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68-477: Game Makers is a TV program that aired on G4 from September 4, 2003, to 2006. The series followed the process of video game development, as a company attempts to finish a new video game in time for shipment. Game Makers aired infrequently and was referred to as a "G4 Special Presentation" rather than a separate entity. The series was cancelled and taken off air in early 2006. After the revamp of Icons in June 2006,

136-488: A metrosexual audience about travel, cooking, fashion and other male-targeted programming that is not sports related, including the addition of acquired and archived program content from the NBCUniversal library such as Party Down , Parks and Recreation and week-delayed episodes of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . The rebranding was scheduled to take place on April 22, 2013, but was moved to an unspecified date in

204-525: A G4 host or simply nominate their favorite personalities with the hashtag , #G4NeedsTalent. On November 16, 2020, G4 announced A Very Special G4 Holiday Reunion Special , a scripted special hosted by Ron Funches featuring interviews with Kevin Pereira , Olivia Munn, Adam Sessler, Morgan Webb , Kristin Adams , and Blair Herter . The special premiered on November 24 on Twitch and YouTube ; Syfy would also air

272-862: A cable channel on June 28, 2017, to become an online-only brand; no further comments have been made about the online-only model since. The channel was originally launched as Style Network (although on-air promotions typically referred to it as simply "Style") on October 1, 1998, serving as a spin-off of E! . It was intended to leverage E!'s coverage of fashion and to provide an expanded venue for shows such as Fashion Emergency . The network focused on fashion , design , interior decoration and urban lifestyle-related programming. Style provided coverage of events like New York Fashion Week and showcased various designers. Early programming included: The Look for Less , Shabby Chic with Rachel Ashwell , Glow: The Beauty Show , Vogue Takes... , Stylemaker , Model , Runway , Dining with Style , and Homes with Style . Around 2003,

340-647: A joint venture between the NBCUniversal Cable division of NBCUniversal and Dish Network by the time of the channel's initial closure, and first launched on April 24, 2002. In late 2012, G4's studio programming ceased in preparation for a planned relaunch as Esquire Network , as part of a licensing deal with Hearst Corporation , owner of Esquire magazine. Esquire Network would ultimately replace Style Network instead, on September 23, 2013. G4 announced in November 2014 that it would end all operations. The network

408-495: A marathon of Xplay , with segments from other G4 programs added during commercial breaks or between episodes. Similar to how the original network ended in 2014 with the first episode of Xplay from 2003, the final full episode to air was the first episode from the Xplay relaunch in 2021. This was followed by a zoomed-out photo of former Attack of the Show host Gina Darling's forehead, with

476-562: A marathon of the original Ninja Warrior , occasionally featuring reruns of the Very Special G4 Holiday Reunion Special from the previous year. The Catastrophic Launch Special was broadcast on the network's Twitch and YouTube channels that same evening, before airing on the cable network on the next day. On March 7, 2022, G4 launched a FAST channel on Pluto TV called G4 Select, which carries most of G4's regular programming. As part of an exclusive partnership,

544-547: A month prior, that NBCUniversal had plans to discontinue G4's operations as of the October 10 date, though only the discontinuation of carriage by Cablevision occurred. Late in October 2013, Charter Communications , which was one of the charter carriers of TechTV when it was a sister of that network under the ownership of Vulcan Ventures, announced its intention to drop G4 on December 17; sister network Cloo replaced G4 on its systems. On November 1, 2013, Dish Network removed it from

612-556: A new carriage agreement). This forced last-second changes to Esquire Network's planned schedule outside of primetime. Cable-edited reruns of Sex and the City (a series which took heavy criticism from Esquire magazine during its original run) remained on its schedule until December 2013 (when the rights were shifted to E! ), with most of Style's series quietly shelved, or transferred to E!, Bravo and Oxygen . International versions of Style Network continued to exist several years after, as

680-511: A new competitive series hosted by Xavier "King" Woods / Austin Creed in partnership with WWE to air in the fall. On April 11, Esports shoutcaster, The Titan Games commentator and former AEW commentator Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez was announced to be joining the network as a new host. On April 14, 2021, G4 announced that Ninja Warrior , an English-dubbed version of the Japanese show SASUKE (itself

748-607: A new host. On October 12, 2021, it was announced that G4's cable network would officially return on November 16, 2021. In November 2021, it was announced that airings of select episodes of the web series Scott the Woz would air on G4 in one-hour blocks. The show was scheduled to debut on December 7, 2021, at 6:30 pm EST but due to technical difficulties involving Amazon Web Services , it did not air in that timeslot. The show would officially debut at 10:30 pm EST . The network officially relaunched on November 16 at 6 a.m. EST, with

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816-406: A satirical program focusing on current gaming-related news. In March, the network also began livestreaming on both Twitch and YouTube, where its hosts interact with the audience and do watch-alongs to new B4G4 videos. On April 2, 2021, G4 uploaded a video on their YouTube channel revealing the return of "Epic April", a month dedicated to new announcements. On April 5, G4 revealed the development of

884-601: A spin-off of E! , the channel initially consisted of fashion, design, and urban lifestyle-themed programming. In 2008, Style shifted its programming towards personality-centric reality shows. The network was relaunched as Esquire Network on September 23, 2013; said rebrand was supposed to be on G4 , but that was given to Style due to G4's low ratings. As Esquire Network, the channel focused on travel, cooking, sports and fashion, and also aired reruns of popular sitcoms and dramas. Due to low ratings and subsequent carriage decline by cable providers, Esquire Network ceased operations as

952-676: A still game of Pong etched onto it and text reading, "G4" and "Thanks 4 watching!," along with Kassem G's deadpan voice saying "I'm at Comic-Con." referencing the first time the network stopped transmitting. A screen reading "THANK YOU FOR WATCHING!" was set to appear after midnight, however Fios cut their signal just seconds prior to midnight, ending in the middle of the sign-off. In addition to video game culture , G4's programming encompassed geek , fandom , genre , and general audience shows aimed at young adults. The network primarily livestreams its original programming on their Twitch and YouTube channels. These livestreams are edited to air on

1020-409: A vehicle for unconventional advertising. In 2002, G4 offered advertisers wide latitude to place their products on G4's programs, and even allowed their commercials to appear as if they were a part of the program . G4 offered what was called a "2 minute unit", which was an advertising package played as if it were part of a G4 program that was long enough to run an entire movie trailer. G4 offered to sell

1088-627: A year of lead-up promotions and announcements, though it ended operations itself on November 18, 2022. Hearst has since re-established Esquire -branded programming through the stations of Hearst Television and its streaming network Very Local beginning in 2021, with In Transit , a tourism travelogue series hosted by Dave Holmes . Internationally, Style Network was launched in the Arab world in December 2007 on Showtime Arabia , across Southern and Western Africa during back in November 2007 on DStv , in

1156-490: Is for the foreseeable future, though it's highly unlikely the company will invest in more original programming" according to The Hollywood Reporter . One of the factors was likely Style's distribution on DirecTV, giving Esquire more homes at launch with the Style channel slot than they would have had with G4 (G4 had earlier been dropped by DirecTV in 2010 due to the channel's low viewership and had never been able to come to terms on

1224-473: The Hearst Corporation , owner of Esquire magazine, to relaunch G4 into Esquire Network which would air shows aimed at a metrosexual audience about travel, cooking, fashion and non-sports related male programming, including the addition of acquired and archive NBCU content such as Party Down , Parks and Recreation , and week-delayed episodes of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . The rebranding

1292-532: The U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit ) were promised to air on the new digital version of the network, but have since been abandoned. By coincidence, G4's Canadian network outlived both its mother American network and the Esquire Network, ending operations on August 31, 2017, two months longer than Esquire. G4 would relaunch in the United States in a new hybrid cable-digital form on November 16, 2021, after

1360-682: The United Kingdom and Ireland on June 10, 2008, in Japan on World on Demand, Australia in November 2009, and Poland in August 2011. The network was also launched in CEE, from February 19, 2011, until May 1, 2014 Style Network continues to air in international markets, though its British / Irish version ceased operations on December 9, 2013, while its African version ceased operations on March 31, 2015. The brand licensing agreement with Hearst for Esquire Network

1428-403: The "G4techTV" branding and would retain the brand until 2009. In September 2005, Neal Tiles replaced Hirschhorn as the channel's president. Tiles had previously been a senior marketing executive at DirecTV , Fox Sports and ESPN . He announced that G4 would be retooled as a male-oriented channel, stating that "guys like to play games, but not necessarily watch a bunch of shows with games on

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1496-533: The 2014 summer season, and airing as a new season on the broadcast network, proved the show's worth with great ratings. NBCUniversal decided to move the series permanently to NBC, leaving Esquire Network with repeats rather than new episodes, and even before its launch, removing one of the network's G4-era critical series from being used to promote its other content. Though it did receive a spin-off as consolation, Team Ninja Warrior , Esquire Network had no other compatible programming to promote it, and it never cracked

1564-547: The Esquire brand license was restricted solely to the United States. The original iteration of G4 ceased on December 31, 2014. The sudden change in networks surprised both viewers and providers, who had already shifted or expected the G4 channel space to a more appropriate place among other men's networks, and now had to deal with shifting Esquire's channel position away from women's networks, along with having to answer customer inquiries about

1632-499: The G4 website's program schedule was added to that particular episode saying "Thanks for watching G4." The network would cease broadcasting with a game of Pong on the screen, referencing the network's launch, gradually getting smaller and smaller before becoming just a small dot, followed by the sound of San Diego Comic-Con attendee Ramses to Kevin Pereira shouting " I'’M AT COMIC CON!! ", (possibly alluding to G4 dying and going to Comic-Con, occasionally nicknamed "nerd heaven"), as

1700-415: The Show ), though eventually those duties were taken over by the editorial staff of X-Play . G4's website previously featured game trailers and reviews, select video clips of its original shows, and web original programming. The website continued providing entertainment-related news articles until May 31, 2013, with the last article posted on G4's website as a replacement for the site's schedule section,

1768-436: The Show! and X-Play began, with Kevin Pereira and Adam Sessler returning to host their respective series; these involved humorous sketches for AOTS and Let's Plays with other gaming-based streamers and YouTubers alongside Sessler for X-Play . On the same day, it was announced that Esports shoutcasters Indiana "Froskurinn" Black and Ovilee May would be the network's new hosts, helming the series The Bleep Esports Show -

1836-514: The Show! and X-Play would be revived due to high demand from fans. They also gave a tentative date of Summer 2021 for the network's relaunch. The following day, the company launched the B4G4 brand, featuring short-form experimental content on YouTube and Twitter created to gain feedback from audiences that would help determine the shows for G4's relaunch. On February 12, 2021, the B4G4 iterations of Attack of

1904-487: The Show: Vibe Check , the network fully sunsetting operations on October 21, ending two minutes into Smosh ; G4 Select would later cease on Vizio. G4 in itself left Philo , YouTube TV , Xfinity , and Cox prior to the shutdown, with Fios being the last to carry the network until the true discontinuation date, November 18, 2022, two days after the first anniversary of the re-launch. The final programs aired were

1972-458: The aforementioned providers continued airing the network until the alleged cutoff date (or when their contracts with G4 were fully exhausted), ending all carriage of the network from cable providers and cable television services. The final day of G4 in its previous iteration was a marathon of the Top 100 Video Games of All Time, followed by the last program being the debut episode of X-Play . A note on

2040-443: The channel began airing a variety of "makeover" shows. The home makeover show Clean House lasted for ten seasons on the network; How Do I Look? lasted eight seasons. Starting around 2008, Style shifted its focus to personality-based reality programing such as Jerseylicious , Tia & Tamera , and Big Rich Texas , along with a female-focused spin-off of The Soup known as The Dish . On June 25, 2012, Style Network

2108-415: The channel from their lineup nationwide on April 25, 2017 (the same day they removed Chiller from their lineup, also nationwide), leaving Verizon FiOS and Google Fiber as a few of the last cable providers to carry Esquire Network until its demise; online access to the network's TV Everywhere live feed was maintained by Charter until the network's termination. On January 18, 2017, it was announced that

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2176-654: The channel would also feature new content catered to free, linear streaming audiences. The channel was later added to Vizio 's WatchFree platform on June 16, 2022. On October 16, 2022, it was announced that G4 would be ceasing operations after relaunching the previous year. Several factors that led to G4's discontinuation ranged from low viewership, a lack of audience strategy, ever-changing and absent leadership, competition with streaming content creators on YouTube and Twitch , cord-cutting , underpromotion, and high expenditures. G4 Select would be removed from Pluto TV on October 19, 2022, during an episode of Attack of

2244-409: The classic game based episodes of Icons began to air under the name Game Makers , with no relation to the original version of Game Makers . G4 (American TV network) G4 (also known as G4TV ) was an American pay television and digital network owned by NBCUniversal and later Comcast Spectacor that primarily focused on video games . The network was originally owned by G4 Media ,

2312-571: The dot shut off like an analog TV alongside the Atari 2600 version of Donkey Kong 's death sounds and the Game Boy start-up chime, thus symbolically ending the network with a "game over". On July 24, 2020, the Twitter accounts of G4, Attack of the Show! and X-Play were reactivated to post a teaser video announcing a revival of the network slated for 2021. The teaser was released during "Comic-Con@Home",

2380-421: The first virtual streaming edition of San Diego Comic-Con . G4's website was reopened with a playable game of Pong which, if won, redirected to a mailing list to sign up for updates and a free shirt promo code. The campaign was in-reference to the network's original launch in 2002 and their shutdown in 2014. Comcast would transfer operations of G4 from NBCUniversal to its Spectacor division (former owners of

2448-460: The linear television channel and video on demand platforms the next day. The television channel's programming currently features reruns of past G4 shows, as well as other acquired programs. Pulse was a prerecorded weekly news show that focused on the gaming industry that aired on G4. In November 2004, along with other G4techTV programs, the show was cancelled. News segments were merged with revamped version of The Screen Savers (later Attack of

2516-459: The lineup with Esquire Network replacing G4, ending all carriage of the network from direct broadcast satellite services. Cox ceased carriage of G4 in all markets on December 31, 2013. Comcast removed G4 from all its cable and satellite systems nationwide on January 6, 2014; the network continued to be carried on other cable systems. Certain cable operators reported that the network would end all on-air operations on November 30, 2014, and

2584-469: The majority of the original programs produced for Esquire Network ended up being low-rated, with only the youth football reality series Friday Night Tykes and the network's Men in Blazers –produced live broadcasts of Pamplona 's running of the bulls receiving any critical acclaim or notice. The rest of its lineup was criticized for depending on derivative and "copycat" formats of better programming, which

2652-407: The network towards the same issues befalling G4, Chiller , and Cloo , where little original content being produced made it a network viewers and providers claimed provided little value for its monthly carriage fees. On October 1, 2016, Dish Network removed the channel from the lineup. As with their earlier dropping of Cloo , the provider stated that most of the network's rerun-centric programming

2720-425: The network would end all pay television distribution in the summer of 2017 and convert to an online-only model. The network went off the air on June 28 at noon Eastern time. The network programmed a final marathon of Friday Night Tykes that day, ending with the season one finale, "Finish What We Started". After the episode ended, a "thank you" slide was shown with the network's web address (which shortly thereafter

2788-430: The now-defunct PRISM regional premium cable television channel). On August 12, 2020, Olivia Munn , the former co-host of Attack of the Show! , was reportedly in final talks for a multi-year deal with G4. On September 4, 2020, the official G4 YouTube channel uploaded a video featuring former X-Play host Adam Sessler as one of his fictional characters, Crazy Adam, asking for fans to submit applications to become

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2856-409: The oncoming rebranding until September 18, when a 60-second farewell clip was posted on its YouTube channel serving as a retrospective of the network's history and ending with a thanks to the channel's audience for their viewership. Other social media platforms for individual Style programs also began to mention the end of the network on that day. The last program to air on Style on September 22, 2013,

2924-447: The original Japanese version of American Ninja Warrior ), would be returning to the network with 3 new tournaments and a total of 167 episodes. On April 19, comedian and YouTuber Kassem G was announced to be joining the network as a new host. On April 28, Adam Sessler and Kassem G revealed during a livestream that cosplayer Jefferson "Jeffersawrus" Carvey was the network's first #G4NeedsTalent hire. Its final "Epic April" announcement

2992-549: The primary reason for dropping of the channel. DirecTV commented that it was "...unable to reach an agreement to continue carrying the G4 channel and it has been removed from the DirecTV channel lineup." It was reported that the UFC and WWE were in separate talks to buy G4 in 2011. The UFC eventually partnered with Fox , while WWE launched its own network on February 24, 2014. On January 5, 2012, Neal Tiles stepped down as CEO. He

3060-435: The right to have a game showcased on the show Pulse . On March 25, 2004, Vulcan Inc. announced that G4 Media would acquire TechTV and merge the two networks. The combined network was rebranded as G4techTV . On February 15, 2005, less than a year after the merger, the "TechTV" brand was dropped from the channel's name. A Canadian version of TechTV, originally launched on September 7, 2001, would also be relaunched under

3128-601: The screen". Comcast announced on October 12, 2006, that it would consolidate its west coast entertainment operations, including G4, E! and Style Network into a new group headed by Ted Harbert , who had formerly run E!. It was announced that the upper management of the G4 channel would relocate to E!'s Los Angeles office. Harbert gave his opinion at the time that the focus of the channel on "gaming has been demonstrated as being too narrow." In April 2007, G4, in association with Earth911, launched an electronic-waste -recycling campaign called Gcycle. On February 17, 2009, it

3196-445: The special on November 27. At the special's end, wrestler Xavier "King" Woods / Austin Creed would be the first newly announced host for G4's relaunch, after beginning a campaign on Twitter to become a G4 personality in August 2020. On the same day of the special's premiere, G4 launched Gravython , a charity drive that would be raising funds for a variety of community partners. On January 28, 2021, G4 announced that both Attack of

3264-545: The sudden demise of the Style Network and its programming. More privately, talent which had been brought on for Style programming, including the Mowry twins, reacted angrily to seeing their projects cancelled without notice or be shifted among other networks with different programming priorities, and NBCUniversal would have to deal with the repercussions of ending a network's life with only two weeks' notice. Style made no mention of

3332-566: The summer on April 15, 2013, as network general manager Adam Stotsky stated the rebranding was pushed back in order to have a broader slate of original series to launch than would have been available for the April launch. In May 2013, the launch date was pushed to September 23, 2013, with its first program being an 80th anniversary special on Esquire which was rebroadcast later in primetime. On September 9, 2013, NBCUniversal announced that it would replace Style Network with Esquire Network, leaving G4 "as

3400-419: The summer. In May 2013, the launch date was pushed to September 23, 2013, with its first program being an 80th anniversary special for Esquire . On September 9, 2013, news broke that NBCUniversal would instead replace the Style Network with Esquire Network, leaving G4 "as is for the foreseeable future, though it's highly unlikely the company will invest in more original programming". On September 23, 2013, G4

3468-423: The top 100 cable shows in any of its first season airings. It was moved to USA Network for its second season and beyond. Press attention for the network's programming soon was limited to the bookends of their premieres, then to their eventual notice of cancellation, including little to no promotion from Esquire magazine itself due to a lack of compatible promotion. The magazine, which under the brand licensing deal

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3536-409: Was November 18, 2022. G4 was launched on April 24, 2002, under the ownership of Comcast . The initial concept was to create a service similar to rival TechTV but targeted at 12-to-34-year-olds, an elusive demographic. The channel was soft launched with a week-long series of Pong matches. It was initially available to three million Comcast subscribers, and offered 13 half-hour programs. G4

3604-445: Was a notice stating that "NBCUniversal has discontinued all operations for G4" seven days after the network left the air. The website was relaunched on July 24, 2020, coinciding with the announcement of the network's revival. Style Network Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation . Launched on October 1, 1998 as Style Network ,

3672-567: Was an overnight repeat of the Tia & Tamera season finale episode "Twerkin' 9 to 5" (which became its de facto series finale as Tia and Tamera Mowry opted not to continue with the series) at 2 a.m. Eastern Time, with the nightly three-hour paid programming block leading into the Esquire Network launch special after a 30-second abbreviated version of the Style farewell clip aired on the channel space. The changeover occurred on September 23, 2013, at 6 a.m. Eastern Time . Throughout 2015 and into 2016,

3740-475: Was announced during Comic-Con 2010 that G4 would be the exclusive North American broadcaster of Marvel Anime , which made its television debut in 2011. During the week of July 26-August 1, 2010, G4 changed its logo to 4G as a promotion for Sprint Nextel 's next generation wireless internet service. On November 1, 2010, DirecTV announced that it had removed G4 from its channel lineup, citing low interest among their subscriber base and low Nielsen ratings as

3808-414: Was created and originally led by Charles Hirschhorn , a former president of Walt Disney Television and Television Animation . He expected video game creators themselves to eventually produce programming for the channel. He envisioned that G4 could follow in the footsteps of MTV, which provided music video producers with a venue for non-traditional television programming. Hirschhorn intended G4 to become

3876-506: Was dropped by Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks (Bright House carriage contracts were negotiated by Time Warner Cable), citing the network's low viewership as "(not a) good value for our customers". Verizon FiOS discontinued the channel on October 1, 2013, and Cablevision did so on October 10, 2013, pursuant to a filing with the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (that state's utility service regulator)

3944-554: Was duplicative of that available on other networks and streaming services. The only notice of the dropping was through the provider's monthly billing statement. AT&T then gave notice that Esquire Network would be dropped from U-verse and DirecTV on December 15, 2016, a move that cut the network's availability by 25% and removed almost all consumer-based satellite service availability outside of niche C-Band consumers. Charter Communications through its Time Warner Cable , Bright House Networks and Spectrum subsidiaries removed

4012-434: Was expected to be a linchpin of Esquire Network's lineup, but with the delay of the network's launch to the fall of 2013, NBCUniversal did not want to wait to launch the season, and the program had success airing on NBC during the summer as repeats in previous seasons. The show's sixth season, which had been taped expecting to air as part of Esquire Network and visually featured its logo in prominent places, then moved to NBC for

4080-591: Was expected to be used to source new series ideas or its writers participating in factual programming such as countdowns, was also severely underutilized, with most of the content developed for the network ending up being from traditional talent pipelines used by NBCUniversal, rather than the magazine itself. Due to these multiple issues, the network began to carry more repeats of existing library comedy and drama series (many of which were seen over-the-air for free on sister networks Cozi TV , LXTV , and NBC's streaming apps, along with other NBCU networks), which again brought

4148-430: Was made on the 30th, where Virtual YouTuber and livestreamer character CodeMiko , along with her creator known only as "The Technician", would be joining as a new host. On May 5, 2021, G4 was announced to be the official broadcaster of Dungeons & Dragons Live , airing on July 16 and 17. On May 14, YouTuber and podcaster Gina Darling was revealed during a livestream with Adam Sessler and Kassem G to be joining as

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4216-460: Was often found on other networks or produced for free consumption independently and uploaded to streaming video providers such as YouTube and Vimeo . After only several months, the network stopped airing repeats of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon after its February 2014 end, immediately upon his move to the higher-profile Tonight Show , which NBC refused to dilute the value of with cable repeats. American Ninja Warrior , which had started on G4,

4284-429: Was originally shut down on December 31 , 2014. By August 2013, it was reported that approximately 61,217,000 American households (53.61% of households with television) were receiving the network. On July 24, 2020, a revival of the G4 brand was announced; the network relaunched on November 16, 2021. On October 16, 2022, it was announced that Comcast would soon be shutting down the network. Its final day of operation

4352-430: Was rebranded with a revised logo and a new slogan: "Work it. Love it. Style it." In 2013, the channel launched two real estate related shows: Hot Listings: Miami and Built , which featured male models remodeling houses. In December 2012, NBCUniversal signed a brand licensing deal with the Hearst Corporation , owner of Esquire magazine, to relaunch G4 into Esquire Network , which would air shows aimed at

4420-408: Was replaced by former NBCUniversal marketing chief Adam Stotsky. Long-time employees Adam Sessler and Kevin Pereira both departed the network during the first half of 2012. On October 26, 2012, it was announced that X-Play and Attack of the Show! would be cancelled by the end of the year, ending G4's studio programming. In December 2012, NBCUniversal signed a brand licensing deal with

4488-399: Was reported that G4 intended to cut back its original programming. X-Play would be reduced to three nights a week while Attack of the Show! would be cut to four nights a week. Consequently, a number of the staff and production crew involved in the shows would be laid off. Layla Kayleigh also left G4 in April 2009 after Neal Tiles announced that her contract would not be renewed. It

4556-403: Was scheduled to take place on April 22, 2013, but was moved to an unspecified date in the summer on April 15, 2013. Network general manager Adam Stotsky stated the rebranding was pushed back in order to have a broader original series slate to launch with than would have been available for the April launch. Stotsky confirmed that a new season of American Ninja Warrior would air on the network in

4624-488: Was turned into a redirect to the main Esquire website). No further comment was made in regards to the supposed online-only version of the network, and Esquire's "TV" section on their website now contains the general features and behind-the-scenes footage prevalent on most magazine sites. The network's final two projects, Edgehill (a true crime series about the Murder of Suzanne Jovin ) and Borderland USA (a reality series about

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