The Lab with Leo Laporte
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| Genre | Technology Show |
| Created by | Leo Laporte |
| Developed by | Greedy Productions |
| Directed by | Marc Lefebvre |
| Presented by | Leo Laporte |
| Theme music composer | Sean Carruthers |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 195 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Victor Lucas |
| Producer(s) | Matt Harris (producer) Marc Lefebvre (producer) Craig Cerhit (supervising producer) Sean Carruthers (content producer) Warren Frey (content producer) Ryan Yewell (chase producer) Kate Abraham (call coordinator) Briana McIvor (call coordinator) |
| Camera setup | 3 Cam Shoot |
| Running time | ~48 minutes (without commercials) |
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| Original network | G4techTV Canada |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | April 23, 2007 – August 1, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Call For Help (1998–2007) |
| Related shows |
The Tech Guy (radio) The Screen Savers |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Lab with Leo Laporte was a technology-based television program hosted by Leo Laporte. Episode #1 debuted on April 23, 2007 on G4techTV Canada and HOW TO Channel Australia. The program was produced by Greedy Productions in Vancouver, BC. Production was overseen by the show's producer(s), Matt Harris (ep.1-180) and Marc Lefebvre (ep. 181-195). The show also now airs on Citytv after Rogers Media acquired control of the stations, and episode segments were also posted to Google Video several weeks after initial airing.
On November 25, 2006, Leo Laporte announced on his KFI radio show that production of Call for Help would move from Toronto to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Rogers Communications, the owner of G4techTV Canada, contracted with Greedy Productions to produce the show. Laporte also announced that the show would be renamed The Lab with Leo Laporte and would be recorded in 16:9 High Definition (HD). The Lab was titled as such due to Call for Help and its trademarks remaining the property of the American G4 network and their corporate owner, Comcast, which had broken off contract talks with Laporte acrimoniously when the May 2004 purchase of the network was announced.
Laporte traveled to Vancouver from his home in Petaluma, California monthly to record 15 episodes of the show. Episodes were typically recorded from Tuesday through Friday of the four-day "shoot week." Four shows were recorded live to XDCAM HD disc Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; three episodes were recorded on Friday. One goal of recording in HD was to attract a U.S.-based distributor. The American G4 ran the series for a short four-month period in 2007, but intentionally hampered it by airing it in a mid-morning timeslot without any later runs, meaning most of the show's audience was at work.
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