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more about #ratings more comments → LTDScott: I really hope it finds a home somewhere. I am definitely in favor of a good enthusiast car show and TV is sorely lacking this. more » Elhigh: The astounding thing is that after the awful for-TV movie, they went ahead and ordered a season. Idiots. It's almost as if auto execs were running the... more » Pessimippopotamus: Actually. I'm not sad. Without the pilot, it's impossible to gauge the worthiness of the show. And since no one's seen it, we might as well be missing... more » Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: I have been fed a steady diet of disappointments as various European/British magazines and shows are brought into line with American tastes, so I can ... more » RegalRegalia: NBC is bullshit, TG UK is THE most popular nonfiction show worldwide ever, and they pass a US version b/c their ford comercial bombed? what a bunch of... more » Six Flags Over Tomsk: Hopefully it finds a cable home that will give it the funding it needs to be as epic (and subjective) as the Beeb's version. Would it be premature to ... more » bzr: Clearly the network executives must have remembered the inductive fallacy from high school philosophy class: Knight Rider is a car show. Top Gear is a... more » Maxichamp: Don't worry, guys, we'll always have MotorWeek, with John Davis. more » Turboner: If NBC read this blog, they might realise that true enthusiasts want real car shows, not failed attempts at retro/nostalgia bullshit. Knight Rider 200... more » Chuckie_A: Speed channel? Could replace Pass Time. That show is the suck. more » Monaco: This could ironically save Top Gear USA. No program on a private TV network could ever criticize a major production vehicle. There's just too much a... more » Troggie42 is.: give it to discovery channel. that way, you can get 70 reruns a week, and they definitley have the budget for it. i say, if they can afford the mythbu... more » DoctorNine: OK Boys and Girls, truth time. NBC smells the cesspool that is network TV, and discovers the odor is emanating from it's own pants. Can the Mayans pos... more » Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: Geez, I'd immediately think of BRAVO as a cable outlet that would be a good match for TG-USA, but they're owned by GE/NBC as well...! SpikeTV, maybe...? more » Papercutninja: OH PLEASE let it go to cable...can't risk it becoming another Ford commercial in the hands of NBC. I do wish they would get rid of the sissy mary latt... more » -
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NBC Cuts Top Gear USA Due To Knight Rider Failure
Due to the failure of Knight Rider and expected production costs, NBC has decided to pass on Top Gear USA. The BBC's shopping the US rendition of the hit show to interested cable outlets.
