"Clarkson's Farm" sets UK viewing records, renewed for 3rd season.

[sir pball]

Drive-by post as I'm at work all night, but couldn't resist this on a potty break – it seems more folk in the UK prefer him to Ms. Markle; frankly I'm not surprised given he's become an incredibly unlikely champion of the working man. But…here we are, despite rumors to the contrary.

Clarkson’s Farm has become Amazon Prime Video’s most-watched original show in the UK since the country’s ratings body started collecting data for major streaming services.

The Season 2 premiere of Jeremy Clarkson’s farming show was watched by nearly 4.3M viewers on TV sets, according to Barb, the official audience research group.

This was comfortably Amazon’s highest-rated show since Barb began reporting viewing figures for streamers in November 2021, per a Deadline analysis. It beat The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which launched last September with 3.2M viewers.
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He later apologized “all the way from the balls of my feet to the follicles on my head.” He added: “This is me putting my hands up. It’s a mea culpa with bells on.”

It was not enough to prevent sources from briefing Variety that Clarkson’s deal would not be renewed beyond 2024, meaning the end of the road for Clarkson’s Farm and The Grand Tour. Amazon neither confirmed nor denied the report.

Sources close to Expectation (ed - the production company) were somewhat bemused by the report that Clarkson had been canceled and Amazon did not communicate to producers its desire to end the shows.

A third season of Clarkson’s Farm is currently filming. A new Grand Tour episode is in post-production, with another two scheduled to shoot. Sources said it was not unusual for Amazon to refuse to commit to renewals ahead of new episodes streaming.

https://deadline.com/2023/02/clarksons-farm-viewing-record-amazon-meghan-markle-scandal-1235268525/