G4 Rewind

The Screen Savers was TechTV's headline, nightly live show that dug into the world of technology. TSS featured daily news, in-depth reviews, modding guides, viewer talkbacks and in-studio guests. Filmed before a live audience, The Screen Savers ran from 1998 until 2005 before changing it's name to Attack of the Show.

Status
-The Screen Savers is now Attack of the Show and is no longer airing on G4.

Hosts
	Sarah Moran (pka Sarah Lane) Sarah first joined TSS in on TechTV as a writer and eventually moved infront of the camera doing segment work and continued until eventually becoming a permanent co-host of Attack of the Show. Her personal segments under TSS & AOTS were "Gems of the Internet" and "Damn Good Downloads" which were retired after she left the network in 2006 to marry co-host Brendon Moran. She and her new husband travelled around the word on a 12-month honeymoon before returning to the states. Currently Sarah is a producer at Revision3, an IPTV startup made up of many old TechTV hosts and also hosts the Revision3 Gazette. Her blog is at sarahlane.typepad.com.
	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, TSS 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.
	Kevin Rose Kevin Rose was the resident hacker on TSS and did many segments on hardware mods and underground software. Kevin started as an intern on TSS and eventually rose to become an occasional host and took over for Leo Laporte after he left to focus on Call for Help. While on TSS & AOTS, Rose developed Digg, a social bookmarking site that has quickly become one of the most popular sites on the internet, which he controversially featured on AOTS but without conveying it was his own creation. He has also created his own IM program called Pownce and has been featured on the cover of Business Weekly. His blog is at kevinrose.com.

Previous Hosts
Alex Albrecht
Yoshi
Patrick Norton
Leo Laporte
Morgan Webb
Cat Schwartz
Kate Botello
Martin Sargent
Chi-Lan Lieu

History

The Screen Savers had a long and VERY controversial history. A long running fan favorite on TechTV, TSS received a new set and a lost a few members, most notably, Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton, longtime TechTV hosts, did not make the transition from TechTV to G4. Newcomer Alex Albrecht was brought in to cohost with surviving TSS members Kevin Rose, Sarah Lane and Yoshi. However after only a few months, G4 uprooted most of TSS's staff, including Albrecht and Yoshi and began retooling the show. For nearly a month TSS was MIA, until late November when it returned with hosts Kevin Pereira, Kevin Rose, Sarah Lane and (eventually segment only) Chi-Lan. Much of the staff from the recently canceled Pulse found new jobs on TSS.

In March of 2005, The Screen Savers changed it's name to Attack of the Show and the TSS name was officially laid to rest. Many long time fans of the show claimed that The Screen Savers had changed so much since it's move from TechTV to G4 that was no longer the same show. G4, apparently agreed and not only changed the name, but also gave the set an overhaul. The show itself, however, stayed the same, with all of the hosts returning as well as most of the regular segments from G4-era TSS. TSS aired for nearly 7 years with over 2000 episodes and at least part of it continues today as Attack of the Show. The final episode of TSS aired on March 18th, 2005.

Quick Facts

-The Screen Savers originally had a live audience, however after the cancellation of Unscrewed, G4 did not see it viable to continue booking live audiences for only one show. However it had been speculated that G4TV.com may someday have a live audience.
-The Screen Savers was G4's only live show
-You could interact with the show by logging into the show's chat room and calling in.
-When the show was retooled in Nov '04, Chi-Lan and Kevin P were set as the two central hosts.
-The TSS set was comprised of three sections: the nook, the kitchen (or the lab) and home base. The home base (albeit not he ORIGINAL home base) survives even today on Attack of the Show.
-Chi-lan, originally a host, eventually moved back to just doing segments for the show (i.e. gadget reviews), before quitting entirely just before the show was renamed.

Links
thescreensavers.com - TSS's offical website