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  • mardigras
    Bon temps!
    • Feb 2003
    • 14194

    #1

    Goodbye TechTV, goodbye Leo Laporte

    Leo Laporte has posted in his blog that he is no longer with TechTV.

    http://leo.typepad.com/tlr/2004/04/end_of_line.html

    The channel was recently sold to Comcast who is going to turn it into a videogamers channel. No word yet on what the new name of the channel will be.

    Leo does have a radio gig with KFI-AM and you can hear him on the weekends. Not the same, but better than nothing
    http://www.kfi640.com/main.html
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  • Strife
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2001
    • 4534

    #2
    that sucks
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    • Cassie
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      • Mar 2003
      • 3139

      #3
      that was a good show.
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      • SykkBoy2
        Jesus loves bacon
        • Feb 2001
        • 19969

        #4
        damn, that sucks
        Leo was the best thing on TechTV
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        • GiantGnome
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2004
          • 4344

          #5
          Damn! I usally watched the show because of Leo.
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          • Fletch XXX
            GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!!
            • Jan 2002
            • 60840

            #6
            never watched it.

            cant stand those dumb people they pay to be anchors.

            like it some busy workroom with a few nerds.

            TURN OFF THE TV.


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            • Strife
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              • Aug 2001
              • 4534

              #7
              Hopefully he gets another job once Comcast takes over the channel
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              • asuna
                Confirmed User
                • May 2002
                • 8743

                #8
                this sucks, I just started watching CFH a few days ago

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                • RevSand
                  Confirmed User
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 8151

                  #9
                  That blows.. Leo rocked on TechTv.


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                  • Kard63
                    Confirmed User
                    • Nov 2003
                    • 8944

                    #10
                    Leo was the best damn part of tech tv, now I don't even want to hack DTV.


                    Kevin Rose is pretty cool, I talked to him on the phone one time. At least he's still there. He used to have his reume' on the net so I jsut called him one time to tell him I liked the show.

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                    • loverboy
                      When it rains, it pours
                      • May 2003
                      • 20609

                      #11
                      a great lost to techTV fanatics just like me.

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                      • bjs24
                        Confirmed User
                        • May 2003
                        • 313

                        #12
                        If they were going to get rid of anyone it should have been that dwarf looking guy Patrick and it could have been Leo and Kevin Rose who were the two most entertaining people on TechTV. A game station will have no interest for me.

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                        • CE_BigB
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                          • Oct 2003
                          • 1292

                          #13
                          Gaming network will flop

                          like the kids are gonna watch a gaming network...


                          They just dont the get it...

                          THE FUCKIN KIDS GOT THE TUBE ON XBOX.... NOT TV !!!


                          THEY ARE GAMING...





                          Damn I hate when shit is so obvious!!


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                          • hottoddy
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                            • Oct 2002
                            • 3049

                            #14
                            that SUCKS !!! i've been watching it since the Kate & Leo days. he will definitely be missed. be sure to check out his weekend radio show - KFI in LA or streaming.

                            http://leo.typepad.com/radio/
                            - *** -

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                            • WombRaider
                              Confirmed User
                              • Sep 2002
                              • 159

                              #15
                              That really sucks!
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                              • Xplicit
                                Confirmed User
                                • May 2003
                                • 3558

                                #16
                                LOL I used to work with Leo back when he was just a radio guy here in the Bay Area. He got me into a couple conventions in San Jose and shit with some of his crew.

                                Good times, good guy. Sad to see TechTV go, but they didnt carry it here anyway.

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                                • mardigras
                                  Bon temps!
                                  • Feb 2003
                                  • 14194

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by hottoddy
                                  that SUCKS !!! i've been watching it since the Kate & Leo days. he will definitely be missed. be sure to check out his weekend radio show - KFI in LA or streaming.

                                  http://leo.typepad.com/radio/
                                  Kate and Leo was the coolest geek class every afternoon. Good times. Back then they used to hop in the chat during the commercial breaks and the chat had avitars everyone would make wave when they showed the chat onscreen. Sometimes they would stream chat text under the program. I was lucky to catch ZDTV (the original name for TechTV) from the beginning on C-Band, local cable only added them in the past year. I used to catch Leo back when he was on The Site on MSNBC. I'll definitely be streaming his KFI program.

                                  I'm the one friends and family run to when they have a PC problem and I have a saying when anyone asks me how I learned about computers, "Half of what I know about computers I learned from Leo Laporte, the other half from Google"
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                                  • mardigras
                                    Bon temps!
                                    • Feb 2003
                                    • 14194

                                    #18
                                    Oh and somewhere I have a Dash and Tilde t-shirt I won in one of their trivia contests. It was before they turned Dash into a cyber-George Michaels.
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                                    • BVF
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                                      • Jan 2002
                                      • 13975

                                      #19
                                      He was an idiot for not getting his own domain and branding it the right way. Especially if it was a blog...Who the fuck is going to remember that URL?

                                      Like I said before, he's an idiot.

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                                      • SlickRick
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                                        • Jan 2003
                                        • 2849

                                        #20
                                        Its still on I just watched it...

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                                        • ronbotx
                                          Registered User
                                          • Jan 2002
                                          • 1634

                                          #21
                                          No.......!!!!!!!. I used to watch all the time when the Network first started (ZDTV). I especially liked the Screen Savers with Leo since the topics were pretty advanced and not newbie oriented like many other computer shows.


                                          Comcast are dumbasses. A pure gaming show will not work and will appeal only to a VERY narrow audience. I 'm very sad to hear that..........

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                                          • BuckLover
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Feb 2003
                                            • 1656

                                            #22
                                            lol

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                                            • SykkBoy2
                                              Jesus loves bacon
                                              • Feb 2001
                                              • 19969

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by ronbotx

                                              Comcast are dumbasses. A pure gaming show will not work and will appeal only to a VERY narrow audience. I 'm very sad to hear that..........
                                              exactly, and isn't The Game Show Network (now known as GSN) covering that already?
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                                              • erehwon
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Nov 2003
                                                • 3759

                                                #24
                                                Comcast sucks!

                                                Everything Comcast touches, turns to shit.

                                                Might as well turn off the lights now, and sell the assets on eBay.
                                                Money NEVER $leep$...

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                                                • hottoddy
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                  • 3049

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by BVF
                                                  He was an idiot for not getting his own domain and branding it the right way. Especially if it was a blog...Who the fuck is going to remember that URL?

                                                  Like I said before, he's an idiot.
                                                  His main URL is www.leoville.com. Can you remember that? I linked the subdomain b/c it had the best direct info on the webcast. Even if you have trouble remembering "leoville," no worries - just type in "Leo Laporte" on Google and the top 7 links all take you to some part of his site. Even challenged people like yourself should have no troubles finding it.

                                                  ___________

                                                  As for TechTV, Leo has said he may be re-hired after the power transfer. His current employers are responsible for his exit, not Comcast.
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                                                  • CamChicks
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                                                    • Sep 2003
                                                    • 1552

                                                    #26
                                                    TechTV is brilliant. Leo rules. G4 is awful.

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                                                    • SykkBoy2
                                                      Jesus loves bacon
                                                      • Feb 2001
                                                      • 19969

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by mardigras

                                                      Kate and Leo was the coolest geek class every afternoon.
                                                      I wanted to bang Kate so bad....
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                                                      • Cyborg 2.0
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                                                        • Mar 2004
                                                        • 851

                                                        #28
                                                        Comcast sucks!
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                                                        • necoeds
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                                                          • Nov 2002
                                                          • 2453

                                                          #29
                                                          kat is a hottie
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                                                          • Chris
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                                                            • May 2003
                                                            • 27880

                                                            #30
                                                            game channel ? lol right.....


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                                                            • xBOILx
                                                              Registered User
                                                              • Apr 2004
                                                              • 15

                                                              #31
                                                              the best thing on tech tv is that Webb girl on x-play....leo was cool 2

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                                                              • xBOILx
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                                                                • Apr 2004
                                                                • 15

                                                                #32
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                                                                • hottoddy
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                                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                                  • 3049

                                                                  #33

                                                                  Old School - old set, Kate and Leo
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