Xplay

Xplay
Written by	Guy Branum, Ross Beeley, Mike Demski
Directed by	Alan Wu
Starring	Adam Sessler Lauren Fielder Kate Botello Morgan Webb Joel Gourdin Blair Herter Kristin Adams Jessica Chobot Alex Sim-Wise Tiffany Smith Indiana "Froskurinn" Black Jirard "Dragonrider" Khalil aka The Completionist Corey "The Black Hokage" Smallwood
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	1,516
Production
Executive producer	Wade Beckett
Producers	Paul Bonanno, Mike Leffler, Jon Solin, Mike Benson, Jess Reed, Mark Fahey, Tim Jennings, Abbie Heppe, Joel Rubin, Jeanne Goshe
Editors	Justin Dornbush (lead) John R. French (lead) Sam Goldfien Matt Korb Will Simpson Brian C. Sullivan
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	22–25 minutes (1998–2013) 44 minutes (special episodes) 120 minutes (2021–22)
Production company	G4 Media, LLC
Original release
Network	ZDTV (1998–2000) TechTV (2000–04) G4techTV (2004–2005) G4 (2005–13, 2021–22)
Release	July 4, 1998 (1998-07-04) – January 23, 2013 (2013-01-23)
Release	November 19, 2021 (2021-11-19) – October 20, 2022 (2022-10-20)
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Xplay (previously GameSpot TV, Extended Play, and X-Play) is a television program about video games. The program, known for its reviews and comedy skits, aired on G4 in the United States and has aired on G4 Canada in Canada (and briefly on YTV during its time as GameSpot TV), FUEL TV in Australia, Ego in Israel, GXT in Italy, MTV Russia & Rambler TV in Russia, NET 25 (GameSpot TV to Extended Play only) & Solar Sports in the Philippines, and Adult Swim and MuchMusic in Latin America.

The show in its previous incarnation was hosted by Morgan Webb and Blair Herter, with Kristin Adams (née Holt) and Jessica Chobot serving as special correspondents/co-hosts (Tiffany Smith, Alex Sim-Wise and Joel Gourdin have also served as correspondents during the show's run). Adam Sessler was the original host of the program; he previously co-hosted with Lauren Fielder and Kate Botello.

Xplay began on ZDTV in 1998 as GameSpot TV, where Sessler co-hosted with Fielder for the show's first year, then co-hosted with Botello up through 2002 (the producers of ZDTV originally had plans to air a video-game program when the channel launched called Extended Play that would be hosted by Simon Rex;^[1] however, when an agreement was reached with the makers of the newly created GameSpot website, plans for the original show's format were scrapped in favor of a GameSpot-branded program, and Rex was dropped as host).

The show assumed the previously rejected Extended Play moniker in 2001 after ZDTV changed to TechTV and the partnership with Ziff Davis' GameSpot ended. Botello left in early 2002, and Sessler hosted the show by himself up until April 2003, when Webb joined the cast and the show was renamed X-Play.

A new incarnation of the show was featured on the revived G4 network which operated from November 2021 to October 2022.^[2]