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Top Gear Host Chris Evans Steps Down After Poor Ratings (theverge.com)
A number of readers have submitted news coming out of popular show Top Gear. Chris Evans has announced he is leaving his role as a presenter on BBC Two's Top Gear after one series. His resignation comes amid falling ratings for the show -- which hit a series low on Sunday night, with an average of 1.9 million viewers. The Verge reports:Evans was brought in alongside Matt LeBlanc and host of other new faces to fill the positions left by Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond. The first series of the show had poor ratings, with fewer than 2 million viewers tuning into its series finale this weekend -- lower than any episode helmed by Clarkson.
the last couple of shows have had to contend with being aired against Euro2016 football matches, and he was trying to fill some of the biggest boots in broadcasting. On the other hand, he is a charmless, loud-mouthed ginger twat, and I'm glad that he's gone. Now, if only we can get Matt Le Blanc to quit as well...
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July 4, 1776: US declares independence from the UK
July 4, 2016: An American stays on as Top Gear presenter while a Brit gets kicked to the curb.
Happy Independence Day!
In the old days, lots of people punched a co-worker. Was the guy hurt? Did they go have a beer afterward? People are too sensitive these days.
Peter predicted that you would "deliberately forget" creation 2000 years ago...
Its not the political left, its the PeeCee Social Justice Warriror types who for whatever reason apparently mostly are all left-voting lesbians, or their mangina boyfriends/slaves.
We need to stop hiring dangerous idiots like that into any position of power, and especially make sure they have no control or platform in the media from which to spew their poisonous drivel.
Yeah the BBC management are all a bunch of PeeCee lefty SJW types. They were just hoping for any excuse to end TG, and any other show that celebrates men or even caters to men in any way at all. What they ultimately want is 100% of the airtime taken up with shows about female empowerment.
"Little choice" but to fire Clarkson? That's hilarious. A child-molesting pervert hunted on BBC premises for close to half a century, claiming nearly 600 victims. Their upper management claimed they had no idea.
So yes, they had a choice.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.