I didn't think Evans did a bad job personally
This looks like Top Gear with the original cast. I can see it doing far better ratings wise, whether it's as good as Top Gear was or not.
I think the show lost its way anyway, it became far too contrived, too many 'accidental' fires and cross-continent journeys being won in a matter of minutes.
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Sat 8 Oct 2016, 23:04,
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Can't imagine it will do that well for the ratings
mostly because of it being on Amazon Prime.
I'd assume the audience isn't that young, and as such are less likely to do streaming at all, and that many people will have used up their free trial already.
Not sure many people would pay six quid a month for a reality TV show, especially when they have been used to it being free. I suspect most Top Gear fans were casual rather than obsessive - something to talk about at work, nothing more. Netflix seem more logical in getting Black Mirror - a smaller audience, but cult audiences are usually loyal.
I also can't imagine it is an audience that likes change.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Sun 9 Oct 2016, 0:04,
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Yeah what do Amazon know about selling stuff over the interwebs ?
fucking amateurs
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Sun 9 Oct 2016, 9:42,
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*Sent from my Amazon Fire*
They've had plenty of failures, and Netflix seems to be the TV streaming service that's winning.
If people don't subscribe and remain subscribed, then it's a loss-making project.
I'm also not sure what they could do for a second series - that budget is going to be in the hope people stay, or to create awareness that Prime does video. Can't see any reason why it would get such a big budget again when this one is as much an advert as a TV show.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Sun 9 Oct 2016, 11:13,
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