Amazon Announces November 18 Premiere Date for 'The Grand Tour'
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May are heading to Amazon in November.
Amazon has revealed a premiere date for its new original series, 'The Grand Tour.' The show will premiere exclusively through Amazon Prime on November 18, with new episodes arriving every Friday for a total of 12 weeks.
"Customers have been desperate to find out when they can watch their favorite team back on screen, so we are very excited to announce the launch date of one of the most globally anticipated shows of 2016," said
The first episode of The Grand Tour will feature Jeremy, James and Richard in their first studio tent recording in California, which is being filmed later this month. Jeremy, Richard and James have committed to three series of 'The Grand Tour' as part of a landmark global TV deal and for the last year, the team have been traveling the world filming this first series in exciting locations across the globe. Their Grand Tour also includes studio audience recordings filmed in front of a live audience in their giant traveling tent. The team has already brought the tent to Johannesburg and will be heading to California later this month. Stay tuned for more worldwide tent locations, coming soon.
Other upcoming Amazon shows include 'Transparent' season three on September 23, Woody Allen's 'Crisis in Six Scenes' on September 30, and 'The Man in the High Castle' season two on December 16. Likewise, the studio also recently released its 2016 Comedy Pilot Lineup, announced a new series titled 'Britannia' for 2017, started development on 'Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,' greenlit a 13 episode documentary series called 'American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story,' announced an additional docuseries titled 'Novak' about tennis player Novak Djokovic, revealed plans to develop a series inspired by 'The Departed,' and renewed 'Catastrophe' for a third and fourth season scheduled for 2017 and 2018 respectively.
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