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Icons

2002–2007 · 5 seasons

Breezy, clip-filled profiles of gaming and pop-culture figures that play like a friendly primer rather than a deep dive.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jake Steele, Eli Roth, Tommy Tallarico
Overview
Icons was a documentary TV show on G4 that originally focused on significant people, companies, products, history, and milestones in world of video games. It was relaunched in 2006 and focused entirely on pop culture. It was cancelled soon afterwards. On May 10, 2006, it was announced that Icons was relaunching on June 3 with an episode focusing on J.J. Abrams. The show will feature a broader scope on things and people "men 18–34 care about, admire and emulate." Future episodes would focus on Marc Ecko, The Onion, and Family Guy. This change in format had been suspected, due to the recent episodes about George A. Romero, Frank Miller and the history of the King Kong franchise. The classic video game themed episodes continued to air on the network sporadically until 2008, under the new name of Game Makers.

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Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jake Steele, Eli Roth, Tommy Tallarico
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  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • technology
  • celebrity
  • art
  • media
  • ambition
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Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Humour3
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Complexity2
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Details

Genres
documentary
Starring
Jake Steele, Eli Roth, Tommy Tallarico, J.J. Abrams, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, Stan Lee, Henry Rollins
Length
5 seasons, 89 episodes, 30 min each
Network
G4
Country
United States of America, Canada
Languages
English

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