Deep cuts have hit G4’s flagship show X-Play, sources tell us, and the five-day-a-week program has been cut back to three times a week. We’ve heard that us much as half of the staff of the X-Play show have been laid off. We’ve emailed and spoken with G4 officials,
but they were not yet able to answer our questions.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); If true, the network must be struggling. X-Play was one of the highest-rated shows on G4 and was just expanded to five [[link]] days a week in January, 2008. What began in 1998 as GameSpot TV and then
become Extended Play and finally X-Play, [[link]] was reworked and expanded on Jan. 14, 2008.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/gaming-television/x+play-expands-332986.php The show is hosted by Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb. In December, 2008 Sessler was promoted to G4’s Editor-in-Chief of Games content.
https://kotaku.com/adam-sessler-gets-the-boot-up-to-editor-in-chief-5112391 As always take this with a grain of salt until we hear more directly from the company. UPDATE – G4 has provided us with [[link]] the following statement, confirming the scheduling change, as well as staff cuts: G4 is returning AOTS and
X-Play to their former production schedules and, starting March 2nd, AOTS will air 4 originals per week and X-Play 3 originals per week. While the company does not comment on personnel matters, we can confirm that producing fewer episodes has resulted in a decrease in staff. Savings resulting from this move will go directly towards producing more original programming in 2009. This is not a budget cut. G4 remains dedicated to these core franchises.
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