New Top Gear series earns mixed response from fans on Twitter

Edit ITV 29 May 2016
... first episode of the new Top Gear series has aired, featuring hosts Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc....

Chris Evans' new Top Gear reboot gets a very mixed reception - but Matt LeBlanc is a firm favourite

Edit Digital Spy 29 May 2016
Although, Matt LeBlanc may be the show's only saving grace ... I think Matt LeBlanc may have been the best thing about that #TopGear episode #tryingtobeopenminded — Jodie Ackland (@JodieAckland) May 29, 2016 Seriously though, @Matt_LeBlanc is a great presenter, Chris @achrisevans just ruins it ... was good, enjoyed it & Matt LeBlanc is the man....

Chris Evans pokes fun at Jeremy Clarkson on first episode of revamped Top Gear

Edit Belfast Telegraph 29 May 2016
The much-loved motoring show returned to our screens tonight with Evans and former Friends actor Matt LeBlanc at the helm. Share Go To ... LeBlanc, who is the first non-British host in the programme's 39-year history, went for a spin through the Moroccan desert in an Ariel Nomad ... One tweeted ... US star LeBlanc, 48, escaped most of the barbs and some fans said that his segment with the Nomad was one of the few highlights ... She tweeted ... ....

Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc Make Their Long-Awaited Debut

Edit Huffington Post 29 May 2016
After almost a year of hype and hubris, Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc and co made their long-awaited debut at the wheel of one of the BBC's most important shows.  ... 20.20 Matt LeBlanc is left on his own fore a few minutes, and his laid-back style gives us hope for the future of the show - laidback, deadpan and enjoying himself, even in the rain in an open-topped car ... I'm missing Mr LeBlanc....

Kate Beckinsale + chocolate + some guy’s butt = Best. Prank. Ever.

Edit Zap2it 29 May 2016
Insisting that she enjoys the “rush” of drawing on or gluing beards to passed-out people, the 42-year-old actress appeared on “The Graham Norton Show,” sitting on the couch alongside stars including Matt LeBlanc and Emilia Clarke — the latter of whom in particular seemed to enjoy her tale of mischief. RELATED. Kate Beckinsale ... When LeBlanc then asks how big the piece of chocolate was, Beckinsale responds ... ....

Top Gear: Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc launch new series – live

Edit The Guardian 29 May 2016
It’s back! But will the new team be able to outdo Jeremy Clarkson and the gang? Watch it with us live. LIVE Updated. @stuheritage. Live feed. Show. 19.39 ... Something I haven’t read about Matt LeBlanc being an actual juggernaut, or something ... Facebook. Twitter ... Secretly I didn’t always hate in its previous incarnation, I think Chris Evans can be capable of making exciting television and I’m interested to see what Matt LeBlanc is like as a host....

New Top Gear review: new faces, but there's something familiar …

Edit The Guardian 29 May 2016
Matt LeBlanc is a natural at location filming, but Chris Evans needs to relax and stop trying so hard to be Jeremy Clarkson. @samwollaston ... Will they be able to fill the terrifying void left by You Know Who and the other two, now banished into obscurity up the Amazon? ... Previews weren’t available ... Related ... Clarkson ... To another desert, this time in Morocco, where Matt LeBlanc is arsing about offroad in something called a Nomad ... ....

TV preview: five things to watch on television this week

Edit The Irish Times 29 May 2016
LeBlanc drives an Ariel Nomad through Morocco, and Evans and LeBlanc go head to head in a pair of three-wheeled Reliant Rialtos. The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment has been replaced by Star in a Rallycross Car, which sounds more fun....

What a $3,000 Platinum Pass gets you at BottleRock

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 29 May 2016
Platinum Experience guests also have the chance to do meet-and-greets with some of the festival’s musical acts, including Lenny Kravitz, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gordon Ramsay and Andy Grammer ... ....

Buffalo blanks Mud Hens

Edit Toledo Blade 29 May 2016
The Mud Hens fell 3-0 to the Buffalo Bisons in a battle of 31-year-old journeymen starters tonight at Fifth Third Field, with the continued brilliance of Buffalo’s Wade LeBlanc (5-1) beating the continued quality of Toledo’s Thad Weber ... ....

BBC’s ‘Top Gear’ Retuned But Staying True to Original Essence, Says Series Editor Alex Renton

Edit Variety 29 May 2016
Top Gear,” the world’s biggest motoring show, relaunches in the U.K. on BBC on Sunday and in the U.S. on BBC America on Monday with a new lineup of hosts — led by Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc – and some fine tuning to the format, including a significant change to the “Star in a... Read more » ... ....

Viewers switch off as revamped Top Gear fails to impress

Edit York Press 29 May 2016
Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc haven’t impressed the fans with their version of Top Gear so far ... ....
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