Edited Date/Time
1/27/2012 11:58am
With the Late Night Wars carpet-bombing NBC's 10:00 slot, the network's hurriedly scrounging for filler. One show they're not contemplating? The ill-fated cargasm, Top Gear USA. Was the pilot so horrendous it's unwatchable? We've got $5,000 to find out.
The BBC's Top Gear may be one of the world's most popular shows, but in two attempts at colonization here in North America, it hasn't succeeded. The closest the show's come to reality was a pilot shot with car guy and former "Man Show" host Adam Carolla, racer Tanner Foust and noted interior drapery design consultant Eric Stromer. The pilot, originally slated to air on NBC as a Spring 2009 replacement series, was dropped thanks to network President Jeff Zucker's inability to stomach high production costs and because Knight Rider was just so completely terrible.
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A clip from the shooting.
The BBC's Top Gear may be one of the world's most popular shows, but in two attempts at colonization here in North America, it hasn't succeeded. The closest the show's come to reality was a pilot shot with car guy and former "Man Show" host Adam Carolla, racer Tanner Foust and noted interior drapery design consultant Eric Stromer. The pilot, originally slated to air on NBC as a Spring 2009 replacement series, was dropped thanks to network President Jeff Zucker's inability to stomach high production costs and because Knight Rider was just so completely terrible.
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A clip from the shooting.
Idiots.
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What Pimp said : Love Top Gear on the BBC. Great show for car guys."
Yup.
I was hoping it would happen even if we Americanized it, caved to commercial
realities, etc....
I think we all expected it to never match the royal brilliance of the Brit version - even
so, we wanted the attempt made. As a recovering Brit, I must also state that I don't care
for Jeremy Clarkson at all, yet realize he's very good at what he does.
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