| The Electric Playground | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Video Games Entertainment |
| Format | Daily Weekly |
| Created by | Victor Lucas |
| Developed by | Greedy Productions Ltd. |
| Written by | Victor Lucas Briana McIvor Blake Siefken Ryan Nicolas Rob Koval Jason Margolis Geoff Chapman Miri Jedeiken Shaun Hatton Marcus Onischak Alistair Brown |
| Directed by | Victor Lucas |
| Presented by | Victor Lucas Briana McIvor Scott Jones Jose Sanchez Miri Jedeikin Shaun Hatton Ben Silverman |
| Theme music composer | Paul Ruskay |
| Composer(s) | Audio Network (music) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Victor Lucas |
| Producer(s) | Jason Margolis Rob Koval Briana McIvor |
| Editor(s) | Jordan Taylor (Lead) |
| Location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia Toronto, Ontario San Francisco, California Los Angeles, California |
| Cinematography | Richard Grundy |
| Production company(s) | Greedy Productions Ltd. |
| Distributor | Greedy Productions Ltd. PPI Releasing |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | G4 Canada Citytv |
| First shown in | September 1, 1997 |
| Original run | September 1, 1997 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Reviews on the Run Greedy Docs |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Electric Playground is a daily news television show on the cable TV network G4 that covers movies, TV shows, comic books, collectibles and gadgets. Created and executive produced by host Victor Lucas, and his Vancouver, British Columbia production company Greedy Productions Ltd, The Electric Playground has been a staple on airwaves since its debut in September 1997.
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The show features previews of upcoming videogames, videogame industry news, and interviews with celebrity gamers and people in the videogame industry; as well as segments that look at the latest toys, comics, and gadgets. EP’s hosts travel the world bringing viewers behind the scenes of the global game business to meet the planet’s most respected videogame creators. The show features daily coverage from Vancouver, Toronto, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Current cast and correspondents include: Victor Lucas, Briana McIvor, Jose " Fubar" Sanchez, Miri Jedeikin, and Shaun Hatton.
Former cast and correspondents have included: Tommy Tallarico, Julie Stoffer, Jade Raymond, Geoff Keighley, and Donna Mei-Ling Park.
| Country | Network(s) | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| America | G4TV (2002-2006), Syndication (2010-) | ||
| Australia | Scifi Channel | ||
| Canada | G4 Canada, Citytv, Space, Razer, A Channel, OMNI 1 | Aired only once on OMNI 1 |
As of June 17, 2010, The Electric Playground airs on G4 Canada and Citytv, and on G4 in the United States. The show had previously been aired in Canada on Space, Razer, A Channel, and OMNI.1, and in the United States on The Science Channel. The show's website, elecplay.com, was launched in 1995.
In 2002, the reviews segment of the show, "Reviews on the Run", was spun off into its own show. It was known as Judgment Day in the United States and Reviews on the Run in Canada. The final airing of Judgment Day on G4 was in early January 2006. In 2010 "Reviews on the Run" was expanded out to a daily format. The show's website is reviewsontherun.com. [1]
On December 31, 2006, Lucas announced on the The Electric Playground forums that Greedy Productions had canceled its contract with CHUM television, which had broadcast Electric Playground and Reviews on the Run on SPACE and A-Channel, and signed a two year exclusive deal with Rogers Communications, to broadcast the shows on G4 Canada and then additionally on other Rogers owned TV stations. The Electric Playground aired only once on OMNI.1, on September 3, 2007.
On December 15, 2007, the series premiered on Citytv Toronto and Citytv Vancouver, airing episodes that had aired on G4 Canada. Greedy Productions Ltd. currently has a multi-year contract with Rogers Media for its television program Electric Playground.
From December 1, 2010, EP Daily will be airing every weeknight at 8pm on SCI FI Channel Australia.[2]
From fourth quarter (Fall) 2010, the show launched on ABC stations in select cities in the United States.[3] It featured two specials that aired on Sunday, January 16, 2011: "Everythings Cool Awards" and "Cool Things For 2011". The show launched weekly in fall 2011, and is expected to go daily next year.[4]