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Originally Posted by Sly
It seems like a big marketing stunt to me.
Show makes 300 million pounds a year. Really going to boot a guy for a punch? Unlikely.
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that's the thing though, bbc lost 4+ million viewers (out of 5 million total) with the first canceled episode. It crossed my mind it's a stunt, mostly because the show is driven (get it, driven!) by stunts. every second of the show is scripted, certainly the marketing could be too. but if this was planned, they shot themselves in the foot and are losing a lot of money.
even if money didn't matter, why cancel the episodes? broadcasting them doesn't impede the investigation into the fracas, it doesn't punish clarkson, it doesn't pay back the producer who got hit. seems knee-jerk to me.