TV Media Weekly
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July 29 - August 4, 2017
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Sunday afternoon
Both Daniel Dae Kim ("Lost")
and Grace Park ("Battlestar Ga-
lactica") have parted ways with
the series, and Kim was surprising-
ly candid when explaining his de-
cision. In a post on his personal Fa-
cebook page, he wrote: "Though I
made myself available to come
back, CBS and I weren't able to
agree to terms on a new contract,
so I made the difficult choice not
to continue."
"As an Asian-American actor, I
know firsthand how difficult it is
to find opportunities at all, let
alone play a well-developed,
three-dimensional character like
Chin Ho," he went on. "The path
to equality is rarely easy. But I
hope you can be excited for the fu-
ture. I am."
The optics of its two stars of
Asian descent leaving at the
same time over pay issues may
not be good for CBS, but the net-
work has been publicly gracious,
releasing a statement that said,
in part: "While we could not
reach an agreement, we part
ways with tremendous respect
for their talents on screen, as
well as their roles as ambassa-
dors for the show off screen, and
with hopes to work with them
again in the near future."
As for their characters, Chin
Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua just
so happened to end last season
on notes that will at least make it
easy to write them out of the
show. In last season's finale, Chin
was offered a gig as the head of
a task force in San Francisco,
while Kono was deep in an inves-
tigation of a child sex trafficking
organization.
"Hawaii Five-0" returns for
an eighth season in late
September.
Pedal to the metal: Buckle
up, gearheads. The biggest car
show in the world has a new
high-octane model, and it's do-
mestic, not an import. That's
right, an American version of
"Top Gear" is back, with new
hosts, a new name and definitely
a whole racetrack's worth of new
cars.
The new "Top Gear America"
premieres Sunday, July 30, on
BBC America. Its predecessor,
"Top Gear" (the first swing at an
American version), aired for six
seasons on History from 2010 to
2016, but while both series are
based on the British one of the
same name, the new "Top Gear
America" is not just a continua-
tion of the other American
iteration.
As any "Top Gear" fan knows,
it's the hosts and the rapport be-
tween them that ultimately make
or break the show. Headlining
"Top Gear America" is award-
winning actor William Fichtner
("Crossing Lines"). Joining him
are Antron Brown, a world-cham-
pion drag racer, and Tom "Wook-
ie" Ford, the associate editor of
Top Gear Magazine and contribu-
tor to TopGear.com.
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