swajames

Ratings hit a season low with the last episode and Evans has announced that he has quit the show.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36707266

I personally thought he'd been improving over the season, but it's hardly a surprise to hear he's quit.

chikoo

good call. quit before you are fired.

litesoarer

mmarshall

Clarkson's gone......period. People simply need to get over it. No one is indispensable.

litesoarer

I'm over it.

But I still want Top Gear to fail without him just like 2 and a half men failed without Charlie..

BrownPride

I don't understand this logic. Clarkson, Hammond, and May's new show is going to launch soon. If Top Gear is good too then we will all have 2 solid car shows to watch rather than 1. I'm all for that.

litesoarer

I'd rather have one great show than one great and one sucky one.

bagwell

the show doesn't need a flamboyant dorky host....Chris Harris/ Matt LeBlanc would work just fine IMO....no shouting.

TangoRed

Top Gear was synonymous with the previous trio. Had BBC come out with a new show with a new name without reminders of times past we'd be in a better situation.

604GSE21

i can see clarkson right now lol...

pavelekPL

Great new, but I'm still not gonna watch it.

gengar

Agreed 100%. All the BBC is doing at this point is tarnishing the brand.

I'm losing hope, but I still want this show to have a good run - we don't need another canceled auto show.

rominl

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just kill the name and do another show. it's going to be really hard for them to maintain this name

Aron9000

Agreed, if they try to recreate that format they had with Clarkson, May, Hammond, and the Stig. Which is what they've tried with Chris Evans as "Clarkson" but have failed.

Personally I think they need to do away with the Stig, and hire a retired professional race car driver. Somebody who can do reviews, comment in the show, and do those power laps. Personally I haven't watched the new show, but I think that the Queen of Nurburgring, Sabine Schmitz, is a great personality who I really enjoyed watching on the old Top Gear humiliate Clarkson. She might be a good fill in for the Stig, she is an awesome driver and IMO a great commentator/personality.

pman6

1.9mil viewers.

what was it when clarkson headed the show?