The People Have Spoken (Leo Laporte returns to TechTV!)

The Laporte Report ^ | 4.15.04 | Leo Laporte

[mhking]

I'm very pleased to say that thanks to your overwhelming show of support and to a strong desire on both our parts to come to an agreement, TechTV has improved its offer and I've decided to climb back aboard the good ship Call for Help.

I'll be back on the air starting next Tuesday, April 20.

The future is still a little cloudy, however. Comcast assumes ownership of the channel a few weeks later and I have no idea what will happen after that. I am certain they've been impressed by your support for the show, however, and if that doesn't convince them to keep it on the air, I don't know what could.

I can never thank you all enough for your incredible outpouring of encouragement and support. You really made a difference. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

[UPDATE: Vulcan doesn't want me in the studio until the contract takes effect so I won't be back until a week later: April 27. Wil Wheaton will guest host Friday, April 23 and Monday, April 26. UPDATE to the UPDATE: Never mind. It's April 20 again. But Wil will still guest host Friday and Monday. Welcome to my world.]

[mhking]

My inner geek is happy.

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[martin_fierro]

I like the knowlegeable, albeit unctious, Leo Laporte.

Wil Wheaton? Eh.

Those guys on The Screen Savers get tiresome, quick (saw Martin Sargent on a flight to NY once. He knew I'd recognized him and had this "please, pleeeease leave me alone" look on his face. Weenie.).

Whatever happened to that EXTREMELY annoying twerp who used to host CFH a while back? He was like a Nerd From Central Casting. Good riddance.

[justanotherday]

Whil Wheaton? Give me a break. Despised by all that liked ST:NG, shilling his SciFi movie, no doubt.

[em2vn]

Chris Perello[sp]. He just wasn't made for television or radio. I think he might do well in silent movies. He just tried far too hard.
Martin is so un-funny. He is an over the top flop.
What has happened to Morgan?

[Bob]

What has happened to Morgan?

Morgan is co-hosting Xplay with Adam Sessler.

[jnarcus]

I have loved Leo ever since he started on radio here in the Baghdad by the Bay Area...I am glad he will return and I hope the fools at COmcast are smart enough to leave well enough alone

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Is this show produced at the Sony Metreon complex in SF?

I enjoy La Porte - but the rest of the crew on TechTV are essentially worthless game geeks. When I saw a lot of their programming time being devoted to endless repeats of The Thunderbirds and multiple repeats of the original programming - I had to think this was a financially precarious operation. I wouldn't care if the rest of it is ash canned when Comcast takes over - but keep Leo.

[pepperhead]

Leo Laporte is tech tv what where they thinking.

[searchandrecovery]

Prediction: Wil Wheaton meets on-air babe-o-tron Sarah at the taping. They fall madly, deeply in love, and get married this year on a special live Screen Savers.

[FourPeas]

Leo Laporte is tech tv what where they thinking.

Exactly.