TV Media Weekly
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June 30 - July 6, 2018
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By Andrew Warren
TV Media
Drive into the sunset: One of
Britain's most iconic TV shows is
losing another presenter as it
continues to struggle to regain its
footing. American actor Matt
LeBlanc, best known for his role
in the iconic sitcom "Friends"
and more recently in CBS's "Man
with a Plan," has announced that
the next season of the BBC Amer-
ica series will be his last.
LeBlanc has been with the
popular motoring series since its
23rd season in 2016. He famous-
ly took on the role following a
very public dismissal of the
show's longtime presenter Jere-
my Clarkson and the subsequent
departure of several of the
show's other presenters, and
since then he's become the face
of a series that, while still popu-
lar, has struggled to come any-
where close to the ratings it
boasted during Clarkson's tenure.
Unlike Clarkson's departure, or
that of LeBlanc's former co-pre-
senter, BBC Radio host Chris Ev-
ans, LeBlanc appears to be leav-
ing on friendly terms and for the
most honorable of reasons — he
wants to spend more time with
his family and friends. "My expe-
rience on Top Gear has been
great fun. I have thoroughly en-
joyed working with the whole
team," he said in a statement.
"However, the time commitment
and extensive travel required to
present 'Top Gear' takes me away
from my family and friends more
than I'm comfortable with."
Of course, there's still another
season with LeBlanc in the works,
so his many fans don't have to
say goodbye just yet. BBC Two
has promised that "Top Gear's"
next season will be a special one,
and that the search is on for a
new co-host to take his place. The
most recent season wrapped up
this past April and there's no
word yet on when the 26th, LeB-
lanc's last, will arrive.
Everybody knows his name:
Kelsey Grammer has found his way
back to broadcast television. The
Emmy-winning actor has signed
on to a new Fox series that's al-
ready out of the pilot stage and is
in production for a 2019 premiere.
The "Frasier" star has joined
the cast of "Proven Innocent," a
new legal drama that also stars
Rachelle Lefevre ("Under the
Dome"), Nikki M. James ("Brain-
Dead"), Russell Hornsby
("Grimm") and Vincent Kartheis-
er ("Mad Men"). Grammer takes
over a role that was played by
Brian d'Arcy James ("13 Reasons
Why") in the pilot.
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