Misfit Garage
| Misfit Garage | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Reality |
| Starring |
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| Country of origin |
 United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Pilgrim Studios |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Discovery |
| Original run | October 13, 2014 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Fast N' Loud |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Misfit Garage is a Discovery Channel reality-television show[1] 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.[2]
The series, which premiered October 13, 2014, is produced by Pilgrim Studios, with Craig Piligian and Eddie Rohwedder as executive producers, and Craig Coffman additionally serving as executive producer for the Discovery Channel.[2]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Average rating (millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | ||||
| 1 | TBA | Oct. 14, 2014 | TBA | TBA | |
Episodes
Season 1
Season one started on October 14, 2014.
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Fired Up About A Chevelle Part 1" | October 13, 2014 | 1.491[3] |
| “Fired Up Garage” goes to work on a ’67 Chevelle. The team also enters a demolition derby for publicity, running into former co-workers of the shop they were all fired from by Richard Rawlings and who they later find out is their new shop landlord. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Fired Up About A Chevelle Part 2" | October 20, 2014 | 1.517[4] |
| 'Fired Up Garage' struggles to deal with 'landlord' Richard Rawlings, as well as the completion of their first major build. Will the amazing ’67 Chevelle redo put "Fired Up Garage” on the map, ready to go toe-to-toe with Richard and “Gas Monkey Garage”. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Jazzed About A '57 Gasser Part 1" | October 27, 2014 | 1.356[5] |
| Thomas makes a profit flipping a car Richard turned his nose up at. Meanwhile, Thomas and Scot pick up solid a ’57 Chevy for their next build. Later, the shop is threatened when a tree falls on it, ruining their office and crushing a customer’s truck. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Jazzed About A '57 Gasser Part 2" | November 3, 2014 | 1.433[6] |
| Richard surprises FU garage with a rundown trailer as a replacement office. Scot has a buyer for the ’57 gasser and gives the crew a two-week deadline, but things come to a halt after Thomas builds an engine that’s unacceptable with the other partners. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Furious ’65 Fastback Part 1" | November 10, 2014 | 1.143[7] |
| The Misfits open house is shut down by Richard Rawlings.Thomas picks up a rare Ford Torino Cobra. Up a creek without a project car, the team hastily buys a ’65 Mustang fastback . Meanwhile, Thomas finds a ’69 Barracuda that he allows Tom to fix. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Furious ’65 Fastback Part 2" | November 17, 2014 | 1.448[8] |
| The mustang comes back from paint and the guys get to work. A trip to Gas Monkey to use a tool costs them extra money when Richard catches them and invoices them. Things take a bigger turn for the worst when Soupbone gets white paint on the hood. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "One, Nasty Nova Part 1" | November 24, 2014 | 0.921[9] |
| Thomas flips two classic cars that turn a quick profit: a ’53 Mercury and a ’58 Ford Fairlane. Thomas and Scot pick up a’65 Chevy Nova that Scot’s dad did all the engine work on, but Corbett goes rogue and paints the car charcoal grey instead of white. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "One, Nasty Nova Part" | December 1, 2014 | 1.299[10] |
| Moving forward after a surprise on the paint job, the Misfits hit a bump in the road when the axle they chopped and fabricated isn’t the right size. Thomas lands a ’31 dodge rat rod he turns for profit. Scot’s dad pays a visit to tune the '65 Nova motor. | ||||
International broadcast
Australia — Began airing in Australia on Discovery Turbo MAX from 16 December 2014.[11]
References
- ↑ "Misfit Garage : Discovery Channel". Dsc.discovery.com. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Misfit Garage: New Series Premieres October 13 at 10PM ET/PT" (Press release). Discovery Channel. n.d. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Monday Cable Ratings: 'Monday Night Football' Wins Night, 'Love & Hip Hop Hollywood', 'WWE Raw', 'Misfit Garage', 'T.I. & Tiny' & More". October 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Monday Cable Ratings: 'Monday Night Football' Tops Night + 'SportsCenter', 'Monday Night RAW', 'Love & Hip Hop Hollywood' & More". October 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Monday Cable Ratings: 'Monday Night Football' Wins Night, 'WWE Raw', 'Drumline: A New Beat', 'American Dad', 'Mike Tyson Mysteries' & More". October 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Monday Cable Ratings: 'Monday Night Football' Wins Night + 'Love & Hip-Hop Hollywood', 'Monday Night RAW', 'SportsCenter' & More". November 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Monday Cable Ratings: 'Monday Night Football' Wins Night, 'WWE Raw', 'Love & Hip Hop Hollywood', 'Vanderpump Rules' & More". November 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Monday Cable Ratings: 'Monday Night Football' Tops Night + 'Love & Hip Hop Hollywood', 'Monday Night RAW' & More". November 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Monday Cable Ratings: 'Monday Night Football' Wins Night 'WWE Raw', 'Love & Hip Hop Hollywood', 'K. Michelle: My Life', 'Vanderpump Rules' & More". November 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Monday Cable Ratings: 'Monday Night Football' Tops Night + 'Love & Hip-Hop Hollywood', 'SportsCenter' & More". December 3, 2014.
- ↑ Higgins, D. (15 December 2014). "NEW THIS WEEK: The Newsroom finale, The Killing S3, Cordon, Test match cricket and Christmas programs". The Green Room. Foxtel. Retrieved 22 December 2014.