There is already a show called 5th Gear. Who cares what they name it, I’ll watch it.
I love those guy.
Anyone who wants to have a good laugh, look up Captain Slow’s appearance in Gordon Ramsey’s “The F Word” show
The original “Toybota” episode is one of the funniest things ever aired on television.
I loved the Ford Fiesta segment.
Don’t forget THE STIG!
Yeah I kinda figured on the final episode, he/she would be revealed. We got screwed outta that!
Was revealed as being racing driver Ben Collins who “was revealed to be the Stig in a court battle over Collins’ impending autobiography, titled The Man in the White Suit.”
Ben was just one of many drivers who have been the STIG.
US cable production team moves to UK.
Hires the three for a series called “Higher Gear.”
Higher Gear becomes to car shows,
say something like Game of Thrones is to a network TV fantasy series.
Which brings up the question-
how do Netflix and HBO profit off of high expense, high production value shows?
Or, even,
what do the cable networks turn out shows with relatively lower budgets- Burn Notice, The Americans, The Walking Dead, Vikings, etc. that I will buy and watch while on a plane, a trip, or something-
but have virtually no interest in any major network series?
Netflix and HBO make money directly from subscribers.
If you want to watch Game of Thrones or House of Cards, you have to pay HBO or Netflix. Or you can wait until they come out on DVD (which is about ten months after they originally air in the case of Game of Thrones). And, of course, Netflix and HBO make money off of DVD sales.
Network television, on the other hand, is - by and large - paid for by advertisers. That’s why you can watch many network TV shows without paying a penny to a cable or satellite provider. So long as you don’t mind wishy-washy reception. Of course, there are cable and satellite network TV shows, too, and they make some money from cable/satellite subscriptions, but are still primarily paid for by advertisers.
I think that HBO also makes money from cable/satellite providers, because you have to have cable or satellite to get HBO… although it sounds like HBO is going to start offering a stand-alone streaming service through Apple devices next month.
If all 3 presenters leave the show, the Top Gear franchise is pretty much done.
James May did an interview outside his house. Well, less of an interview and more of an ambush where he answered 5 questions.
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James was adamant that Jeremy, himself, and Richard “come as a package, and for very complicated reasons it will not work without the three of us together.”
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BBC may allow Top Gear Live’s world tour to continue with all three but not have any BBC branding associated with it (BBC owns The Stig, for example)
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James said he’s listing his Ferrari on Ebay.
BBC’s filled with dumbasses. They could’ve played this out a hundred different ways, and they chose COA 1 - slash and burn.
Jeff Bezos at Amazon should hire these three for whatever they want and package their new show (at double Top Gear’s per show budget) with his Amazon Prime TV.
Well it’s pretty well known that Jeremy is an ass and has gotten into several fights with the higher ups in the show and at BBC. I think BBC just took this opportunity to fire him because they weren’t sure another chance would come around where they could hold the moral high ground while pulling the trigger on him. I’m sure they hoped that Hammond and May would stay, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. I wonder what kind of contracts they have and if there is a non-compete clause that would stop them from just creating another show together.
Wow, yeah. That’s somebody with the bankroll to do it right (even if it’s just a short run of three all-out 2hr specials), and it would pay for itself just bringing people to PrimeTV. I know they’ll wind up with a home on TV somewhere, probably with some caveats due to ongoing involvement with other BBC projects for May and Hammond, but a limited engagement type setup with that would be amazing. Considering how good a job they did with the latest RX episode bringing in Tanner Foust with May, it would be genuinely cool to see a partially multinational cast going on with that if the storyline allows for it.
I am going to miss that show as well as my boys they love that show. Good for them for all sticking together and leaving as one. And yes the American version sucks.
Wow - looks like someone thought about it …
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/why-jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-team-went-amazon-094240045.html
Good news - a lot of Amazon’s original programming is really good. I thoroughly enjoyed “The Man in the High Castle,” and I’m keeping my fingers crossed for this one.
Your assessment on that probably was mirrored by somebody at Amazon - it’s basically a can’t lose. They’d spend as much trying to get people onto PrimeTV through just advertising, but this sells itself and adds content.
You’re right - Bezos is able to throw out a large amount of coin…like $250 Million!!
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/s/cost-amazon-250-million-clarkson-hammond-may-210500858.html
About a year before it’s available. Can’t wait.