Since the backward 1990s, British imports such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Dancing With the Stars and America Idol accept become ratings blockbusters in the United States. But stateside success has eluded one of the better Brit hits of them all.

It's Top Gear, the antic reality/talk-show amalgam from the BBC that appearance three British automotive journalists gabbing about cars and assuming busy and occasionally amazing stunts and challenges. The series, which has been apparent actuality on BBC America, has been a common awareness for about 10 years and was afresh the accountable of a 60 Minutes profile. The flat segments are a charge for celebrities — Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz accept chock-full by.

On November 21, a U.S. adaptation of Top Gear assuredly arrives on cable arrangement History. So why has it taken so continued for a adaptation of the appearance to arise in the nation area the auto was born? It wasn't for abridgement of trying. Discovery Channel gave it a shot. So did NBC, which offered the alternation to Jay Leno (he passed) and fabricated a pilot with banana Adam Carolla.