I wonder if it’ll be in the same style as Top Gear?
I’ll give it a watch just to see if their chemistry carries over.
Interesting, I’ll check it out too. I wonder how similar it will be to Top Gear.
So it’s going to be on Netflix?
Some say his DVD queue is mostly Portuguese crime drama, and that he likes to bingewatch Danger Mouse. All we know is he’s called the Stig.
Their chemistry is fine, but they’re already tyred 
and repetitive. Hopefully the jump to a new home with shake things up, because I won’t watch another season of buffoons abroad.
I know what you are going for, but the character of the Stig would probably remain property of the BBC. They’ll have to get another tame racing driver character (if they even need one).
I hope the move to American-based Netfliks doesn’t mean Hammond will only drive Mustangs or Corvettes from now on…:dubious:
You know, the background/incidental music selections for Top Gear were actually pretty cool, and I heard more than one good song I’d never heard before from the shows. Wonder how the new show will hold up on that…
… with blackjack! And hookers! In fact, forget the new car show!
I’m looking forward to it. Because it’ll be the greatest show…
in the world.
I can’t believe I’m the first to say that. Victory is mine!
I would much rather watch this than anything with Chris Evans on it.
I’m interesting to see how similar to format will be. The little pretense that “The producers” were ordering then to do stupid things did work well for the show. Everybody knew that Clarkson called most of the shots, but the willing suspension of disbelief, made it entertaining.
I just don’t think it’s going to be possible to suspend it far enough with this new setup, if they try it , it will come off as ridiculous, but without it, they’ll need a whole new dynamic.
I’ve got Netflix and I’ll certainly watch. Even tired Top Gear was more entertaining than any other car show I’ve seen.
As for the title and format I think this was mentioned in the original sacking thread and I suggested more of the travelogue style and proposed the titles
“cocking all over the world” or “Too many cocks”
The wait for tickets to their tapings was several years long. If the new show has a similar live-audience-in-the-studio setup, everybody in the old ticket queue is gonna try to get to the front of the line.
But where would the new tapings be held? For all their globetrotting, Clarkson, Hammond, and May seem like they’d be happy to stay in England. Would Netflix, based in California, be willing to let their premier property do as they please eight time zones away? Could they get another airfield/racecourse in England, or might they try to Americanize things?
Dammit! I wanted to say that.
But I’m sure that a Top Gear clone on a new channel will do just fine. Perhaps they could take it to Channel Five and call it something like “Fifth Gear”. I don’t know why no one’s thought of this before…
No idea, but if I was the boss of Netflix, I’d have the crew all show up for the first day of shooting each wearing a goaltender helmet. 
Another Netflix series, Sense8 was just released, and it’s an American production, but apparently filming took place all over the world, in Chicago, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Seoul, Reykjavík, Mexico City, Nairobi and Mumbai. Sense8 is made by the Wachowski Siblings, so that’s why they got leeway, but Top Gear was “the world’s most widely-watched factual TV programme”, so I’d think they’d gets some freedom to do what they want and film where they want.
I doubt they’ll try to Americanize it. And even if they tried, I doubt Jeremy Clarkson would go along with it. If Netflix had too many restrictions, I’m pretty sure he could find another British channel or some other channel that would let him have more freedom.
In part, of course, paying homage to history.
Note to self : if ever invited for supper at Novelty Bobble’s place, do NOT try the broth.
On the other hand, given how many failed attempts there have been to launch an American “Top Gear” using second-rate domestic talent, it would be hilarious if Netflix managed to finally pull it off simply by poaching the UK hosts.
According to the Wikipedia page about Netflix:
Area served
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Brazil
Australia
New Zealand
France
Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Austria
Ireland
Luxembourg
Belgium
Nordic countries
Hispanic America
Italy (October 2015)
Portugal (October 2015)
Spain (October 2015)
Iceland (Autumn 2015)[2]
Czech Republic (2016)
While I’m sure that the US is a large market, there’s no strong reason for them to try and tune the show to an American audience in particular. They’d probably rather make it more globally appealing than anything.
ETA: Though actually looking at that list, I’m rather curious about the Wiki author’s choice of merging Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland (presumably) into a single entity as well as some unmentionable Central and/or South American nations into “Hispanic America”?
NBC asked Leno to do an American version but he said no because he did not think they would let him do a good job. I guess he wanted control and they said no.
I wasn’t suggesting it would be a wise business move, just hilarious. As if the upstart Netflix were saying, “Hey NBC, Discovery and History Channel: We think we’ve discovered the secret ingredient to make this idea work in the U.S.”