Murray Williams lives and works in Northwest Arkansas. He tries to keep his blog up-to-date, but the pressures of life squeeze in and sometimes he just doesn't have the time. You can check out his full site at www.murdog.com.

11.12.2004

They Are Killing Me Slowly (Calmer Version)

G4 The gaming channel has struck again!!! I watch just one show with any real regularity. It is a show called The Screen Savers. It is a show about computers and other geeky stuff. (I admit it, I am a geek.) I love this show.

A couple of months ago, Comcast, the company that had a competing channel called G4 bought out TechTV, the station that originally aired The Screen Savers and added the TechTV shows to the G4 Lineup. Obviously there are only a limited number of hours in a day, so a number of shows had to go. Luckily, the best show on either of the channels, The Screen Savers, was kept. We lost two really good hosts but for the most part, the new version of TSS was pretty much intact, and they were doing some really new and fun things. I was just starting to like it.

A few minutes ago, I just heard that G4TechTV has fired Alex Albrecht, Yoshi, and Dan, three guys from TSS who I really liked. Alex was the new co-host, and he was really funny. I didn't know if I was going to like him, but over time I was really starting to like him. Now, he is gone!

Yoshi, the mad modder, was a guy who would do projects and then show them off on the show. He would modify something, most the time a computer, and then tell how he did it. They were called mods. Now, he is gone!

Dan was kind of a cult figure. He didn't do much because he could never master speaking on TV. When he read the tele-prompter, he was halting and sort of hard to listen to, but he is big friends with Kevin Rose and has been a big part of the TSS family for a long time now. Now, he is gone!

I am in shock and mourning! I do not understand g4... there are a number of klunker shows that were a part of the G4 line up that SHOULD get the axe, and instead, they are destroying the only show that is worth a flip.

Alex was cool and funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I am MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD!!!!!!!!!!!

Why?

They Are Killing Me Slowly (Angry Version)

What is up with G4TechTV?????? I just found out that they fired Alex, Yoshi, and Dan from The Screen Savers a show on the G4TechTV network. Comcast are also going to revamp the show even more. What the heck... I was just getting to really like Alex Albrecht! He is incredibly funny and witty. He added a lot to the show, and now they are canning him. I HATE G4... it is one of the worst networks on TV. They have bought out all the TechTV shows and are now driving them right into the ground. What the heck. I am so mad. MAD MAD MAD.

I know this may seem pathetic, but The Screen Savers is the only show on TV that I don't miss, and now it seems to be evaporating right in front of my eyes... I cannot believe it!!!!! MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you Agree...

I just found this on the website. If you love The Screen Savers, here are some emails that may be of interest... Please keep it professional, unnecessarily ugly emails will get no response...

MANAGEMENT

Charles Hirschhorn
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
CHirschhorn@g4media.com

Debra Green
Chief Operating Officer
DGreen@g4media.com

Dale Hopkins
Senior Vice President, Affiliate & Advertising Sales
DHopkins@g4media.com

Peter M. Green
Senior Vice President, Programming and Production
PGreen@g4media.com

Julie Fields
Vice President, Creative
JFields@g4media.com

Tina Kowalewski
Vice President, Games Editorial
TKowaleeski@g4media.com

Tom Russo
Director, Program Development
TRusso@g4media.com

ADVERTISING
Jason Liebowitz
jliebowitz@g4media.com

11.10.2004

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