In my honest opinion they should have hired Chris Harris as the new presenter. This new guy is going to try too hard to be Clarkson I have a feeling... 
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Sucks that it had to end this way although I do agree the show was on a steady decline over the years. Oisin Tymon or whatever his name is, is now unfortunately a very hated person and while it sucks I really don't feel all that bad for him. I mean how slow do you have to be in order to get punched by Clarkson? He doesn't seem like he would be quick by any standards. Then again Oisin probably took the punch as a proverbial screw you for all the verbal abuse he had gotten over the years with the hope it might get the orangutan fired. Lo and behold it did, well played Tymon and may your days be filled with enraged former top gear fans cursing you at the top of their lungs.Originally posted by csermonet47Comment
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I wouldn't be too concerned about Jeremy's future. With his earned popularity, there will be other networks who would love to sign him up, if not already. It's all about the ratings and money making.
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I didn't think they would possibly fire him until I heard confirmation that he punched someone. I would've fired him too, fuck what you fanboys out there think. You don't get to act like a cranky, oversized child with a drinking problem and get away with punching people because you have a big fanbase. Top gear was inconsistent in quality at best these days anyway.Comment
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We still have 5th Gear and thousands of car focused channels on Youtube. Maybe Netflix will pick up Clarkson and his croneys. They make more than BBC anyway. They put more money into House of Cards than BBC puts into Top Gear. The only advantage that they had was a BBC press pass.
Who knows what'll happen? Only time will tell, but from what it sounds, Top Gear is kaput until they renew it for 2016.
I mean, it was around before James and Hammond long ago, and yeah, Clarkson was a presenter back then, but who's to say they won't be able to find a set of tolerable replacement presenters?
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they might be able to find 1 or a set of replacements, but they are going to lose the ratings, the advertising dollars from 160+ countries. No one is going to watch top gear around the world with out the presenters. Thats why top gear UK shines above all most any other TV program because its NOT about cars anymore, its about 3 friends doing what we all do with our friends, arguing about who is right and why each others opinions suck, car is just the thing that brought them together, and the medium in which they work. The chemistry that has been built between them and the brand they have built TOGETHER over what the last 15 years, cant be replicated with someone else in place, if they try to keep this format its going to die very quickly and very painfully. But to try and keep the pounds rolling in they will keep it on life support Al La teri Schiavo.
Its more about having fun and going on adventures, though while they get the funding and support of an international media icon to go places and do shit we can only look at maps and watch on TV. So while we can just take a road trip to Albuquerque with a couple of friends while not trying to break shit, and see grandma along the way its the same thing in many ways and thats the appeal to most of us. Lets all face facts here, the shit they pull is the same shit we all would pull if we had the funding and support to get away with it while on a road trip with our Friends .
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I think top gear comes back with 3 new people for 1 season and then gets cancelled cause it sucks. I bet another channel picks the trio up and makes a new show of it
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