http://www.shacknews.com/article/76396/attack-of-the-show-and-x-play-canceled

Looks like G4 has finally decided to shoot the dog. Apparently, they decided to drop them because they want to rebrand the network. "Sources are reportedly claiming the channel is teaming up with partner male-oriented Esquire magazine for an "upscale, sophisticated" direction. The name "G4Men" has been tossed around."

(I half wonder if they are doing this to make room for more cops or Campus PD)

They can't compete with YouTube, and Sessler made up a lot of that show's identity (I don't like him, but that's besides the point, and I am in the minority anyway).

I don't think TV is a dying medium as some people like to say, but I do see it scaling back over the next decade or so to only the broadest interest ranges (sports, comedy reruns, standbys like COPS, etc.). When it comes to more specialized interests, even those as large as gaming and tech, it's much preferable to the target audience to receive their content a la carte on the internet.

I almost think there is a bit of circular logic at work. There are no good shows, therefore people turn to the internet. People are turning to the internet, therefore we cannot rely on original programming.

I've pretty much turned to the internet for most of my internet, mostly because the channels I like have decayed or want to (*suspicious glance at CN*). The History Channel is the conspiracy channel. As much as i like conspiracies and pawn stars, its not enough variety. TVLand just cycles through the same shows over and over again, but thankfully METV is a good replacement for it (at least for now). Syfy I don't need to go into. Disney is dominated by teen drama shows, ditto with Nick. G4 I've nicknamed the Fratboy Channel.

I've come to the conclusion I can live without TV, there are only a handful of stations I like. And AotS and XPlay were the only reasons I even glanced at G4's programming now and then.

No surprise there, I knew it was only a matter of time when Adam and Kevin left.

TV is not a dying medium but the format in the US is ultimately doomed. Less and less people are willing to consume in the format TV wants to foist off on people, as TV gets more desperate for cash, they actually intensify the problem by throwing up more ads, pop-overs, and generally annoying shit, thus alienating even more of the audience that they want to keep.

TV is not the best medium for a lot of the content that used to be delivered via TV, a lot of the content that always would have preferred (yes, I'm anthropomorphizing here) another medium has since moved or been so much more successful in their new home(s) that the stuff that remains on TV is hardly worth talking about.

WITH THAT SAID: Television is still a good format for a lot of things, SmartTVs, DVRs, and OnDemand services have made it even better than it was in the past. I think as we watch the old guard move out of being in charge of said medium (because new mediums don't typically have an "old guard", though the money-men are often old) we'll see the change that makes TV a lot better and a revitalizes the types of content that we'll access through it.

Though by the time that happens your average TV purchase may have the latest consoles already embedded via a plug and play interface or some other shit and be nearly unrecognizable as distinctly a "TV". It should be interesting.

I'm not surprised given the cuts they have done with the hosts and the loss of decent shows on there over the last decade (miss you portal) i guess its just science and military channel for me till those start to suck.

The rise of Olivia Munn's career correlates strongly with the decline of Attack of the Show.

LOL. Once she left gamer geeks had no reason to watch.

I used to watch Gamespots On the spot gaming show every Friday night (time zone difference) also the E3/Tokyo game shows etc.

Those were the kind of gaming related shows i would watch.

Here in the U.K there was a show on Bravo with a guy called Dominic Diamond. I can't remember what the programme was called, but it was decent at the time.

These days (like thunderstone mentioned) it's "fratboys" who are more concerned about their ego's than debating about games.