Season three of comedy Tacoma FD premieres on TruTV Sept. 16. Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme star and executive produce.

The show is set in a firehouse in a rainy city. The firefighters entertain each other, and themselves, with creative competitions, first-responder rivalries and bizarre emergency calls. 

Heffernan plays Chief Terry McConky and Lemme portrays Captain Eddie Penisi. Marcus Henderson, Eugene Cordero, Gabriel Hogan and Hassie Harrison are also in the cast. 

Tacoma FD is executive produced by Heffernan and Lemme alongside David Miner and Greg Walter from 3 Arts Entertainment. Inman Young and Savey Cathey executive produce for A24 Studios.

TruTV is part of WarnerMedia.

TruTV has picked up a third season of its comedy series Tacoma FD, part of several programming announcements the network made Wednesday during WarnerMedia’s TCA virtual press tour event.

The series, which stars Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme, will return with a 13-episode third season, said the network. The show’s second season to date has reached some 11 million viewers, said truTV.

“We couldn’t be more proud of the work this team has achieved season after season” said Brett Weitz, general manager of TBS, TNT, and truTV in a statement. “With Tacoma FD’s fanbase continuing to grow, the show is a huge success story for us, and we can’t wait to see what kind of Station 24 shenanigans Kevin, Steve, and the incredible cast come up with next.”

The network also announced an expansion of its Impractical Jokers franchise across  WarnerMedia’s cable and streaming platforms.

Along with resuming production on season nine of the comedy series, the company has ordered a third season of TBS’s The Misery Index -- which features the stars of Impractical Jokers -- and has set a Sept. 1 date for the premiere of Impractical Jokers: The Movie on streaming service HBO Max.

“The Impractical Jokers franchise continues to deliver each and every time,” said Weitz. “The plan is continue to grow their business from an incredibly solid foundation and deliver to a passionate fanbase that’s second to none.”

TruTV said it has renewed Tacoma FD for a third season and has ordered 13 new episodes of the comedy series.

Brett Weitz, the general manager of AT&T’s TBS, TNT and truTV surprised the cast by announcing the renewal during an episode of Talkoma FD that will air Thursday.

Meanwhile, TBS has picked up season 3 of The Misery Index, which features the cast of truTV’s Impractical Jokers and is hosted by Jameela Jamil.

truTV is doubling down on the jokers, renewing Impractical Jokers for season 9 of Impractical Jokers and ordering  new episodes of Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party.

Another AT&T channel, HBO Max, will be streaming the premier of Impractical Jokers: The Movie on Sept. 1.

“The Impractical Jokers franchise continues to deliver each and every time,” said Weitz. “The plan is continue to grow their business from an incredibly solid foundation and deliver to a passionate fanbase that’s second to none.”

TruTV says that Tacoma FD grew season-over-season and is among ad-supported cable’s top five comedy series.

“We couldn’t be more proud of the work this team has achieved season after season” said Weitz. ““With Tacoma FD’s fanbase continuing to grow, the show is a huge success story for us, and we can’t wait to see what kind of Station 24 shenanigans Kevin, Steve, and the incredible cast come up with next.”

Tacoma FD stars co-creators Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme. 

“I'm incredibly excited -- mostly because I get to watch Kevin begin his arduous, six-month mustache-growing process,” said Lemme. “He only has 12 hair holes in his upper lip, so it takes some time.”

Tacoma FD is executive produced by Heffernan and Lemme alongside David Miner and Greg Walter from 3 Arts Entertainment.

Impractical Jokers is produced by NorthSouth Productions with Charlie DeBevoise, Pete McPartland Jr., Gatto, Murray, Quinn and Vulcano serving as executive producers.

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting the week of March 23 to March 29 on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

March 23 -- Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (movie) -- Acorn TV

March 24 -- Dark Side Of the Ring (returning series) -- Vice TV

March 24 -- One Day At A Time (returning series) -- Pop

March 25 -- Crip Camp (documentary) -- Netflix

March 26 -- Behind Her Faith (documentary) -- UMC

March 26 -- Tacoma FD (returning series) -- truTV

March 27 -- Making the Cut (reality competition) -- Prime Video

March 27 -- Ozark (drama) -- Netflix (pictured)

March 27 -- Uncorked (drama) -- Netflix

March 27 -- Vagrant Queen (sci-fi) -- Syfy

March 28 -- Danger Force (family) -- Nickelodeon

March 29 -- Beef House (comedy) -- Adult Swim

March 29 -- Three Busy Debras (comedy) -- Adult Swim

March 29 -- Vice (returning series) -- Showtime 

Season two of Tacoma FD starts on truTV March 26. Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan play firefighters in rainy Tacoma, Washington. The creator pair said they hear from plenty of first responders who dig the show. “We are told it’s the most accurate firefighter show on television,” said Lemme. “There’s plenty of hijinks and comedy.”

Well-regarded comedies today tilt toward dramedies, but Tacoma FD sticks to the yuks. “We create a world that people want to hang out in,” said Heffernan.

The season has 13 episodes, after season one had 10. Heffernan sees it as a vote of confidence from truTV. “I think it was a test run last season,” he said, “and we passed the test.”

Joe Pantoliano guest stars. The season’s highlight? Heffernan “shaking his tail feather,” said Lemme, in a salsa lesson. “It’s an incredible dance sequence,” he added. Noted Heffernan, “I will tell you — things go awry.”

Home Before Dark is on Apple TV+ April 3. It’s based on the gumshoe endeavors of Hilde Lysiak (see Review, page 8). When she was 9, Lysiak broke the news about a murder in her neighborhood in her Orange Street News. “From that moment on, for her it was, this is who I am, and this is what I have to do with my life,” said Dana Fox, showrunner/executive producer.

The series is far more than a “plucky little girl who solves crimes,” said Fox. “She takes the job of finding the truth very seriously.”

Brooklynn Prince plays Hilde. Fox called her “a complete revelation.”

Home Before Dark is a bingeable mystery, said Fox, and fun for the whole family. She compares it to watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Goonies with her family as a girl. “You see exciting, wonderful, scary things,” she said. “And at the end of the day, you’re OK.”

Fowl Play on Disney XD

On April 4, it’s season three of DuckTales on Disney XD. The Duck family embarks on a globetrotting hunt for the world’s greatest lost artifacts. Huey, Dewey and Louie work side by side this season.

“We never had a season where the whole family shares a goal,” co-executive producer Francisco Angones said of them taking on Fiendish Organization for World Larceny (F.O.W.L.).

Danny Pudi voices Huey, Ben Schwartz handles Dewey and Bobby Moynihan is Louie. Exec producer Matt Youngberg said each actor puts his own stamp on his duck. “Each has such a distinct voice, but they meld so well together,” he said.

Youngberg and Angones said it’s the characters that keep viewers watching DuckTales. “Once viewers have emotional resonance with the characters,” Youngberg said, “they want to see what happens to them.”

The last season debut of HBO’s Emmy award-winning series Veep headlines a busy week of show premieres.

The sixth and final season of the multi-Emmy winning series Veep, which stars Julia Louise Dreyfus as politician Selina Meyer, debuts March 31 with seven episodes, according to HBO.

New series premiering this week include Fx’s vampire-themed mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows (March 27) and Prime Video’s Hanna (March 29).

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several other shows debuting this week on cable networks and streaming services:

March 25 -- Knightfall (drama series) -- History

March 25 -- One Nation Under Stress (documentary) -- HBO

March 25 -- Jesus: His Life (documentary series) -- History

March 27 -- Happy (comedy series) -- Syfy

March 28 -- Tacoma FD (comedy) -- truTV

March 29 -- Osmosis (sci-fi/drama) -- Netflix

March 31 -- Barry (comedy) -- HBO

TruTV will add a new scripted series and two pilot shows to its growing list of scripted comedy programming, the network announced Wednesday.

The new series, Tacoma FD, is produced by and stars Super Troopers co-creators Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme, and follows the antics of firehouse members in the wettest city in America, according to network officials.

The series joins the network’s lineup of original programming including such shows as At Home with Amy Sedaris, I’m Sorry and Those Who Can’t.

“We’ve reached a point in our illustrious four-year history as a comedy network where we have a fully-balanced portfolio, proven results and are firing on all cylinders,” said Chris Linn, president of truTV in a statement. “Our mix of returning hits, new series, plus scripted and unscripted formats in development, and a wholly-owned library of originals gives us a distinct advantage in the marketplace. Against all odds and in a challenging landscape, truTV continues to deliver premium experiences for our fans and our advertising partners, and combined with our all-in commitment to reduced commercials, we plan to keep raising the bar.”

In addition, truTV announced two pilot series, including a comedic medical advice show created by Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken) and an animated project from comedian Jo Koy dubbed This Functional Family, said the network.