Top Gear America

Top Gear America
GenreMotoring
Based onTop Gear
by Jeremy Clarkson
Andy Wilman
Presented by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes29
Production
Executive producerSarah Barnett
Running time
  • 60 minutes (2017)
  • 31–35 minutes (2021–22)
Production companyBBC Worldwide
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 30, 2017 (2017-07-30) –
August 26, 2022 (2022-08-26)
Related
Top Gear worldwide
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Top Gear America is a motoring television series based on the UK version. The program was announced in April 2017. The eight-episode first season premiered on BBC America on July 30, 2017 with William Fichtner, Tom Ford and Antron Brown as hosts.[1]

On April 10, 2019, it was announced that a reboot of the series was in the works.[2] On December 3, 2019, it was revealed that Dax Shepard, Rob Corddry, and Jethro Bovingdon would be the hosts of the revival, and premiered on MotorTrend+ in 2021.[3] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production was delayed and production finally wrapped in late 2020.[4]

  1. ^ "Top Gear BBC America". Facebook.
  2. ^ "MotorTrend and BBC Studios Announce the Coproduction of a Brand-New U.S. Format of "Top Gear America" (wt) Series, and MotorTrend Will Be Streaming "Top Gear UK" in the U.S. and Canada!". The Futon Critic. April 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "REVEALED! Meet the Hosts of Top Gear America". Motor Trend. December 3, 2019.
  4. ^ White, Peter (September 8, 2020). "'Top Gear America' Wraps Production Ahead Of MotorTrend Launch". Deadline. Retrieved October 1, 2020.