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Amazon Prime Video announced that “Phat Tuesdays” will debut on Feb. 4.

The three-episode docuseries tells of the Comedy Store’s Phat Tuesdays. Comedian Guy Torry founded and hosted the event after the 1992 L.A. riots in order to spotlight Black performers, and ended up launching the careers of several prominent comics. Celebrities including Nick Cannon, Snoop Dogg and Tiffany Haddish will appear in interviews discussing their experiences attending or performing at Phat Tuesdays.

Executive producers include Torry, director Reginald Hudlin, Byron Phillips, Original Productions’ Jeff Hasler, Brian Lovett and Jeff Bumgarner and Grammnet Productions’ Kelsey Grammer and Tom Russo. Co-executive producers include Joshua Firosz and Darren Toon for Original Productions as well as Jordan McMahon for Grammnet Productions.

Also in today’s TV news roundup:

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WarnerMedia’s TruTV released a trailer for Season 2 of reality cooking series “Fast Foodies,” which premieres on Jan. 27 with 12 episodes. “Top Chef” winners...

Prime Video has given a series greenlight to Phat Tuesdays, a docuseries from Guy Torry, creator and host of the famed Phat Tuesday comedy shows at LA’s The Comedy Store, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Reginald Hudlin, Amazon Studios, Original Productions, Phat Tuesday Productions and Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet Productions.

The three-episode docuseries celebrates Torry’s Phat Tuesdays at The Comedy Store, the influential comedy showcase that helped launch the careers of some of the most famous Black comedians in the industry. It’s set to premiere exclusively on Prime Video on Friday, February 4, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Phat Tuesdays is the inspiring story of how a little experiment to help Black comedians following the tragedy of the 1992 LA riots turned into a triumphant must-see experience. The showcase regularly brought together people from all walks of life—icons and ex-cons, stars and starlets, pros and regular joes—for one purpose,...

Exclusive: Jim Belushi is set to light up Discovery with a reality series about his burgeoning cannabis business.

The According To Jim star is to star in Growing Belushi for the Discovery Channel. The series launches on August 19 at 10pm.

Produced by Live Nation Productions, the Gaga: Five Foot Two producer and A Star Is Born co-producer, and Ice Road Truckers producer Original Productions, the show will follow Belushi, his family and farmers as tends to his 93 acre farm along the Rogue River in southern Oregon.

It will also feature appearances from Dan Aykroyd and Judy Belushi, as well as a musical appearance by The Blues Brothers.

Belushi started growing cannabis in 2015 with a 48-plant crop and now has a booming legal cannabis operation, selling brands including Belushi’s Secret Stash and Captain Jack’s Gulzar Afghanica, which became known in the 1970s as the “smell of SNL”.

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In today’s TV News Roundup, Amazon released the trailer for Season 2 of “Homecoming,” and Netflix announced the premiere date for the final episodes of “Fuller House.”

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Netflix has announced that the second half of the fifth and final season of “Fuller House” will debut on the streamer on June 2. The first nine episodes of the season premiered on Dec. 6, 2019 and the final nine lead to a series finale. The show picks up immediately upon DJ (Candace Cameron Bure), Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) and Kimmy’s (Andrea Barber) triple engagement. Jeff Franklin, Thomas L. Miller, Robert L. Boyett, Steve Baldikoski, Bryan Behar and John Stamos serve as executive producers.

CNBC has announced that Season 5 of “Jay Leno’s Garage” will premiere on May 20 at 10 p.m. Upcoming guests include Kelly Clarkson, Matt LeBlanc, Blake Shelton and Norm Macdonald. The series comes from Original Productions, a Fremantle company, and Kit & Kaboodle. Leno,...

Start your engines, please. Although they haven't yet issued a press release, CNBC has renewed its Jay Leno's Garage TV show for a fourth season. While the new installment is expected to premiere this spring, the third season resumed on January 4th. A notorious gearhead, Leno not only hosts Jay Leno's Garage for CNBC, he also executive produces with Philip D. Segal, Sarah Whalen, and Jeff Bumgarner. Read More…...

Looks like Jay Leno still has some gas in the tank. CNBC has renewed the Jay Leno's Garage TV show for a third season. Expect season three to premiere in summer 2017.CNBC says the series explores all things automotive. Leno hosts the show. He also executive produces with Philip D. Segal, Sarah Whalen, and Jeff Bumgarner. Learn more from CNBC, after the jump. Read More…...

CNBC has officially renewed “Jay Leno’s Garage” and “The Filthy Rich Guide” for their respecitve third seasons, the network announced at the Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday. “Jay Leno’s Garage,” hosted by legendary comedian and “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, explores Leno’s obsession with all things automotive. From classic cars to supercars and everything in-between, Leno hits the road to discover the most exciting, weird and wonderful vehicles ever made and meet the passionate people behind their wheels. The series is produced by Original Productions, a FremantleMedia Company, and Kitten Kaboodle, with Leno, Philip D. Segal,...

Ready for more Storage Wars? So it the network from where the series comes! A&E announced that two of its popular reality series are slated for their come backs. Storage Wars and American Hoggers will be back with all new episodes in the month of April.

In Storage Wars a pair of auctioneers team up with some other folks to sell off the abandoned lockers of others, with the spoils going to the highest bidders. When it returns this April, it will mark the series’ fourth season. You can expect, according to Deadline, back-to-back episodes on April 16, with one premiering at 9 Pm, and then following right after at 9:30 Pm.

The show is a popular one on the A&E network, topping A&E’s list for adults 18 to 49. It is also hailed as the “third-most-popular non-fiction show on cable”, this for adults aged 25 to 54. You all like to see loot get taken!

A&E announced today that Storage Wars and American Hoggers will be back next month for new seasons. Storage Wars, the abandoned locker bidding series, returns for a fourth season with back-to-back episodes April 16 at 9 Pm and 9:30 Pm. A big hit for A&E, Storage Wars was the network’s top show last year among adults 18-49 and the third-most-popular non-fiction show on cable adults 25-54. Its Season 3 averaged 4.2 million total viewers. American Hoggers is also back April 16 with dual episodes. Returning for a third season of hog hunter Jerry Campbell and his Texas family, the series will air back-to-back new shows at 10 Pm and 10:30 Pm. Related: A&E Gains 1st Amendment Victory In ‘Storage Wars’ Lawsuit Storage Wars and American Hoggers are produced by Original Productions for A&E. Thom Beers, Philip D. Segal and Jeff Conroy are executive producers for Storage Wars with Jeff Bumgarner co-executive producer.