# A new TV program for the automotively-oriented **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207 "2011-07-12T22:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/1 "2011-07-12T22:26:20Z")
Tomorrow night (Wednesday, 7/13/11) the Speed Channel will premiere its new program, _The Car Show_. Will this be more entertaining and more informative than the History Channel’s US-version of _Top Gear_? Only time (and viewing) will tell. Certainly, it couldn’t possibly be worse than the abominable US version of Top Gear! If you want to see this new offering, tune to the Speed Channel at 10:00 PM tomorrow night. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/2 "2011-07-13T01:16:18Z")
got my DVR all set. Will hold out judgment till the end of the season. TG:USA was ok. Despite everyone claiming it was garbage, it had over 1M viewers per episode I believe. Which may be more than TG:UK gets ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/3 "2011-07-13T02:41:52Z")
I have high hopes for The Car Show, as you may remember Adam Carolla was one of the people tapped for the NBC version of Top Gear that never got beyond a pilot episode that was never broadcast. Top Gear USA (on History) was pretty bad the first few episodes, but it was watchable towards the end of the first season, the pickup truck episode in Alaska was their best effort IMHO, and I think if they want to really stand on their own and not constantly be compared to the UK version, they need to do things that the UK show doesn’t do. We don’t Jezza, Hammond and The Captain do things with full sized pickups since such vehicles are fairly rare across the pond. Some of the stuff translates well, like cheap car challenges and such, but to make its own niche TG: USA needs to be different. I don’t think the Top Gear USA hosts are nearly as engaging as the UK hosts, but they haven’t been working together as long as the UK hosts either, I expect they’ll be better this season. Also it’s estimated that Top Gear UK is seen by 350 million people throughout the world. Top Gear USA probably hasn’t matched that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/4 "2011-07-13T12:32:46Z")
I am glad to see this thread was started by a regular poster, like VDCdriver. I was afraid it might be spam. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/5 "2011-07-13T12:45:01Z")
I thought the same thing, Whitey! ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/6 "2011-07-13T12:53:02Z")
We don’t get the speed channel… I’ve seen the advertisements for it…The commercial was a little stupid. Let me know how it is… ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/7 "2011-07-13T14:39:29Z")
Sorry for the possible appearance of spam! I guess that being a regular on this site does have its advantages. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/8 "2011-07-14T01:41:48Z")
“Sorry for the possible appearance of spam! I guess that being a regular on this site does have its advantages.” How do we know that Robin Miller didn’t agree to introduce you to the Open Wheel Beauties to make that plug? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/9 "2011-07-14T13:18:00Z")
So what did folks think of it? I wasn’t very impressed. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/10 "2011-07-14T14:07:58Z")
Ironically, I was not able to watch it. As it turns out, that channel is not part of my DirecTV programming package. ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/11 "2011-07-14T17:34:08Z")
I thought it was okay, it didn’t have the production values of Top Gear (any version) but I think the hosts worked better together, and I think it was paced better than the first couple episodes of Top Gear USA. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/12 "2011-07-15T00:56:15Z")
I agree. I watched the first 45 minutes. Carolla is a fun host, but he is an actor. He should read cue cards well. The go-fast segment was so-so, but I did like the 24 Hours of Lemons. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/13 "2011-07-16T02:01:31Z")
watched the 0 to 60 segment. The hosts seem to interact better than the TG:USA hosts did on their first episode, but I will still reserve my judgment for after the 1st season is over ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-tv-program-for-the-automotively-oriented/66207/14 "2011-07-17T22:54:24Z")
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