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I had no idea it was back on either until it suddenly popped up on the Amazon Prime Video screen a day or so before it premiered. I knew that it generally started its season (what the Brits call a "series") in late Autumn or early Winter, so I had been wondering when it was coming back. Oh well, if they are only doing two specials this year, then that is pretty much no longer even a series IMO. Amazon slowly cut out features over the years, now they've effectively turned it into an occasional special. I wouldn't be surprised to see it disappear completely after this year or next. I wonder what the ratings had been like. I know that tracking ratings on streaming services is nearly impossible as most streaming services won't release that information.
I saw an advertisement for an upcoming James May series, hopefully that will be good. Most of his stuff is pretty good. Richard Hammond has made some decent shows in the past too.
I really never cared for Clarkson much. He is funny and talented, but he is also extremely insulting and abusive both on and off camera. I know he pissed off several countries while filming TG episodes due to comments he made, and got chased out of one South American country, supposedly. Just like reality TV shows, much of what is shown is likely fabricated or greatly exaggerated to improve ratings. In other words, it is scripted. So I wouldn't be surprised if the TG producers exaggerated a lot of that stuff to get better ratings.
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