Holiday Programming Notes

Merry TWiTmas and Happy Holidays!

TWiT will resume live programming on January 4, 2016.

On December 24th at 11AM Pacific, we are streaming a marathon of The New Screen Savers on the TWiT Live Stream at https://twit.tv/live. On Sunday, December 27th, we will stream our special holiday episode of This Week in Tech at 3PM Pacific.

Next week will be "best of" and special episodes of many of our shows, and we will be streaming last year’s New Year's Eve marathon on December 31st.

Have a great holiday, and we'll see you in 2016!

24 Hours of 2015: A Benefit for UNICEF

TWiT's 24 Hours of 2015 is just a week away, and we're very excited to be raising money for UNICEF!

Please join Leo Laporte and guests for our 24-hour broadcast, starting on December 31, 2014 at 3AM Pacific. We'll be welcoming the New Year in every time zone, and we'll have correspondents joining us from all over the world. Many of our hosts will also be here in the TWiT Brick House, along with special guests, a variety of entertainment, and plenty of surprises.

You can watch LIVE at http://live.twit.tv/ and please donate at http://unicefusa.org/twit

TWiT New Year's Event - RSVP Now

Once again, TWiT will welcome the New Year in each and every time zone around the globe, starting at 3AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 and finishing at 3AM on Thursday, January 1, 2015.

Leo Laporte will be hosting this 24-hour extravaganza, and we will have many of our hosts with us in-studio, along with special guests, entertainment, and other surprises.

 

This year's event will also be a charity telethon to raise money for UNICEF. (We'll have more details on this, including charity auction details and a donation link, in the coming weeks).

We'll be streaming the entire event live http://live.twit.tv/ - but here are two additional ways you can participate:

• If you can make it to the TWiT Brick House in Petaluma, we’d love for you to be a part of our studio audience. Please RSVP by email to tickets@twit.tv  and be sure to include your time of arrival and a rough idea of how long you intend to stay.
• If you'd like to be one of our correspondents and help countdown to the New Year in your time zone via Skype, please fill out this form.

Stay tuned for more details, and we hope you'll join us to welcome in 2015.

(All Times PST, GMT -8:00)

TWiT 24-Hour Schedule for 12/31

Here's the tentative schedule for TWiT's 24-hour New Year's Live Broadcast on 12/31/13:

.	Time (PST)			Show/Segment			Guests			Background Antics
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.	4:00 AM			Breakfast with Leo and your tech calls			Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo & Trey Ratcliff			Paul vs. Leo in Call of Duty, Jeffrey Needles starts the LEGO build
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.	5:00 AM			Warhammer40k game						Playing video games
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.	6:00 AM			Breakfast with Leo and your tech calls			Dan Patterson & Curtis Franklin			Warhammer40k game
.
.	7:00 AM			Artemis Star Trek
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.	8:00 AM			Breakfast with Leo and your tech calls			Mark Millan
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.	9:00 AM			Game of Geeks, hosted by OMGchad
.
.	10:00 AM			A special edition of TNT with Mike Elgan, Sarah Lane, Jason Howell, and Leo Laporte			Rob Enderle & Russ Pitts
.
.	11:00 AM			MacBreak Weekly			Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay & Rene Ritchie
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.	1:00 PM			Mad Science Show			Scott Wilkinson & Ryan Shrout
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.	2:00 PM			The Giz Wiz with Leo and Dick DeBartolo			Matthew Ingram			Building Mindstorms, Nerf Battle
.
.	3:00 PM			Craft Beer with Mary Jo Foley			Denise Howell
.
.	3:30 PM			Before You Buy
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.	4:00 PM			Jedi training with the Golden Gate Knights
.
.	4:30 PM			Minecraft Building Challenge with OMGchad			Myriam Joire
.
.	5:00 PM			All About Android with Jason Howell and Ron Richards			Rob Reid, Morgan Webb, Roger Chang & Dwight Silverman
.
.	7:00 PM			NSFW with Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young			Will Harris
.
.	8:00 PM			TWiT Unscripted with Patrick Delahanty and contestants			Jolie O'Dell
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.	9:00 PM			New Year's East Coast			Dick DeBartolo
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.	10:00 PM			Brian Brushwood's Bizarre Magic Show
.
.	11:00 PM			Saint Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band			Bob Heil
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.	12:00 AM			New Year's West Coast
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.	1:00 AM			Artemis Star Trek			Patrick Norton
.
.	2:00 AM			App Face-Off!
.
.	3:00 AM			Leo wigs out
.

We'll also be counting down to the New Year and celebrating for each and every time zone during our broadcast, with additional guests Skyping in from around the world!

You can watch and listen live at http://live.twit.tv/

(Times, segments, guests, and background antics subject to change).

TWiT New Year's Live Broadcast 12/31

Join TWiT as we welcome the New Year in each and every time zone, starting at 4:00am on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 and finishing at 4:00am on Wednesday, January 1, 2014.

Leo Laporte will be hosting the 24-hour extravaganza, which will include special episodes of MacBreak Weekly, The Giz Wiz, Before You Buy, All About Android, and NSFW. We’ll also be playing Game of Geeks, showing highlights from 2013, and Leo Laporte will be taking your calls for tech support. What else might happen? You’ll just to have watch and see!

We will be joined in-studio by Steve Gibson, Alex Lindsay, Scott Wilkinson, Justin Robert Young, and other special guests. Brian Brushwood will be here as well, performing his Bizarre Magic act at 10pm. We’ll also have guests Skyping in from all over the world.

You can watch and listen at http://live.twit.tv/

If you can make it to the TWiT Brick House in Petaluma, we’d love for you to join us in person. Please RSVP by email to tickets@twit.tv - and be sure to include your time of arrival.

(All Times PST, GMT -8:00)