Despite Mass Criticism, The First Episode Of ‘New’ Top Gear Was Officially A Hit
It’s pretty clear from the reactions on our live discussion that most of you guys didn’t really take to the first episode of new Top Gear. In fact, the poll we ran yesterday revealed that a whopping 24 per cent of you scored the episode as a 1 out of 10…
Twitter seemed full to the brim with complaints, too, while reviews have been less than favourable. However, in terms of raw numbers, the first episode was actually a hit.
In a series of Tweets, host Chris Evans revealed that the show enjoyed a massive 23 per cent audience share, representing a 12 per cent increase on the first episode of series 22 when the show was still presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.
The caveat here is that the intrigue surrounding just what the show would be like in the post-Clarkson era will have no doubt fuelled the apparent popularity; the acid test will be the figures for the second and third episodes. However, it seems people weren’t switching off, because the audience actually grew throughout the airing. Evans also revealed this morning that iPlayer views have topped one million.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Rest In Peace, Chris Evans, died by depressed hater.
You have a typo there mate. Easily done because the S and A on a keyboard are close together. So I’ll correct it here:
“Despite Mass Criticism, The First Episode Of ‘New’ Top Gear Was Officially S Hit”
LOL
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Do you think he knows what percent of audience turned it off half way through?
If he really thought the show was a hit, why would he go to such lengths to defend it? Numbers should speak for themselves. #illuminaticonfirmed
oh, just get lost u ginger pr*ck
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Figures conveniently ignore how many TV sets there are per household now compared to 2006 - the last time that viewing figures were as low.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/30/top-gears-first-episode-branded-boring-and-badly-presented-by-fa/
i have to say i like the show, i like matt and i like sabine… and im oke with having to deal with chris evans’ annoying shouting and forced jokes. but the show would be absolutely amazing if they kick out evans after his contract ends and they give harris his place
I find it funny how Evans need to go public to pound the 3 legendary hosts of the former Top Gear
It’ll lose audience gradually. People watched the episode in such huge numbers because they were curious as to what top gear would be like without the previous three hosts