They’ve done it again. If only there were some way the geeks of the world and myself could have our favorite technology show back. (sniff) I stopped watching The Screen Savers a while back after those G4 B@#$!%ds fired Alex, Yoshi, and Dan. That was the last straw for me. The show has gone on from then but the content was anything but tech. It’s all games, sports, crappy trivia, guests nobody cares about, and the occational crappy musical number from a group nobody has heard of before. I think they also ditched the live audience too. I really really wanted to go see a live show of TSS back when Leo and Pattrick and the gang were there. Those were the glory days. I actually turned on my TV and LEARNED something each day! I mean, that’s saying something. Myself being the computer nerd I am could watch The Screen Savers and learn a thing or two. The show also took live calls and they helped many people solve their techno woes. I always made sure my DVR recorded the show and I always raced home after work and school to catch the show in time. It ranked way up there along with Star Trek in my books. 
Today I learned that they are renaming the show to “Attack of the Show.” In other words, they tore down the set, ground it up into pulp, made toilet paper out of it, had the G4 executives wipe their asses with it, then reconstituted it into a so called “television show.” Why didn’t they just say “TSS is canceled and we are starting a new show” eh? Same thing right?
The official sticky in their forum says, “The show has changed from what it once was. It is no longer just about computers, or even just about technology. You know this. You’ve watched it over the last few months and seen it change. The show has expanded to include much, much more and the name needs to change with it. It’s time.” I agree, it has expanded to include ALL types of crap in the universe. Apparently a highly focused and organized set of subjects pertaining to technology was not broad enough to bring in the bacon. Hey G4, you know I watched that show, I watched the Ads. But now me and probably all other former TSS fans are tuning you out. You loose. You chose the wrong demographic to screw with. What kind of stupid name is “Attack of the Show” anyway? Sounds like a cheasy scifi movie from the 50’s.
What does the future hold for tech on TV? Well for starters, G4TechTV Canada is showing Call for Help with Leo. The problem, it is only in CANADA! Grrrrr. Why not the USA? Eh? We don’t matter? All of a sudden the USA is too cool for tech but not Canada? (sigh) They are trying to get it in the USA as indicated on this page http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/interact/callforhelpusa.shtml. I sent in my ploite request for Call for Help to be in the states. You should all do the same too.
