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Despite the current economic downturn, the Consumer Electronics Show kicking off in Las Vegas this week is projecting that attendance in the entertainment category will hold steady with last year. Overall, the Consumer Electronics Association expects about 130,000 attendees for the annual tech-centric...
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G4 on Wednesday is launching its new series “Human Wrecking Balls,” featuring the Pumphrey Brothers, who combine strength and science to crush, demolish and destroy whatever is put in their path. Craig and Paul Pumphrey are big. Their combined weight is 550 pounds. They’re tough, with Craig a decorated...
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The Comcast Entertainment Group said Friday it made a deal with ABC Radio Networks that will bring content from E! Entertainment, Style Network and G4 to radio listeners. E! is expected to create celebrity and entertainment content for radio. Style will make women’s lifestyle programming and G4 will...
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Summer is usually a strong season for cable networks, but this year several networks endured a rocky third quarter. With cable drawing viewers away from the broadcast networks, most quarters end with a long list of cable networks touting new ratings records. But during the third quarter this year, G4...
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Advertisers trying to reach the elusive young male demographic, take note: Modern-day dudes are more interested in PlayStations and PCs than pigskin and pilsner. That’s the verdict from an exhaustive survey of more than 1,100 young men ages 18 to 34 commissioned by guy-centric cable network G4. According...
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Reruns of ABC’s “Lost” will join the G4 lineup on Sept. 14, beginning with the two-hour pilot. “Lost in 2.0,” as the network is dubbing it, will air weeknights at 9 p.m. with interactive on-screen features such as trivia, character profiles and commentary from the creators. The network also will present...
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Verizon Wireless is working with major TV programmers to add several new channels to its VCast video service, the company announced Wednesday. NBC Universal, Discovery Communications and Comcast’s G4 all said they are going mobile on VCast. Verizon customers will be able to watch full-length episodes...
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G4 will broadcast the 1987 film “Spaceballs” on Sept. 21, followed by four never-before-seen episodes of “Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs: The Animated Series.” Executive producer and co-creator Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga and Joan Rivers reprise their film roles, lending their voices to the animated series, which...
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A cop and a construction worker walk into a bar … and tear it apart. That’s what viewers can expect from the upcoming G4 series “Human Wrecking Balls,” starring brothers Craig and Paul Pumphrey as they take on demolition tasks using only their bare hands. Along with a team of experts and scientists,...
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“Hurl” isn't throwing out stellar ratings numbers, but it's not in the toilet, either. Talking with TVWeek at Comic-Con in San Diego, G4 President Neal Tiles said the queasy game show is doing fair. “It’s not a runaway hit, and it’s not a total failure by any stretch. It’s right in the middle...
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G4 has imported the British comedies “Freaky” and “The Peter Serafinowicz Show” to fill the network’s “Duty Free TV” nightly international programming block. The series will make their U.S. premieres Friday beginning at 8:30 p.m. with the sketch comedy series “The Peter Serafinowicz Show.” “Freaky,”...