Season 23 – Top Gear

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Audience Member Not a fan of the American jokes Matt LeBlanc makes they are not to British sense of humor and the black dude is just lame. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Without the legacy of Clarkson, Hammond and May this might just be a fairly watchable albeit try-hard television series. It's impossible to view it however, without looking through the lens of what has gone before. Top Gear right up until the end of S.22 literally set a new global standard in television production brilliance. Just when you thought it couldn't get any more incredible, it managed to top itself in skilled execution of seemingly impossible ideas, stunning visual quality and politically incorrect humour. Behind the scenes it was obviously an enormous operation with a budget to match, but all the money in the world couldn’t buy the chemistry between its former hosts which grew stronger with every series. Together they turned Top Gear into a new genre of television. Yes, it had departed from its roots as purely a motoring show and moved into the realm of comedy, but that gave it mass appeal and the royalties that flowed to the BBC with a global brand of that stature. Cars became the excuse for the show, rather than the show itself. Indeed Top Gear morphed into what all great shows are about - the relationships between people, rather than objects, even pretty red ones with prancing horses on the side. So what happens when the presenters who literally *are* the show are forced to leave? The brand is fatally wounded. All the stunts and techniques that were developed specifically for the vastly different, flawed but downright loveable personalities look awkward and just wrong in S.23. The hosts are but actors attempting to play the parts of Jeremy, James and Richard and come off looking as good as a beaten up old 1970s Datsun. Perhaps it's not surprising the best of the new bunch just happens to be an actor, Matt le Blanc, while Chris Evans' reputation has been seriously tarnished. The hosting role was always going to be a poison chalice. Perhaps his monster-truck sized ego really allowed him to think he could sustain the success of the brand, but it was obvious to the audience that was not the case, and by the look of it even to Evans himself during taping of Episode 1 of the new season. Overall a very, very bad move by television executives who always think their decisions are more important than the magic of talent - both in front of and behind the lens - who make a show great, despite them. To coin a Clarkson phrase ... Hideous. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member After watching the first four episodes, Matt LeBlanc is clearly the only reason to continue to tune in. Chris Evans is absolutely horrible and meshes well with no one on the cast. Who would ever have thought that Top Gear America is now a better show. It continues to improve and the rapport among the cast is infinitely better than the "new" original. And drop the star in a car - who cares. If you must continue with this segment, change it a random audience member in a car! Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Stop trying to brainwash the audience to forget about the closing phrase, "and on that bombshell.." Get rid of Chris Evans!! He is HORRIBLE for the show and a TERRIBLE host! He looks completely unnatural, lacks any charisma and looks out of place in his role, like a kid trying so hard to get accepted into the "in crowd." It's blatantly obvious that he's either reading from the prompter, cue card or memorized his script. Everything about him is blah and artificial. He's yelled so much in the first episode, I've resided to muting the show during all of his segments. He's done nothing but given me a headache and migraine. He's that annoying neighbour's kid that yells all day craving attention that you yell "Shut up!" because you're fed up with that little s**t Regarding the positives, Matt Leblanc!! Who would've thought an American host on a British show would be doing so well! He's got great charisma, is funny, has great feel, flow and rhythm for the show. Honestly, he's one of the few bright spots on the show. The Stig is great as usual. Sabine is starting to look more comfortable and less stiff/rigid after every episode. I'm neutral about Chris Harris as I'm just watching Episode 3 now. Again, get rid of Chris Evans. He's wrong for the show. I get why BBC had to replace the original cast, but seriously, move Matt Leblanc to the lead role, get rid of Chris Evans, and find Matt another running mate. Did I mention to get rid of Chris Evans? Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Not going well so far. I actually like Matt Leblanc, and Rory Reid is just fine. Was looking forward to Sabine Schmitz but she may be wearing out her welcome. Not a fan of Chris Evans. And in general the changes aren't good. A longer celebrity segment with more clips from their project? Yuck. In general there are too many people on the show, many of them aren't even real in studio talent. And the car review segments have lost all of their personality. Nope. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member excilent... awesome. love matt leblanc Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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