OnURleft
02-14-2009, 08:02 PM
I believe it's the reason that Jay Leno stated which is Top Gear would make it's money off advertisements and the show would be held back from truly "good writing." (I.e not insulting the very paying for there ads).
Quoted from Jay Leno who I.M.O has very good reasons for why the show didn't make it...
"I like the show just the way it is. Jeremy and the guys are extremely talented, so maybe it would be an idea to do an American show similar to Top Gear but not with the same name, because I think it would be impossible to recreate or live up to the standards of the British show."
n addition, Leno said he also had concerns that NBC's Top Gear corporate sponsorships wouldn't allow him to poke fun at automobiles the same way the British version does.
"I don't think you could be quite as freewheeling with your opinions as you can on the BBC, because sponsors pay for the programs. Sponsors would be unlikely to embrace any criticism," he wrote.
"Americans don't really see personalities like Jeremy on television. They know that they have to be somewhat watered down. When Jeremy rips into some sponsor such as Ford or Chrysler, well, that's the last time they sponsor that show. Then what you have is 'the meeting' after the show, where they tell him to tone it down. That's just not what they do at Top Gear."
While Leno admitted some British shows -- such as NBC's The Office -- "translate quite well" in the States, he doesn't think Top Gear fits the same
Hence, why it has probably been canned. I completely agree. Why try to replicate a wonderful program?
Top Gear press conference.
http://hessmo.com/blog/
Quoted from Jay Leno who I.M.O has very good reasons for why the show didn't make it...
"I like the show just the way it is. Jeremy and the guys are extremely talented, so maybe it would be an idea to do an American show similar to Top Gear but not with the same name, because I think it would be impossible to recreate or live up to the standards of the British show."
n addition, Leno said he also had concerns that NBC's Top Gear corporate sponsorships wouldn't allow him to poke fun at automobiles the same way the British version does.
"I don't think you could be quite as freewheeling with your opinions as you can on the BBC, because sponsors pay for the programs. Sponsors would be unlikely to embrace any criticism," he wrote.
"Americans don't really see personalities like Jeremy on television. They know that they have to be somewhat watered down. When Jeremy rips into some sponsor such as Ford or Chrysler, well, that's the last time they sponsor that show. Then what you have is 'the meeting' after the show, where they tell him to tone it down. That's just not what they do at Top Gear."
While Leno admitted some British shows -- such as NBC's The Office -- "translate quite well" in the States, he doesn't think Top Gear fits the same
Hence, why it has probably been canned. I completely agree. Why try to replicate a wonderful program?
Top Gear press conference.
http://hessmo.com/blog/