Jeremy Clarkson And Amazon Just Agreed To A Huge Deal

The BBC took issue with the fact that Clarkson punched a Top Gear producer after he didn’t get him a hot steak dinner after a day of filming the series. Clarkson has also been the subject of controversy regarding insensitive comments. The former host spent almost three decades with the BBC. The network introduced the radio DJ Chris Evans as the new host of Top Gear earlier this summer and the 23rd season of the show will have a whole new cast of characters. Top Gear set the Guinness World Record as the most watched factual television program in the world with more than 350 million viewers a week. Clarkson only earned a base salary of $4 million per year hosting Top Gear. The fact that he owned 30% of the brand’s rights along with licensing deals, merchandise, syndication, and DVD sales bumped up his annual earnings as high as $13 million per year. The BBC bought out his ownership of the show and the brand in 2013 and Clarkson netted about $21 million from that transaction.