other industry regulars and G4 hosts. To start off the next season of the show, regular guest Geoff Keighley was named as the new co-host. Other regulars on G4TV.com include former-production assistant Kevin Pereira, who went on to host Pulse, Arena and The Screen Savers and various other then-hosts such as Pulse's Patrick Clark. G4TV.com's signature attraction was the involvement of the viewers. Fans could call into the show, chat and with the hosts and listen to a live audio stream as they taped each episode and several segments of the show were dedicated to chatter from it's online message boards.

During the final year of the show, G4 informed the crew and producers that the show was on the brink of cancellation and the show's format saw many changes including much less user interaction. The show no longer involved the chat room while taping and many of the message boards segments were cut. Unfortunately these changes did not help and the show was canceled at the end of the 2005 season, after low ratings and constant time slot changes. The final episode entitled "Goodbye" aired December 19th, 2005.

Tina, Laura and Geoff were either let go or quit, although Geoff still appears occasionally on Attack of the Show and the network's E3 coverage. Scot Rubin continues to air "All Games Interactive," a daily live web show which is somewhat of a continuation of GameTime! and G4TV.com, which Laura once appeared on as a guest.

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Quick Facts
-Previous Host Scot Rubin was founder of the All Games Network, which was the online precursor to G4
-Rubin left after the TechTV merger due to creative differences with the network and it's future direction.
-G4TV.com became unofficially known as "G4TV The Show" during the 5th season.
-Starting with the fifth season, G4TV.com began using Unscrewed's old set.
-G4TV.com taped every Thursday at 12:30PM EST, you could join them in G4's Chat and listen to the live audio stream.
-Hosts Laura Foy and Tina Wood moved on to host Microsoft's daily online show on10.
-Host Geoff Keighley now hosts "Gamehead" on SpikeTV and regularly appears a guest on AOTS.
-In the pilot episode, Gringo, now member of the G4 web team, hosted in place of Tina.

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About G4 Sports Rather than having a weekly show about sports video games, G4 decided to go with a special occasion format and focus more on actual sports. G4 Sports replaces Sweat and goes on-location to major sporting events such as the X-Games, the NBA All-Star Game and so on. G4 Sports is not nearly as focused on video games as the rest of the channel and seeks to round out the network and appeal to extreme sports lovers.

Rossi Morreale Previously the host of Sweat, Rossi now goes on location with G4 Sports. Morreale has hosted various other sporting events accross the country and also hosts "Junkyard Mega-Wars" on The Learning Channel and previously hosted SpikeTV's "Late Night Spike".

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About Filter From sports, to TV to movies, Filter counts down the best, the worst and the weirdest. Hosted by Howard Stern's Beth O., Filter is a high energy, pop culture half-hour of list-mania. Viewers can input their opinion via the online "Filterator."

Current Host

Beth O Former English teacher and basketball hopeful-turned model, Beth Ostrosky decided to model instead and has appeared in multiple calendars, catalogs and magazines. Residing in New York with her boyfriend and media icon Howard Stern, Beth O is also a huge animal activist and helped raise thousands of dollars for displaced pets after Hurricane Katrina.

Past Hosts

Diane Mizota A UCLA grad, Mizota has guest starred in lots of primetime shows like Nip/Tuck, CSI and Without a Trace. She also hosted "Trading Spaces: Boys VS Girls" on Discovery Kids. After Filter, Mizota freelances, but doesn't stray far from her tech roots, co-hosting "InDigital," an online gadget review show for a year before being moving on and being replaced with another G4 alumni: Wil Wheaton.

History Filter originally began as a games-only top-ten countdown show, covering topics as "Best Villain," "Coolest Weapons," and "Worst Game Ever" but branched out and began reviewing tech gadgets and movies around the time of the TechTV merger and received a new look, logo and packaging. Near the end of the Mizota era, the show began to fill at least some of the void TechTV shows have left with more segments dedicated to tech reviews such as the "Tech Tossup". After four years and 116 episodes, Filter was about to see some dramatic changes. After Filter's annual "Gifts for Gamers" specials, the show went dark and host Diane Mizota as well as most of the staff were laid off. G4 decided to rebrand the show and give it a new direction. The new Filter would be hosted by Hollywood quasi-icon Beth O and instead of counting down the best shooters or cameras, it would count down the wildest parties, the most dangerous women and the craziest stunts. The show went over terribly with fans and the show has not produced any new episodes since summer '06. Since then, Filter has been reborn as a quick 60-second G-Spot segment in the same form as the Beth O Filter, but hosted by Olivia Munn.

Tidbits
-Filter was one of the 13 original series to debut with G4.
-Filter is the longest running show on G4 (tied with Cinematech and Cheat!)
-Former G4TV.com host Tina Wood was a producer/writer for Filter
-Many of the surviving TechTV crew members ended up on Filter.

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About Hi-Score Hi-Score was a traditonal game show tyle competition between gamers that tested their gaming knowledge and quick thinking in multiple rounds.

Status
Hi-Score is no longer airing on G4.

Show Hosts

We currently do not have any information about Hi-Score

History

Hi-Score was part of the Global Gamer lineup and produced by UK based Gamer.TV. It aired for only a short while and was much like an updated version of Starcade.

Tidbits

-Part of the Global Gamer block

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About Arena Arena pits gamers against gamers in a competition style gameplay. Groups of friends or clan members compete in a variety of different games and genres, everything from DDR to Unreal Tournament 2004. The winning team goes on to compete in the next episode until they are defeated. At the end of the season, the best team of gamers is inducted into the Arena Hall of Champions.

Status
-Arena is canceled and no longer airs.

Hosts

	Lee Reherman Formerly "The Hawk" on American Gladiators, Lee previously to be on the XFL broadcast team and has a long list of TV appearences spanning the X-Files, FYE and RollerJam. He is currently the longest running Arena host.
	Kevin Pereira Kevin "Captain Immy" Pereira was previously the Production Assistant for G4TV.com and worked his way up the ranks, eventually coming to host Pulse, Arena and now AOTS. Like many G4 hosts, Immy previously hosted a gaming internet radio show called "Pointless Audio" and hosts his blog at kevinpereira.com.
	Stacee Barcelata Previously a TechTV host (and part of the group that formed ZDtv), Barcelata is a veteran of geek culture TV. She's worked on shows like Tech Live and Digital Avenue, doing various reporting and journalist work. She's also done work for MTV, USA, Comedy Central, SciFi and ads for Toyota, BMW, the US Navy and OLM.

Previous Hosts

Wil Wheaton
Travis Oates
Dave Cox
Michael Louden

History

Arena has seen many hosts over the past years, probably more than any other G4 show. Some of more popular hosts include Wil Wheaton, self proclaimed geek celeb and his co-host Travis Oates. Wil and Travis played host to the first ever Halo National Championships in a special episode of Arena. Due to disputes between the hosts and the producers, Travis and Wil left the show. Michael Louden and Lee Reherman came in to replace the duo, but soon after Louden was cut and Pereira and Barcelata came in for the new season. Arena was cancelled shortly after it's third season but reran for long afterward before finally being cut from the lineup in summer 2006, all but killing speculation that Arena was going to be resurrected.

Inside Story

Many fans were outraged when they found Wil Wheaton was no longer with the show. Wil wrote a blog entry on Slashdot explaining his reasons for quitting the show. Numerous disputes between Wheaton and producer Jim Downs lead to the actor's exit from G4. Wheaton makes many claims including mistreatment of Arena’s contestants, strange pay cuts and mistreatment of the 2002 Official Halo Tournament.

However G4's side of the story gives another perspective. According to sources working on Arena at the time of Wheaton's hosting duties, Wheaton's pay cuts were due to his frequent lack of attendance. It was also reported that the Halo tournament was originally to be hosted on Bungie's campus (the game's developer) in Seattle, however Wheaton demanded first class accommodations for himself as well as friends/family, so G4 was forced to do the tournament in-studio. G4, however, not wanting to upset fans, accommodated Wheaton to their best until his eventually exit from the network.

Tidbits

-Arena is one of the 13 original series that debuted with G4
-Arena's special "Halo National Championship" episode can be found on the Xbox Exhibition Demo Disc Volume 1
-Originally Arena could not air in the daytime because it featured footage from Mature rated games
-Due to a dispute with Valve, Arena was not allowed to play the clan-favorite Counter-Strike on air
-Near the end of the last season of Arena, Stacee was replaced by Flow

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About Blister Coming attactions and previews made up the bulk of Blister, hosted by Bill Sindelar. For the most part, Blister featured game trailers and videos narrated by Sindelar in the style of game's main character. The show was also sprinkled with interviews from developers and industry insiders and occasionally some on-location action.

Status
-Blister is cancelled and no longer in production. No reruns are currently airing.

Hosts

Bill Sindelar "Mad Bil Sindelar" has dipped his feet in lots of different entertainment genres over his carreer, including The Wayne Brady Show, various on-location Nickelodeon events, sporting events and movies. Outside of entertainment, he's also ventured into areas such as DJ-ing, semi-pro sports and even training at SeaWorld. His website is located at billsindelar.com.

Blister goes down in G4 lore as the first show to ever air on the network. The show aired for roughly a year and half before getting cancelled due to budget problems in January of 2004, ironicly just after a host chat with Sindelar on G4's IRC chat. The show's last episode, "Skunk'd" was a paradoy of the (at the time) also ending MTV show "Punk'd", however G4 viewers would soon find out that Blister's cancellation was no joke. Soon after another popular G4 show Portal was also cancelled. The show returned on air in reruns in summer of 2008 as part of the G4 Rewind block.

BTW!
-Blister was the first show to ever air on the network, part of the original 13 series to debut with G4
-The Blister pilot featured the same intro with different music
-Blister featured some of the highest ratings of the G4 Rewind block 

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About 10 Play Part of the Global Gamer lineup, 10 Play was a top-ten countdown show with topics like "Top 10 Controversial Games Ever" and "Top 10 Influential Games." Produced by Gamer.TV out of the United Kingdom, 10 Play is very similar to Filter.

Show Status
10 Play is no longer airing on G4.

Show Hosts 10 Play featured a female narrator, which we currently have no information on.

About Game Sauce Game Sauce was a bizzare spin off of Gamer.TV, which featured reviews and previews of mainly import games. GS had wacky Japanese style announcers and styles to go with it's Japanese gaming focus.

Status
Game Sauce is cancelled and no longer in production. No reruns are currently airing.

Hosts

There are no hosts for Game Sauce.

History

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Everyone loves those moving TV pictures but sometimes you miss something or you just want to keep a piece of it to replay whenever you want. G4 Rewind has you covered with show clips, network bumpers, promos and MP3's!

The new media page is still under construction.

Old Media Page

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About Judgement Day Judgement Day was a no punches pulled opinion based gaming review show. Each episode several games are reviewed and given an overall score out of ten by each of the two hosts. JD also features hardware reviews, classic gaming segments and game vs game faceoffs. Rather than being produced in a studio, each episode is shot on-location at random (usually outdoor) locations throughout North America.

	Tommy Tallarico Not only does he host JD and EP, Tallarico also an accomplished composer and has done several soundtracks for video games (Earthworm Jim ring a bell?). He also founded Tommy Tallarico Studios Inc., which is the industry's largest multimedia post-production audio house and produced the quasi-popular touring video game concert series, "Video Games Live."
	Victor Lucas He's the host of EP, he's also the creator! Victor created Greedy Productions which is the company behind his shows, JD and The Electric Playground. Lucas is typically the more down to earth of the duo and tends to cut more slack on the reviews than Tallarico.

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X-Play Added 04/15/05	G4TV.com Added 03/30/05	Anime Unleashed Added 03/30/05	Attack of the Show (Multiple) Added 03/11/08
Blister Added 04/13/05	Cheat (Original Intro) Added 04/15/05	Icons Added 03/09/06	Judgement Day Added 03/09/06
Portal Added 03/09/06	The Screen Savers Added 03/29/05	Arena Added 04/17/05	Sweat (Original) Added 04/20/05
Cheat! Added 04/20/05	Unscrewed w/ MS Added 12/23/06	Cinematech NE Added 03/31/07	Game On Added 03/31/07

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Attack of the Show	Icons/Game Makers	G4TV.com	The Screen Savers
Pulse	X-Play	E3 Live

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	Filter Ad - A promo for the forgettable last season of Filter with Beth O. Added 03/09/07
	Portal Finale (Portal) - The promo for the final 2 episodes of Portal. :( Added 04/20/06 - Submitted by Airkix
	Gad Guard Promo (Anime Unleashed) - A general promo for Gad Guard's new episodes on Anime Unleashed. Added 03/31/05
	Brutally Honest (X-Play) - Brutally Honest? So is X-Play. 30 Second Ad for X-Play Added 05/09/05 - Submitted by Mecha

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Grunge Style v2.0 (2007-Present) 2 Station ID's + Coming up Next bumper - Two short station ID bumpers plus a "Coming Up Next" bumper. - Added 03/31/07

Midnight Spank Warning + Intro - The mature (or immature) content warning and the intro for Midnight Spank. - Added 03/31/07

Grunge Style (2005-2007) G4 Station ID - A short bumper that basically just identifies the network you're watching. "Videogame TV" edition. - Added 03/09/07

Stay Connected Style (2004) G4techTV Credits Music - Music from the credits that would otherwise be drown out by ads. Added 05/09/05 - Contributed by Mecha

Cosplay/Blocks Style (2003) The Lineup - Your favorite cosplay'd characters in mugshot form Added 07/12/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

8-Bit Bumpers - An assortment of bumpers featuring 8-bit sprites. Added 04/15/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

This Week on G4 Promo - This promo advertised the current week's new episodes. Added 04/13/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

Ballers G4 Plug - A CGI G4 promo based off of Midway's "Ballers" games. Added 04/13/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

Beatbox Bumper - A mad scientist is saved from his robot by his human-beatbox skills. Added 04/13/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

DDR Bumper - And now... 30 seconds of DDR Geeks! Brought to you by G4! Added 04/13/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

Free G4 Tattoos @ E3 - G4 gave away free gaming tattoos at E3. Added 04/13/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

Unlimited Restarts - Gamers never die, they just hit "continue"! Added 04/13/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

8-bit Style (2002-2003) Screen Shots: Midtown Madness 2 - A short gameplay video from the then-new game Midtown Madness 2. Added 11/23/08 - Contributed by Jack Magic

Mecha Bumper + Pulse Headlines + Oddworld Promo - Weird as hell "Mecha" promo, Pulse Headlines and a G4/Oddworld station ID. Added 04/20/07 - Contributed by Airkix72

Watch What You Play Ads - The weird faces combined with random sayings. Added 04/20/07 - Contributed by Airkix72

Lines Bumper - Crazy lines equals G4. Added 07/12/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

Celebs Love G4 - An assortment of bumpers featuring various celebs. Added 04/15/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

Classic "Coming up Next" Promo - The standard "coming up next" bumper that showed just before a show started. Added 04/13/05 - Contributed by Airkix72

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