While many of the devoted already know and follow their favorite ex-G4 hosts, some out there may be surprised where they can find the G4 class of 2002. Here’s part one of our look at what some of them are up to now:

Scot Rubin

Neal Tiles posted the following in the G4 forums regarding the block’s ratings:

One month into G4 Rewind and I would say ratings results are mostly strong. Among Men 18-34, the demo we care most about, the Rewind block’s gains are pacing ahead of the gains the network is experiencing on a total day basis. However, the other area that we concentrate on, Households or total viewers, is not doing as well… we’re seeing a decline for the Rewind block here while the network overall has seen growth among total viewers, but the male 18-34 demo is what we look at first, and that’s up, so that’s great to see. The show we are most intrigued by is “Blister” which has posted some very strong numbers.
So it sounds pretty good, folks, thanks for everyone who is watching and I encourage everyone to continue watching as well… but BLISTER?! I had no idea everyone else shared my love for Bill Sindelar!
Thanks to forum user MeanBob for posting this.
-KnuxSonic

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.

History

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