History Channel gives Top Gear USA the axe
Tuesday night’s episode will be the last for the American Top Gear crew.
The last episode of Top Gear USA featuring Adam Ferrara, Tanner
Foust, and Wood will air on June 28th (Tuesday night) and has the hosts
driving classic American cars in Cuba. According to Wood, the last
episode is "one of the coolest things we have ever done together." So
here's to hoping the show leaves on a good note.
The American version of Top Gear first aired in 2010 and had a hard time competing with the likes of the original BBC variant with Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond. Towards the end, however, Ferrara, Foust, and Wood were part of a show that could stand on its own.
As Wood points out, the show may be picked up by another network, which
could even include some type of online streaming service later on. With
the British variant of Top Gear having a myriad of problems, it looks like Top Gear as a whole has spiraled downwards after the departure of the original trio.
(AutoBlog.com)
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Monday, June 27, 2016
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
The U.S. Version Just Doesn't Appeal To Me
Top Gear USA Is Back And Here’s Why You Should Embrace It
The biggest problem with Top Gear USA is that people refuse to separate it from Top Gear UK. When you do that, you see it’s actually good fun
It was designed to appeal to a broader U.S. audience
When Top Gear relaunched in the UK in 2002, it already had the benefit of more than two decades of established history on television. Despite Top Gear’s global success, the only established Top Gear audience in the U.S. was a relatively small number of petrolheads. For Top Gear USA to survive it had to reach new viewers while keeping the traditional Top Gear fans interested.
Could the producers have done better on that last bit? Possibly, but I also believe they faced a no-win scenario with the fans no matter how good the show was. Again, it comes back to the viewers holding the new TG USA to the same standards it took TG UK nearly a decade to build.
It’s a motoring show about having fun with cars
I hate to be Captain Obvious here, but it’s not like our televisions are burning up with all kinds of motoring programs in the States. Never mind that it’s a legitimately entertaining car program done by guys who do actually know and love cars. It’s not Top Gear UK - it has a different feel with different presenters that focus on different cars. That doesn’t make it better or worse, just different. Once you realise that, you understand very quickly just what kind of great, silly, enjoyable fun this show is.
Complete list (CarThrottle.com)
The biggest problem with Top Gear USA is that people refuse to separate it from Top Gear UK. When you do that, you see it’s actually good fun
It was designed to appeal to a broader U.S. audience
When Top Gear relaunched in the UK in 2002, it already had the benefit of more than two decades of established history on television. Despite Top Gear’s global success, the only established Top Gear audience in the U.S. was a relatively small number of petrolheads. For Top Gear USA to survive it had to reach new viewers while keeping the traditional Top Gear fans interested.
Could the producers have done better on that last bit? Possibly, but I also believe they faced a no-win scenario with the fans no matter how good the show was. Again, it comes back to the viewers holding the new TG USA to the same standards it took TG UK nearly a decade to build.
It’s a motoring show about having fun with cars
I hate to be Captain Obvious here, but it’s not like our televisions are burning up with all kinds of motoring programs in the States. Never mind that it’s a legitimately entertaining car program done by guys who do actually know and love cars. It’s not Top Gear UK - it has a different feel with different presenters that focus on different cars. That doesn’t make it better or worse, just different. Once you realise that, you understand very quickly just what kind of great, silly, enjoyable fun this show is.
Complete list (CarThrottle.com)
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