Talk:Top Gear (American TV series)

Title is "Gear"

Shouldn't this article be called "Gear"? http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/01/15/nbc-to-make-american-version-of-top-gear-called-gear/ --Viper007Bond (talk) 09:51, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Title is "Gear"

Thank you for pointing out this error. I have changed the page title accordingly. Andrewbr1988 (talk) 07:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Release Date

So, is this show airing this fall (2008)? --24.63.18.184 (talk) 15:20, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Andy Wilman wants it to start in January according to various people who talked to him at the filming. --Viper007Bond (talk) 12:00, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Top gear us has been 'canned'

as told by clarkson in a press conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzAExC8iEFs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.130.70.29 (talk) 10:24, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Redirect or delete

It is stated that this show is not being made, so why is there a article about a show that does not exist? I think it should be redirected or deleted. 98.117.34.180 (talk) 00:22, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

New Information

Information has Surfaced from CarTalk signalling that Gear(Top Gear US) has been picked up by The History Channel and that they are interviewing New Hosts for the show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Owyn999 (talk • contribs) 15:32, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Revert war

Why is there a continuing revert war placing the original cast with the current cast? There are citations verifying the current cast. Also the argument that the current cast hasn't yet aired holds no water. The original cast was never aired either. To say nothing of the fact we list cast changes all the time before air dates on TV shows on Wikipedia. Gateman1997 (talk) 20:43, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

There isn't. The only existing cast is the one that filmed the pilot. Using the proposed cast before broadcast is WP:CRYSTAL. If they go in the infobox, you need to add them to the pilot cast. That's policy. Drmargi (talk) 21:06, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

The new cast IS an existing cast. They have been filming for several months, see [1], [2], [3]. That puts them on higher ground, IMO, since they've filmed more episodes (unaired) than the pilot cast (also unaired).

I also disagree that this cast is WP:CRYSTAL. Per that policy "Wikipedia is not a collection of unverifiable speculation", but this information is verifiable per an official blog posting by BBC. This post says, quote: "The first series of ten episodes will air on History next fall (an American-only season not dissimilar to ‘autumn’, we believe), though exact dates are yet to be finalised. It will be hosted by Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and Rutledge Wood." (emphasis mine). And remember, WP:NOTSTATUTE. Just because a policy implies something, we shouldn't take that as mandatory. I don't think keeping the old cast for a never aired TV pilot over the currently-filming new cast with a 10-episode season purchased is the intent of WP:CRYSTAL. Focus on intent of the policy, not the wording.

And as a last point, if we do use the old cast, we must replace Wood with Stromer. Your previous revert was to Foust (both versions), Wood (new cast), and Carolla (old cast). No mix-and-match, please. Bakkster Man (talk) 21:21, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

I have to agree with Bakkster. There are multiple verifiable sources stating that the current cast IS the cast for the show. They have been filming for several months and releasing test footage as well. The fact they've not aired yet is irrelevant, particularly since the cast previously slated to be on the show was also unaired. Also per what Bakkster said, it's not WP:CRYSTAL if it can be verified and is certain or near certain to happen which is the case here. Gateman1997 (talk) 23:02, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Just a suggestion, but perhaps a second, smaller infobox is in order for the original unaired NBC pilot? It could be attached to the history section, or even a new section for just the NBC pilot. The Carolla cast and the NBC information could go there while the Foust cast and the History Channel information would stay in the top infobox. Tekdude (talk) 14:37, 21 September 2010 (UTC)