Misfit Garage
television series
Misfit Garage was a Discovery Channel reality-television show spun off from Fast N' Loud. It featured two of the mechanics fired from that show's Dallas, Texas-based Gas Monkey Garage, Tom Smith and Jordan Butler, as well as Thomas Weeks and Scot McMillan, who together start a new company, Fired Up Garage. The series, which premiered October 13, 2014, was produced by Pilgrim Studios, with Craig Piligian, Richard Rawlings and Eddie Rohwedder as executive producers, and Craig Coffman additionally serving as executive producer for the Discovery Channel. Episodes are sporadically shown on the Discovery Turbo channel.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1
Season one started on October 13, 2014.
Season 2
Season two started on March 23, 2015.
Season 3
Season three started March 7, 2016.
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