Attack of the Show
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
