Comments on: Top Gear switches to Nine

By: Yonny

Yonny — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:54:10 +0000

Do Channel 9 think the viewing audience is stupid? If they even think of them at all, then yes, they probably do think they’re stupid.

Channel 9 butchered Top Gear. They don’t care. It’s all about the money they can make from advertising. The audience comes a long way second – after all, what have they done for Ch 9 lately?

Ch 9 scumbags are probably wondering why free to air is losing viewers….

By: QBert

QBert — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:34:42 +0000

I sincerely hope you’re being sarcastic.

By: Millatime

Millatime — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:59:46 +0000

Spot on Alex, the slaughter of Top Gear has begun. It was not only Bana’s interview butchered, other stories were disjointed – what a shame, do Ch9 think the viewing audience is stupid?

I want to watch TGUK as it was meant to be seen, not Ch9′s substandard heavily edited add filled version. Thats strike one Ch9. Three strikes and your out. As others have indicated here I’ll watch this series on the net, and you’ll wonder what happened to the ratings…

By: nick

nick — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:26:52 +0000

SBS did that too but to a lesser extent. I don’t even bother watching it on TV anymore. Even if you haven’t watched the episode you can tell that they’re cutting bits out. Plus you miss an entire segment on TV.

By: CrustyTheClown

CrustyTheClown — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:09:34 +0000

Your 100% CORRECT, C9 butchered it.

U can of course downloaded it on the net mins. after it airs in UK

What u think about that C9?

How about giving it back to SBS!

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:20 +0000

Eric Bana’s Interview

Edited short – the part of the interview about Clarkson’s views of Australia having obvious landmark names, being dangerous and Eric’s cheeky rebuttal including Australia having the best beaches wasn’t aired, despite the best beaches quote being used in the commercial teasers for the season network premiere.

What’s wrong? Can’t squeeze enough commercials into the hour?

Once again a commercial station takes a non-commercial station program and bastardizes it.

By: Falcodore

Falcodore — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:49:15 +0000

Well, Doug Mulray was never one to hold back with his opinions and we know James Morrison can drive, so this lineup might actually be alright.

By: particip8

particip8 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:05:08 +0000

Just heard channel nine are considering Doug Mulray / Shane Warne / James Morrison for the show. AWESOME NEWS!

By: talk then think

talk then think — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:13:48 +0000

I bet channel 9 will take entourage of sbs soon aswell

By: Falcodore

Falcodore — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:54:12 +0000

Sounds about right Davie, unfortunately. But if channel 9 want to do the show, and their viewers justice, this is exactly the kind of forum they should be looking at.