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==Legacy== ''X-Play'' continued airing on G4 until its cancellation in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Attack-of-Show-Canceled-1055082.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028070525/https://www.tvguide.com/news/Attack-of-Show-Canceled-1055082.aspx/ |title=Exclusive: G4 to End ''Attack of the Show'' and ''X-Play'' |last=Schneider |first=Michael |work=[[TV Guide (magazine)|TV Guide]] |date=October 26, 2012 |archive-date=October 28, 2012 |access-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref> Following the 2004 cancellation of ''Call for Help'' in the United States, a [[Toronto]]-produced revival began airing on [[G4 (Canadian TV channel)|G4techTV Canada]] in August 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channelcanada.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=526 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814050448/http://www.channelcanada.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=526 |title=Canadian-produced ''Call for Help'' with US technophile Leo Laporte premieres August 16th |author=RAD |website=Channel Canada |date=August 10, 2004 |archive-date=August 14, 2004 |access-date=May 22, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/aboutus/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040901030509/http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/aboutus/ |title=G4techTV Canada Brings Leo Back |website=[[G4 (Canadian TV channel)|G4techTV Canada]] |publisher=[[G4 Media (TV company)|G4 Media]] |archive-date=September 1, 2004 |access-date=May 22, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, the program was retitled ''The Lab with Leo Laporte'', and production was moved to Greedy Productions in [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/g4techtv-canada-revamps-hit-show-call-for-help-with-vancouver-based-greedy-productions/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701072458/https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/g4techtv-canada-revamps-hit-show-call-for-help-with-vancouver-based-greedy-productions/ |title=G4techTV Canada revamps hit show ''Call for Help'' with Vancouver-based Greedy Productions |publisher=[[Rogers Communications]] |date=January 31, 2007 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=March 19, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Anime Unleashed block continued airing on G4 until its discontinuation in March 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/8401/g4-reins-in-anime-unleashed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126125828/https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/8401/g4-reins-in-anime-unleashed |title=G4 Reins In 'Anime Unleashed' |website=[[ICv2]] |publisher=GCO, LLC |date=March 21, 2006 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2011/6/9/ufc-may-be-looking-to-lock-hold-on-g4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408132540/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2011/6/9/ufc-may-be-looking-to-lock-hold-on-g4 |title=UFC May Be Looking to Lock Hold on G4 |last=Green |first=Scott |publisher=[[Crunchyroll]] |date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=April 8, 2025 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Arthell Isom, co-founder of the Japanese animation studio [[D'Art Shtajio]], cited Anime Unleashed as his inspiration to pursue his animation career.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/blerd-rising-star-an-incredible-journey-from-anime-fan-to-tokyo-studio-owner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122055336/https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/blerd-rising-star-an-incredible-journey-from-anime-fan-to-tokyo-studio-owner |title=Blerd Rising Star: An Incredible Journey from Anime Fan to Tokyo Studio Owner |last=Mclaughlin |first=Jermaine |website=[[Syfy Wire]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |date=February 16, 2020 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bob Taylor of ''[[The Herald (Rock Hill)|The Herald]]'' in [[Rock Hill, South Carolina]], in a 2007 review of G4, proclaimed TechTV to have been "far superior" and condemned Comcast for its purchase of the network and cancellation of the bulk of its programming, describing the merger as an "[[execution]]".<ref name="Hera070824">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-g4-offers-odd-look-at-pop-cul/168254672/ |date=August 24, 2007 |page=Ticket 11 |first=Bob |last=Taylor |title=G4 offers odd look at pop culture |newspaper=[[The Herald (Rock Hill)|The Herald]] |location=[[Rock Hill, South Carolina]] |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 18, 2025}}</ref><!-- Fri --> [[Multi-channel network]] [[Revision3]], the roster of which included a number of TechTV alumni, was regarded by David Sarno of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' as a "genetic descendant" of the network.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-theyre-setting-fr/168320951/ |title=They're setting free the old notions of TV |last=Sarno |first=David |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 30, 2008 |pages=E1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-marketing-is-the-r/168321256/ E5]}}</ref>
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