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Jay Leno's Garage is an American web and television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars and motorbikes starring Jay Leno, the former host of The Tonight Show. Originally a web series for NBC.com, a special aired on CNBC in August 2014 and the show became a weekly prime-time series on the channel in 2015.
The show's second season premiered on June 15, 2016, followed by season three which debuted on June 28, 2017 and had total of 16 episodes. The fourth season began airing on April 19, 2018.
Leno does car and motorcycle reviews on classic cars, super cars like the McLaren P1, restored cars, vintage and sports cars. Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage is located in Burbank, California, near Hollywood Burbank Airport. In 2016, the show won a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class – Short- Format Nonfiction Program".
On April 16, 2019, it was announced that the fifth season would premiere on August 28, 2019. Starting on April 15, 2020, CNBC started airing new compilation episodes with new commentary by Leno as well as new segments. The second half of season 5 debuted on May 20, 2020.
The series featured the final television appearance of Norm Macdonald before his death in September 2021.
The series was cancelled in January 2023 after seven seasons.
