History Creator / G4TV

Throughout 2020 and 2022, more personalities joined the G4 team, including Ovilee May (noted LCS personality), Froskurinn (well-known LEC personality), Alex "Goldenboy" Marvez (well-known eSports caster as well as a personality in the world of gaming), Kassem "Kassem G" Gharaibeh (well-known Website/YouTube personality), VirtualYoutuber [=CodeMiko=], Twitch streamer Gina Darling, WebVideo/TheCompletionist, content creator Will Neff, and internet personality WebVideo/TheBlackHokage alongside [[OldMaster returning veterans]] Kevin Pereira and Adam Sessler (hosts of ''Attack of the Show!'' and ''X-Play'' respectively). In addition to that, it was announced in April 2021 that G4 would once again air the classic ''Series/NinjaWarrior'' (along with seasons 35-37 that for the first time for American audiences would be seen) alongside ''Unbeatable Banzuke'' and ''Series/TakeshisCastle Indonesia''. In May of 2021, G4 announced that they would be premiering a new tabletop RPG-oriented series dubbed ''Invitation to Party'', which is a live broadcast of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. In 2022, the channel revived ''Arena'', co-produced with the Wrestling/{{WWE}}.

Unlike the shutdown of the last network, there was a glimmer of happiness for those who loved the personalities and talent behind G4. The ''day after'' G4 ended operations, ''Attack of the Show'' host Fiona Nova, along with ''AOTS'' writer Case Blackwell took their G4 show ''The Feedback'' and launched ''The Backfeed'', a Main/SpiritualSuccessor [[https://popculture.com/streaming/news/tv-show-feedback-g4-canceled-backfeed-hosts-immediately-relaunch-spiritual-successor/ to the canceled program, along with several G4 alums]]. The show's Twitch viewers were on par and even ''higher'' then when it aired on G4, and became part of The Cream Team, a Discord/Patreon project helmed by Nova, Kevin Periera, and Kassem G. Along with the almost all of the G4 hosts having healthy online followings and projects while working at G4, it did bring fans some reassurance that G4 will never stop playing, even in spirit.

Outside the network, Creator/DisneyXD launched their ''D|XP'' gaming block with content produced by former ''X-Play'' producer Wade Beckett and hosts Kevin Pereira (who produced ''WebVideo/TheAttack'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Attack of the Show!'', first premiering on Website/{{Twitch}}) and Blair Herter. Former G4 head Neal Tiles started "VENN" (the [[FunWithAcronyms Videogame Entertainment News Network]]), with backing from mega-station group Nexstar Media; however, it underwent financial difficulties and they quietly ceased operations in late 2021. ''Code Monkeys'' resurfaced on Comcast's streaming service, Creator/{{Peacock}}, when it launched in 2020.

Outside the network, Creator/DisneyXD launched their ''D|XP'' gaming block with content produced by former ''X-Play'' producer Wade Beckett and hosts Kevin Pereira (who produced ''WebVideo/TheAttack'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Attack of the Show!'', first premiering on Website/{{Twitch}}) and Blair Herter. Former G4 head Neal Tiles started "VENN" (the [[FunWithAcronyms Videogame Entertainment News Network]]), with backing from mega-station group Nexstar Media; however, it underwent financial difficulties and they quietly ceased operations in late 2021. ''Code Monkeys'' resurfaced on Comcast's streaming service, Creator/{{Peacock}}, when it launched in 2020. Many of the revamped channel's original shows also air on the Creator/PlutoTV-exclusive channel G4 Select.

The Comcast-owned channel was launched in April 2002 by Charles Hirschhorn. The lineup entirely consisted of gaming-related shows such as ''Arena'' (a multi-player gaming competition show), ''[=G4TV.com=]'' (an interactive talk show connected with the website), ''Cheat!'' (a show dedicated to cheat codes and walkthroughs; think Website/{{GameFAQs}} on TV), and reruns of ''Series/{{Starcade}}''. The channel struggled to find viewers and get into more homes since the only major carrier with G4 was Comcast's own cable service. In 2004, Comcast bought out Creator/TechTV, a channel focused on computers and technology that was carried on more cable/satellite providers. On May 28, 2004, the two cable channels with similar missions would merge into [=G4TechTV=]. In reality, [=TechTV=] would be flushed out in less than a year's time. Comcast would close the [=TechTV=] production facilities in San Francisco, giving its staff the ultimatum of either relocating to Los Angeles or going out of a job. ''Series/XPlay'' and its hosts; ''The Screen Savers'', which became ''Series/AttackOfTheShow''; Anime Unleashed, a block for {{Anime}} programming; and ''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent'' were the only remnants of [=TechTV=] to survive the merger. (Charles Hirschhorn [[https://www.reddit.com/r/g4tv/comments/k95kyo/clip_kevin_pereira_interviews_the_creator_of_g4tv/ later apologized]] [[OldShame for his actions in essentially killing [=TechTV=]]].)

Unfortunately, it was all for naught. Despite the passion of the staff and fanbase, G4 was not able to achieve sustainable financial results and had low viewership. In August 2022, The Black Hokage would leave G4, and then in September 2022, 20 employees were laid off to cut costs along with Frosk departing the network. And then the final shoe dropped- [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/10/16/g4-shutdown-frosk-layoffs-wwe/ On October 16, 2022, G4 operations were shut down immediately with a memo from Comcast Spectacor CEO Dave Scott]], just a month shy of the revival's first birthday.

[[caption-width-right:300:''[[UnCanceled We never stopped playing.]]'']]

Unlike the shutdown of the last network, there was a glimmer of happiness for those who loved the personalities and talent behind G4. The ''day after'' G4 ended operations, ''Attack of the Show'' host Fiona Nova, along with ''AOTS'' wrtier Case Blackwell took their G4 show ''The Feedback'' and launched ''The Backfeed'', a Main/SpiritualSuccessor [[https://popculture.com/streaming/news/tv-show-feedback-g4-canceled-backfeed-hosts-immediately-relaunch-spiritual-successor/ to the canceled program, along with several G4 alums]]. The show's Twitch viewers were on par and even ''higher'' then when it aired on G4, and became part of The Cream Team, a Discord/Patreon project helmed by Nova, Kevin Periera, and Kassem G. Along with the almost all of the hosts having healthy online projects and followings while working at G4, it does bring fans some reassurance that G4 will never stop playing, even in spirit.

Unlike the shutdown of the last network, there was a glimmer of happiness for those who loved the personalities and talent behind G4. The ''day after'' G4 ended operations, ''Attack of the Show'' host Fiona Nova, along with ''AOTS'' wrtier Case Blackwell took their G4 show ''The Feedback'' and launched ''The Backfeed'', a SpirtualSuccessor [[https://popculture.com/streaming/news/tv-show-feedback-g4-canceled-backfeed-hosts-immediately-relaunch-spiritual-successor/ to the canceled program, along with several G4 alums]]. The show's Twitch viewers were on par and even ''higher'' then when it aired on G4, and became part of The Cream Team, a Discord/Patreon project helmed by Nova, Kevin Periera, and Kassem G. Along with the almost all of the hosts having healthy online projects and followings while working at G4, it does bring fans some reassurance that G4 will never stop playing, even in spirit.

G4, formerly known as [=G4TV=], is a television network with a focus on [[VideoGames video games]] that originally existed from 2002 to 2014, then later revived as an digital-first brand from 2021 to 2022. The original network went through some [[TroubledProduction serious growing pains in trying to find an audience and gain ratings and advertisers,]] leading it to be one of cable television's most infamous cases of NetworkDecay.

Unfortunately, it was all for naught. Despite the passion of the staff and fanbase, G4 was not able to achieve sustainable financial results and had low viewership. In August 2022, The Black Hokage would leave G4, and then in September 2022, 20 employees were laid off to cut costs along with Frosk departing the network. And then the final shoe dropped- [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/10/16/g4-shutdown-frosk-layoffs-wwe/ On October 16, 2022, G4 operations were shut down immediately with a memo from Comcast Spectacor CEO Dave Scott]], just a month shy of the revivial's first birthday.

* ''WebVideo/{{Kitboga}}'' (Never Aired animated version of the Scambaiting program.)

* ''WebVideo/{{Kitboga}}'' (upcoming, an animated version of scambaiting calls)