05-11-2004, 11:54 PM
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5th Gear coming to North America!
Just came across this thread at the SpeedTV forum: http://insider.speedtv.com/viewtopic.php?t=37532
FYI: Speed1 is the president of Speed Channel.
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05-11-2004, 11:58 PM
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Yes its becoming too boring that they need a new market 
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05-12-2004, 12:56 AM
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Re: 5th Gear coming to North America!
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Originally Posted by AlienDB7
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Well - they need us old viewers back.
I used to watch Speed Channel 2 to 3 hours a day - now I watch maybe 1 hour of SpeedTV a week.
He and his crew fucked NASCAR down our throats to the point we said "bye bye".
I mean look at their latest offering "NASCAR Driver reality TV"... WTF is that crap all about... :roll:
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05-12-2004, 01:11 AM
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Nascar is so boring, they showed a in car view of it, and its like every 2 seconds turn left, next 2 seconds turn left. So fucking boring.
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05-12-2004, 01:13 AM
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Nice for you mates that's a great show !!
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05-12-2004, 01:26 AM
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I agree with you guys about all the nascar stuff! I cant watch that crap, it is the same stuff every weekend. From reading the forum it sounds like 5 th gear comming to america is just an idea. I have read info that alot of speed viewers would like to see it in America but there has not been any conformation one way or the other.
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05-12-2004, 04:23 AM
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Well, that is pretty cool. I honestly never thought I'd see the day either 5th Gear or Top Gear would be aired here.
No if I only didn't have to pay for Digital Cable to get it. :x It's even more annoying cause a friend not more than 15 minutes away gets it on basic cable. :roll:
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05-12-2004, 04:46 AM
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Thankfully!
I'm tired of the regular progamming. They show ONE nice car, talk about its tires....and then talk about some old cars from the 50s. excuse me, vintage cars.
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05-12-2004, 11:15 AM
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Fifth Gear is coming to Speed TV
WooooHooo!
I love the show. Fifth Gear and Top Gear inject a much needed sense of humour in the car reviews. MotorWeek and C&D and others are too matter-of-fact and straight-laced.
I wonder if they are telecasting the same show from UK or are making a new series for the US market.
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05-12-2004, 11:55 AM
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Tell me about nascar in some weekends. Its getting me really bored in watching those racing in circles and circles...but wipeee 5th gear!
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05-12-2004, 12:01 PM
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Yeah I hate Nascar..very very boring and it is ALWAYS on speed...
but this is great news that we will have something like 5th Gear on speed now!
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05-12-2004, 12:42 PM
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Speed1 said that 5th gear is heading here this July... which means they are going to watch the ratings very closely to decide whether or not to keep it (why they stopped doing WRC coverage (mabey altogether???)
some other interesting things he was saying is that Unemployed people watch nascar during the day.... which explains that :roll:
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05-12-2004, 01:49 PM
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so additional few hundred of millions... Tiff & Co will make a big buck out of it.. Good for him, he's worth it.
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05-12-2004, 09:46 PM
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YES!!! finally speed is getting things right. we need a big budget car show here in north america like 5th gear and top gear. one with a decent director and better production. car and driver television is pathetic to say the least.
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05-12-2004, 11:41 PM
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Let's hope 5th Gear will stay. Last time they showed Motorvision, it got canned after a season 
I still can't forgive them for that!
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