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Jeremy Clarkson New Motoring Programme Thread
mike65
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No not another Top Gear thread its the Not Top Gear Thread 
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/19/jeremy-clarkson-set-to-unveil-new-motoring-show-within-weeks
ITV really need every male viewer they can get these days, if they do it well they could have a real success if they do it badly then......well they can't afford to get it wrong should they be the home to the new programme.
Netflix and Amazon have a few obvious advantages - no ad breaks, no need to worry about scaring the horses, the programme format can be anything it wants to be and any length of edition to boot. On the other hand how many people will pay who are not already subscribers, how many new accounts would this show generate? Would FTA rights be made available and if so on what terms and to whom?
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/19/jeremy-clarkson-set-to-unveil-new-motoring-show-within-weeks
Jeremy Clarkson is expected to unveil a new motoring show to rival Top Gear in the next few weeks, with three broadcasters vying to sign up the presenter.
ITV and the US on-demand services Netflix and Amazon are understood to be the frontrunners to sign Clarkson, who was axed from the BBC2 show earlier this year after punching one of its producers.
Clarkson is set to be joined by both of his former Top Gear co-presenters, Richard Hammond and James May, with “three huge companies” competing to sign the stars. “They have had offers and they are close to making a decision about what they want to do,” an industry source said.
ITV really need every male viewer they can get these days, if they do it well they could have a real success if they do it badly then......well they can't afford to get it wrong should they be the home to the new programme.
Netflix and Amazon have a few obvious advantages - no ad breaks, no need to worry about scaring the horses, the programme format can be anything it wants to be and any length of edition to boot. On the other hand how many people will pay who are not already subscribers, how many new accounts would this show generate? Would FTA rights be made available and if so on what terms and to whom?
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Can you let me know where you've seen Top Gear with Chris Evans, because I haven't even heard who will be co-presenting, yet you seem to have had advanced viewing.
Whilst many will forgive JC many will also know he is a bully, he brought on his own downfall and took May and Hammond down with him.
Just one thing it will not fail, they have over millions of followers one of the FB pages alone has 600k and they will take more than half of Top Gears viewers or more, haters are never going to let it go.
They can't and haven't copyrighted 3 people messing about in cars and things going wrong.
And that along with their general interaction was what made the show what it was.
They don't really need a bloke in a racing suit and they could easily replace "Start in a reasonably priced car" with celebrity test drive or similar.
The fact is that in the shake up the BBC threw out the best bit that made Top Gear what it was and kept a studio and a bloke in a race suit.
With wicked timing, Evans is the SIARPC tomorrow on BBC3! I predict higher than normal ratings for this repeat.
Yes,
"Clarkson, Hammond & May"
The names and the people who are bigger than Top Gear.
Especially as Top Gear is now just a boring little car show.
If only they could sign and make a few shows to be shown at Xmas ahead of the BBC's new car show.
We've no idea how "boring" will be the new Top Gear. Or "little car show" as you call it.
You'll have to wait and see if anyone will risk employing the three stooges in a new car show. It'll certainly be "little" if it isn't presented by the BBC and commercial networks won't put up with any of Clarkson's antics.
He's still bleating on about "someone at the BBC" asked him to come back to Top Gear. In his dreams.
He's just trying to keep his name in the papers, the public is very fickle and he could be easily forgotten by many.
A week's a long time in show business....... How long has it been now?
It will have the worldwide audience it always had. This is 2015.
Nope.
If so then it will just convince many people that they are stuck in a rut and just repeating the same old lame gags.
Well "Motoring" covers everything that travels on the roads excluding cyclists.
So not just "a car show" or "a show about cars".
It could including exciting things like caravans and ambulances!
Well millions upon millions were tuning in to watch just that. And in the last series they were even simulcasting it at the same time as it went out in the UK to the rest of the world. Such was the demand.
People like yourself would put down Laurel and Hardy as all they ever did was the same old lame gags of the skinny one screwing up and the fat one getting it in the fact. But to the rest of the world they were a great success.
May I suggest that you watch a great new show coming up by that zany presenter, Chris Evens. He iz like well wikkid and down with da kids, innit.
What if they decide not to be involved ?
Ah! Different thread, same hypothetical leading post.
I'm not a massive TG fan but love dipping in and out and can't see how this show could possibly survive without him and believe me I'm not a Clarkson fan and do think he deserved to be sacked for what he did. He was stupid to do what he did and anyone else would have been sacked for his liabilities ages ago so he really was on his last and final chance but credit where it's due here. He's made that show what it is and any attempt to copy it with another presenter will just fail.
It's like trying to replace Morcambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies with another act. This was a true one off partnership and will never be able to be replaced.
Off screen he's an over opinionated bigoted moron but on screen he's a likable fool. Unlike Evans who is an irritating borefest.
Also, you only have to look at the pitiful viewing figures of Clarkson's recent videos on YouTube without the Top Gear branding behind them to see that it will never be the same for the dynamic trio.