It's Official: The Grand Tour's First Episode Was A Record-Breaking Hit
The amount of money Amazon Prime paid to snare Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May varies greatly depending on which rumour you’re reading, but the general consensus is it was rather a lot. However, it’s looking like the streaming service’s investment in the trio - which includes a huge production budget - is going to pay off.
While no specific figures were given, Amazon Prime has revealed that the first episode garnered the highest viewing figures for any show debut on the platform, beating previous record holder The Man In The High Castle. Not bad considering it hasn’t had a worldwide release yet.
Speaking about the news, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said:
“The guys are back, doing what they do best - the chemistry between Jeremy, Richard, and James is what makes The Grand Tour so entertaining. Their creativity, along with the amazing production quality and 4K HDR streaming, has Prime members responding in a big way. Kudos and congrats to the whole team.”
It’s been well received too, currently holding a 4.8 average star rating on Amazon based on nearly 4500 people, a 9.6 average on IMDB.com and having positive reviews thrown at it from publications the world over.
For me the first episode didn’t quite live up to the hype, and after stating thus I am holed up in a bunker waiting for this whole thing to blow over…
Who’s excited for episode two?
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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It’s a shame I can’t watch it.
Have a look on Youtube, there were some versions of it put up there over the weekend - not sure if they still are up. Needless to say though they aren’t quite 4k..
here you go http://123movies.net/watch/oxQ7Dydn-the-grand-tour-season-1.html
why don’t you stream it ? : http://the-watch-series.to
This is the day, the bosses of Top Gear and BBC realise that all they did was swung an axe on their own legs. 😂
Fact
you think they only realized that now? the knew it was a mistake about 1 week after they fired him xD
Let’s not forget Netflix who said the trio were “not worth the investment”
Clarkson in response to the new record
*Smug Face
Roy p back at it again with a top comment
Record-breaking success? Well what do ya know…
Came for this, thank you good Sir. HAAHAAHHAAHHAA
you Sir made my day!
BBC and top gear Right now……..
imagine how big it would be, if you could watch it officially everywhere at the same time?
You can. rendezvous at the pirate harbour!
All that budget but still didn’t get in touch with Disklok. :(
Some serious security holes in their operation then. Tut tut !!
#cheekydisklok
I would like to see you guys at the “Your Name Here” corner. I think you guys deserve to christen it.
Man that must feel like a punch to the face for the BBC
Absolutely, considering there was a lot at steak
The ratings definitely show success, but being the most viewed Amazon original series wasn’t necessarily a super high bar to jump over. Seeing how much marketing was done for the grand tour (and how little was done for “The Man in the High Castle”) I would say it would have been a massive failure if it hadn’t beat it. That being said I thought the show was good and I am excited for the rest of the season