The Electric Playground

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The Electric Playground is a TV show focused on video games. It is written and directed by Victor Lucas and Glen Lougheed, produced by Greedy Productions (Lucas' production company). The show first aired in September 1997 and the 17th season was completed in December 2007.^[1] The show features previews of upcoming video games, video game industry news, and interviews with celebrity gamers and people in the video game industry; as well as segments that look at the latest toys, comics, and gadgets. The show use to feature video game reviews, strategies, and hints. The cast and correspondents include Lucas, Tommy Tallarico, Julie Stoffer, Jade Raymond, and Donna Mei-Ling Park. Aaron Boulding, Geoff Keighley, and Jose "Fubar" Sanchez have also appeared as correspondents.

As of December 2007, the Telly Award winning,^[2]^[3] The Electric Playground, airs on G4techTV Canada, Citytv Toronto, and Citytv Vancouver in Canada, and on G4 and GamePlay HD 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.

A website launched to promote the show became its own self-contained entity featuring exclusive content only available on the website.

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. Because of the changing format of G4, the owners of the show decided not to renew their contract with G4 Media to continue producing Reviews on the Run in the U.S. guise,^{[citation needed]} Judgment Day. The final airing of Judgment Day on G4 was in early January 2006.

On December 31, 2006, Lucas announced on the The Electric Playground forums that Greedy Productions had cancelled its contract with CHUM television, which 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 G4techTV Canada and then additionally on other Rogers owned TV stations.^[4] The Electric Playground aired only once on OMNI.1, on September 3, 2007. On December 15, 2007, The Electric Playground premiered on Citytv Toronto and Citytv Vancouver, airing episodes that have aired on G4techTV Canada.