The Screen Savers
| The Screen Savers | |
|---|---|
| Starring |
Leo Laporte Kate Botello Patrick Norton Kevin Rose Alex Albrecht Sarah Lane |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 1,500+ (San Francisco era) 107 (Los Angeles era) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Paul Block (2001 - 2004) Jim Downs (2004) |
| Producer(s) | Joshua Brentano |
| Running time | 90 minutes (2001-2002) 60 minutes (1998-2001; 2002-2005) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ZDTV (1998-2000) TechTV (2000-2004) G4TechTV (2004-2005) TWiT (2015-Present) See The New Screen Savers |
| Original release | May 11, 1998 – March 18, 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Tekzilla |
The Screen Savers is an American TV show that aired on TechTV from 1998 to 2005. The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV (later known as TechTV) on May 11, 1998. The Screen Savers originally centered on computers, new technologies, and their adaptations in the world. However, after it was taken over by G4, the show became more general-interest oriented and focused somewhat less on technology. The final episode of The Screen Savers aired on March 18, 2005. Repeat episodes continued to air until March 25, 2005 when its replacement program, Attack of the Show! began 3 days later on March 28, 2005. Two spiritual successors to The Screen Savers, This Week in Tech on the TWiT Network with Leo Laporte and Tekzilla on Revision3 with Patrick Norton, were started after the original show concluded. On April 19, 2015, Leo Laporte announcedThe New Screen Savers, which began airing on TWiT network May 2, 2015.
The Screen Savers premiered on May 11, 1998 as part of ZDTV. It aired live from San Francisco, California. Originally hosted by Leo Laporte and Kate Botello, the show featured a large and continually changing group of contributors.
In April 2000, Kate Botello left the show. Patrick Norton took her spot, and he and Laporte hosted the show for much of its run. A few months after Botello left, ZDTV became TechTV.
For much of its run, The Screen Savers had a running time of 60 minutes. This was later changed to 90 minutes (the expansion coming with the advent of the 'TechLive' all-day news format in 2001), but was reduced back to its original length due to scheduling conflicts and the difficulty of creating enough content for a 90-minute program.
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