NBC has reportedly ordered a pilot for an all American version of our favorite TV show, Top Gear. Honestly as awesome as that sounds, we’re really disappointed that the show will consist of a completely new cast. However the producers are saying that it will still feature “the irreverent spirit of Top Gear.”

Networks like NBC has been looking for non-scripted content since the Writers Guild of America is still on strike. The move has helped bring shows on like The Biggest Loser 5, Celebrity Apprentice, and now the U.S. version of Top Gear.

 

I'm torn on this one, on one side, clarkson and crew is what makes the show what it is, but on the other side, I see how the office's US adaptation made so much more sense for American viewers.

Time will tell. But having a program with commercials every 3 minutes will suck

 

will be interesting to see how it turns out

 

...I'm not fond of this idea.

 

I have a bad feeling this show will suck, but hopefully they surprise me!

 

I doubt it will be anywhere close to the original. Nevertheless, I can't wait until it starts. There are simply not enough quality car TV shows.

 

*sigh* half the show is about clarkson's blunt, british humor and may and hammond's randomness... oh well. :X

 

Seinfeld would really be the only person I could imagine hosting that show. If they can't get a good crew together it would be like any other car show out there.

 

Agreed.... Then maybe Porsche can finally get some good reviews it deserves

 

This will be interesting to see how it turns out. I agree the cast makes the show what it is. I want to see how they translate the some of the segments on our speed limited roads, without legal trouble. I keep thinking of Clarkson in a Bugatti Veyron racing Hammond in a plane across Europe.