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G4 to count down the Top 100 Video Games of All Time in weeklong series

From June 11-15, in a five-part series airing in hourlong episodes at 8pm ET each night, G4’s The Top 100 Video Games of All Time will look at an industry that began in arcades, pizza parlors and shag-carpeted living rooms and has grown into a multi-billion dollar business that dominates the entertainment landscape — video games. Whether it’s addictive Facebook games, iPad apps, MMOs, console blockbusters, and/or nostalgia for a home gaming system that one grew up with, nearly everyone of a certain age has a connection to video games, and this special looks to count down the greatest of […]

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Sports

Super Bowl XLVI: NBCUniversal Super Bowl programming

The many-headed monster that is NBCUniversal is going all out with its Super Bowl XLVI promotion and programming, enlisting its roster of cable channels and properties to offer Super Bowl features and content. Here’s the rundown in a release from NBCU: NBCUNIVERSAL SURROUNDS SUPER BOWL XLVI Features and Segments from NBCUniversal Properties Include CNBC, Golf Channel, Bravo, Telemundo, Access Hollywood, Weather Channel, E!, Style, G4, iVillage NBC Sports Network to Present More Than 18 Hours of Live Super Bowl Programming including Costas Tonight: Live from the Super Bowl and Daily Editions of NBC SportsTalk: LIVE from the Super Bowl TODAY […]

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TV News & Program Updates

Marvel-ous highlights from C2E2

Well, the second edition of C2E2 was a rousing success in bringing a bit of Comic Con craziness to the Midwest. Chicago’s McCormick Place was buzzing with fans looking to get up close and personal with some of their favorite personalities from the geek world. I trawled the floor on Saturday, sitting in on some of the convention’s biggest events, as well as getting lots of one-on-one time with some heavy hitters. Here are the highlights of the day: * Thor star Chris Hemsworth shared some goodies with the eager crowd, including a demonstration of his vocal pipes by yelling […]

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Sports

Curt Schilling Is Plugged In With The Kids

By Ryan Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, he of bloody sock fame, announced via his blog 38 Pitches that he was retiring, and even held somewhat of a press conference on his blog. Ever the new-media savvy one, now Schilling is bypassing all the major sports TV networks and giving an exclusive interview with video game network G4 (maybe ESPN doesn’t find Schilling newsworthy anymore, but I find that hard to believe). Adam Sessler, host and editor-in-chief of G4’s X-Play is the first to bring you an exclusive interview with former World Series MVP and future Hall of Famer […]

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Reality TV

"Hurl!" Here: That's Bull

Posted by Ryan Tonight’s Hurl! contestants will eat franks & beans, then take a ride on a mechanical bull. But what’s really great about this episode: It’s ladies night!! Let’s meet the five lasses who are due back at the convent: Cassie, a hostess at an Irish pub; Erika, a criminal justice student; Megan, a receptionist at a gym; Kristin, a waitress at a barbecue restaurant; and Nicole, a journalism student. The girls will start with cramming as much of the nine pounds of franks & beans (It’s organic!) as they can into their faces for five minutes. They’re wearing […]

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Reality TV

"Hurl!" Here: Dog And Pony Show

Posted by Ryan Contestants on this episode of Hurl! will try to down up to 10 pounds of hot dogs and take a whirl in the spinning Round Up. Let’s meet the five guys who really want to date your daughter: Mike, an after-school programs assistant; Nick, who works at a computer lab at an elementary school; Sammy, a clothing designer and drummer for a punk band who delivers pizza in his “spare” time, if by spare he means 50 hours a week; Chris, an AV equipment installer; and Erik, a U.S. Marine who looks like a slightly bad-ass Neil […]

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Reality TV

"Hurl!" Here: Flamethrowupper

Posted by Ryan So, come back for more Hurl!, have you? You sicko. Let’s meet the contestants for the second installment, “Flamethrowupper”: Chris, a cable guy; Bob, a waiter/musician; Logan, a window washer; Duy, a beach bar host; and Ryan, a college student and pizza delivery man. These guys will face seven pounds of cream of spinach soup. But apparently, no one really told anyone about the rules (Rules? What rules?), because Chris just dives into the soup hands-first before the clock even starts. Relax, Chris, you’ll have plenty of time to make an ass out of yourself. The contestants […]

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Reality TV

"Hurl!" Here: Balls Of Hurl

Posted by Ryan The Washington Post calls it “one more sign of the decline of Western civilization” and “for people who found Fear Factor much too nuanced and intellectually complex.” Damn straight I’m watching it. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to Hurl! G4, the network for prepubescent boys and 30-year-olds who still think like prepubescent boys, starts off the series with the episode “Balls of Hurl.” Tonight’s episode features five contestants eating loads of mac ‘n’ cheese, and then getting strapped in for a dizzying roll inside big cage Balls of Hurl. Let’s meet the contestants. As you’d expect, they’re all […]

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TCA

TCA Talk

Some of the hot talk so far from this year’s summer Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour: TV’s New “It” Girl: Olivia Munn The sexy, sassy and completely unfiltered Olivia Munn provided the laughs at a press conference this week for G4’s live interactive series, “Attack of the Show,” airing weeknights at 7pm ET/PT. Munn, along with Kevin Peira, say their series is targeted to young men and focuses on everything they need to know about technology, games, TV, gadgets, comic books, internet culture and more. Munn, the show’s standout, says she does receive a lot of fan mail. “I […]