Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
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- Seasons
- 11
- Episodes aired
- 162
- Latest aired
- S11E08
- Total runtime
- 6d 10h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 July 2005 – November 2005 13 episodes
- Season 2 January 2006 – December 2006 20 episodes
- Season 3 January 2007 – December 2007 19 episodes
- Season 4 January 2008 – December 2008 26 episodes
- Season 5 January 2009 – December 2009 23 episodes
- Season 6 January 2010 – January 2011 22 episodes
- Season 7 January 2011 – March 2011 10 episodes
- Season 8 December 2011 – February 2012 11 episodes
- Season 9 August 2012 – September 2012 4 episodes
- the show was away for 9 years and 3 months
- Season 10 January 2022 – February 2022 6 episodes
- Season 11 December 2022 – February 2023 8 episodes
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S10E01 Rodbuster / Galvanizer
January 2 · 60min find the promo
Show synopsis
Mike installs rebar with a team of rodbusters, then he galvanizes steel.
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S10E02 Jellyballer / Epoxy Installer
January 9 · 60min find the promo
Show synopsis
Mike Rowe joins a fourth-generation fisherman's crew in Georgia as they harvest cannonball Jellyfish for food, a trade known as Jellyballing. Then Mike helps a father-son team install epoxy flooring at a restaurant in time for the dinner rush.
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S10E03 Tugboat Fitter / Water Tower
January 16 · 60min find the promo
Show synopsis
Mike visits a ship-building community in Coden, Ala., to learn the ins-and-outs of building a tugboat; he makes a long climb to the top of a dirty water tower in Magee, Miss., to clean inside the tank.
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S10E04 Rock Sucker / Mountain Carver
January 23 · 60min find the promo
Show synopsis
Mike sucks rocks off an industrial roof with a massive vacuum. He then travels to the Black Hills to carve the largest monument in the world: Crazy Horse. Both stories involve several generations working together to pass on their life's ambitions.
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S10E05 Escalator Maintainer / Scorpion Sweeper
January 30 · 60min find the promo
Show synopsis
Mike Rowe crams into a hockey arena's escalator where he scrapes and cleans a special kind of shmutz from the bottom. Then, he and a zoo keeper venture into the hot, treacherous Arizona desert at night to round up neurotoxic stinging scorpions.
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S10E06 Combat Surgeon / Iguana Hunter
February 6 · 60min find the promo
Show synopsis
Mike Rowe trains as a trauma surgeon using hyper-realistic scenarios and specialized equipment to learn under simulated battlefield conditions. He then controls an invasive mess of iguanas which are posing health risks to humans on the Florida coast.