| rdfs:comment | - X-Play is a video game review TV show known for its humor. The program airs on G4 in the United States, on G4TV in Canada, FUEL TV in Australia. The show is hosted by Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb. Sessler is the original host of the program; he has co-hosted in the past with Lauren Fielder and Kate Botello. X-Play began on ZDTV in 1998 as GameSpot TV where Sessler co-hosted with Fielder for the show's first year, then co-hosted with Botello up through 2002. The show was renamed to Extended Play in 2001 after ZDTV changed to TechTV and the partnership with Ziff Davis' GameSpot ended. Botello left in early 2002, and Sessler hosted the show by himself up until April 2003, when Webb joined the cast and the show was renamed to X-Play. It is the only original TechTV show to entirely survive the
- X-Play is what happens when a Sketch Comedy meets a video game review program. It's the only show to survive the TechTV/G4 merger, one of the last two original shows the network now has (alongside Attack of the Show), and one of the highest-rated programs on G4. On April 26, 2012, Sessler abruptly left G4 over what's believed to be a contract dispute, putting the future of X-Play in question. Sessler's last episode aired later that day, after the news broke, and there's Wild Mass Guessing as to where he'll end up next.
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| abstract | - X-Play is what happens when a Sketch Comedy meets a video game review program. It's the only show to survive the TechTV/G4 merger, one of the last two original shows the network now has (alongside Attack of the Show), and one of the highest-rated programs on G4. The show started in 1998 (on what was then called ZDTV) as GameSpot TV; it was hosted by Adam Sessler and Lauren Fielder, the latter of which left in 1999 and was replaced by Kate Botello. In 2001, the show was renamed Extended Play (at around the same time ZDTV was renamed TechTV). Shortly after Botello left the show, it was hosted by Sessler alone, and it was filmed San Francisco's Metreon arcade until 2003 -- when the show was renamed X-Play and Morgan Webb came aboard. Along with Webb came a brand new studio and the beginning of the show's focus on game-related sketch comedy alongside its reviews. The show was retained by G4 after that network purchased TechTV in 2004, and even though it was basically left intact (a fate far better than other TechTV shows (and even most G4 shows) received), its focuses swung frequently for the next few years as G4 went through its frightening Network Decay. The show is now essentially a half-hour version of what G4 was before the merger. It is now comprised of news, previews, reviews, interviews, and even a hints segment called "Cheat!" (which itself was a half-hour show on G4 years ago). The sketch comedy has also been done away with, for the most part; this might have something to do with the fact that the show's former head comedy writer, comedienne/comic nerd Blair Butler, became a G4 on-air personality. On April 26, 2012, Sessler abruptly left G4 over what's believed to be a contract dispute, putting the future of X-Play in question. Sessler's last episode aired later that day, after the news broke, and there's Wild Mass Guessing as to where he'll end up next.
- X-Play is a video game review TV show known for its humor. The program airs on G4 in the United States, on G4TV in Canada, FUEL TV in Australia. The show is hosted by Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb. Sessler is the original host of the program; he has co-hosted in the past with Lauren Fielder and Kate Botello. X-Play began on ZDTV in 1998 as GameSpot TV where Sessler co-hosted with Fielder for the show's first year, then co-hosted with Botello up through 2002. The show was renamed to Extended Play in 2001 after ZDTV changed to TechTV and the partnership with Ziff Davis' GameSpot ended. Botello left in early 2002, and Sessler hosted the show by himself up until April 2003, when Webb joined the cast and the show was renamed to X-Play. It is the only original TechTV show to entirely survive the May 2004 merger of G4 and TechTV, and is currently the highest-rated show amongst G4 programming. Host Adam Sessler Morgan Webb Past Host Kate Botello Lauren Fielder
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