Will Top Gear Ever Recover?

[SleeperLS]

After Clarkson, Hammond, and May left the show, the ratings went down the toilet...by a lot. I think they went from over 4 million British viewers to 1.9million by the end of the season with the new cast. Chris Evans was largely to blame for the shows poor success and stepped down leaving LeBlanc as the main host. The chemistry seems to be missing at this point in time.

It looks like Top Gear producers are trying to switch things up by getting rid of the rally track and returning to the traditional track set up. Also bringing back the "Cool Wall" as they said the fans loved that part of the show. Chris Harris is sure to be a bigger part of the show as well.

Discussion is: With The Grand Tour coming out, will these changes be enough to save Top Gear from getting shut down? Is it possible for Top Gear to get cancelled? Will LeBlanc be the host they need to carry the show on his own? Is it possible for Top Gear to recover at all? Etc.

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[Mook]

I give it another year.

 

[SleeperLS]

I think that is a fair estimate. I figure they will at least try their new set up and go from there. I feel that the reason Top Gear did so well was because of the original 3.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

More Chris Harris is a good thing.

And to be honest, I think that Harris, Spinelli, and Farah had better chemistry than anyone they brought onto Top Gear for this season.

The heart and soul of Top Gear became Clarkson/May/Hammond. We tuned in for the cars, but stayed because of those 3.

Top Gear needs to evolve and not try to replicate the antics the 3 get up to. It just won't work. Even if they did a good job, we'd only ever see it as an imitation of the trio.

 

[Bru]

Cancel the show, sell the naming rights to Amazon.

 

[SleeperLS]

Cancel the show, sell the naming rights to Amazon.

Might be the only way they make any more money on the show. Although, I wonder if Clarkson would even want to use that name any more.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

This is why top gear won't ever recover the same.

What would you do without these 3 screwballs.

And MY I wonder why I don't remember some of those episodes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCrY79ZF9Tw

 

[10sec]

I haven't finished a single new TG episode, they bore me. I just don't enjoy it.

 

[boostedguy05]

nope, even more so now that the grand tour has started.

 

[willizm]

First episode of GT wasn't bad. Reminds me alot of why I liked the chemistry on top gear

 

[Bub]

It will find it's place and be okay, it wont be nearly as lucrative, but it will stay on BBC

 

[SleeperLS]

To me, the chemistry is the make or break of the show. I do feel Top Gear is done for because of the fact that the chemistry is lost. Both TG and TGT are car shows based around the same premise. Without the main 3 guys, it is just another car show that would play on PBS.

 

[framos242]

As soon as the opening scene of GT played, TP/BBC execs knew they fucked up majorly. 1 year min before TP closes shop.

 

[bikrboy128]

As soon as the opening scene of GT played, TP/BBC execs knew they fucked up majorly. 1 year min before TP closes shop.

video feed of BBC exec meeting room the night after GT aired