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Originally Posted by epbrown
I was never a huge fan of the trio - I watched TG for the cars and one of the most frustrating things about the show was often the episode descriptions don't even mention what cars are on. Since the Amazon Prime show will likely be more of the same, I'll skip it.
That said, while I'll give the new hosts a try, I'm not optimistic. I like Harris as a writer/reviewer but to me he's never really worked as a presenter despite years of trying. I know he's got a dedicated niche of followers online, but I don't see him having the world-wide appeal of the previous hosts. He's much less of a clown, for starters.
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Yeah, TG was barely a car show. More a comedy talk show with cars. Still, it's damn hard to build a big franchise around cars as a subject (I should know, having just sold off a couple car channels on Youtube.) TGUK was a magical combination for a while (in the sense of being a revenue monster) and none of their other spinoffs have clicked.
I make it a habit of giving every automotive show a few viewings. Will definitely give Chris and Sabine a chance.