The long-running British motoring series “Top Gear” returned to BBC Two on Sunday, May 29 with its new main hosts, English radio/TV presenter Chris Evans and former “Friends” star Matt LeBlanc.
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The Top Gear empire has at its peak scored a global audience of 350 million, produced local versions of the show worldwide including Australia, the USA and France, expanded into magazines and gaming, and its live arena tour has sold 2.5 million tickets in 26 cities during the past seven years.
Jeremy Clarkson has maintained Twitter silence since the first episode of the new-look Top Gear was broadcast on Sunday. Last night we discovered how spluttering. When a show was already one of the most popular in the history of television, it’s hard to not think that people will tune into the first episode of the reboot. Next week and the week after will show a lot of signs as to how the show is going to do in the future. OFFICIALLY”, he wrote. “23% audience share.
3 million viewers last June. These are the FACTS.
Yeah Top Gear wasn’t great. The new episode has not received the greatest reviews and the number of viewers were lower than what one of the hosts expected. FACT. These are THE FACTS folks.
But the new show was still the most watched programme in its 20:00 time slot, attracting 22.
What did you think of the new series will you be watching Top Gear again? Many critics have slammed the new series for it’s lack of originality and innovation, stating that they stuck rigidly to the tried and tested formula.
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It nearly doesn’t need to be said, but a ton is riding on the new show and its new cast.
