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-Leno is done with the Tonight Show after the Olympics
-Good host and comedian, but a better car guy. -NBC has expressed they still want him to be affiliated with then in some capacity. -NBC signed a multi year deal with Mecum Auto Auctions. -NBC has, over the last few years, built upÂ*a reputable number of networks. -With Discovery turning into the current version of VH1 with a bunch of reality TV that's about as interesting to me as watching paint dry, it seems there is a hole for this type of programming. My prediction is Leno is going to be doing car stuff for NBC and willÂ*be incredibly successful.Â* He's vanilla enough (and that's not an insult) to appeal to just about anyone and knowledgable enough not to be a pushover.Â* The best thing is he's got the comic chops of a Clarkson but is more in tune with what an American audience wants for this.Â* For all of the talk about Top Gear, it's never been a widespread success in the US.Â* I know quite a few people that simply don't get British humor and think Clarkson isn't funny in the least.Â* For them, Leno will be the answer. Thoughts? |
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It might work, for people who really don't get Top Gear. Â*To me, Jay is so bland as to be barely worth watching. Â*He never really feels like he is listening to his guests, and his car comments are rarely anything more than generic. Â*I guess that fits with the Tonight Show vibe.
A big part of the success of Top Gear UK is the chemistry of the three presenters. Â*It's pretty hard to have a single host and keep it interesting. Â*I love Chris Harris, but even he couldn't do a full half hour or one hour show alone. |
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NBC has that sportschannel, that shows Indy car racing so he could expand his web series there if he wants.Â* Top Gear works because it's a comedy show about cars.Â* I don't have cable nor broadband so any kind of car show I can get I'll watch.Â* Heck I've even been known to watch Motorweek.
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Derek Kreindler_1 said I certainly hope so. I enjoy Jay Leno's Garage not so much for Jay himself but the cool back stories behing his collection (his stolen Cyclone, having to 3d print parts for his Elan etc).Â* I find him as good a curator of everything on wheels as you are likely to find in North America.Â* Like any good curator, he is very well acquainted not only in a static, stats-based manner but also gets behind the wheel and is acquainted in a tactile manner that seemingly few big collectors subscribe to. Netflix would be a good home for his webisodes because their model isn't so much about eyeballs as it "airs".Â* It's something you watch at your leisure and certainly his name and his well-deserved reputation as a collector par excellence would be a benefit to the diminishing amount of entertainment for car enthusiasts.
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