'Top Gear' host to take a back seat
Chris Evans is to take a less prominent role at the helm of Top Gear, after viewing figures for the newly revamped motoring show slumped to a new low.The third episode of Top Gear, the first to feature motoring journalists Rory Reid and Chris Harris, received positive reviews, but was watched by a live audience of just 2.37million viewers, down nearly half a million on the previous week.While Evans and Matt LeBlanc will continue to anchor the studio recording, it is understood that prerecorded material featuring both of the lesser-known presenters will feature more prominently in the rest of the series.The audience for the third episode should rise once catch-up viewing is taken into account, but Top Gearrecorded lower overnight figures on only one occasion during the Jeremy Clarkson era. ..
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