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Dirty Jobs

PRIMETIME EMMYS® 2X nominee in 2010
Host Mike Rowe offers an unflinching look at American men and women who make their living doing the most unthinkable, but vital, jobs.
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  1. S1 E4 - Chinatown Garbage Collector
    July 25, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe braves shark-infested waters as he lends a hand to a shark biologist. Then he assumes the responsibilities of a garbage collector in San Francisco's Chinatown and takes on the role of an auto mechanic and engine stripper in New York.
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  2. S1 E5 - Sewer Inspector
    August 1, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe steps into the shoes of a sewer inspector in San Francisco and enlists a disaster clean-up crew after a Brooklyn toilet explodes from a sewer backup. He then joins up with a demolition company where he works as part of a deconstruction crew.
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  3. S1 E6 - Pig Farmer
    August 8, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe steps into the shoes of a pig farmer where he faces the challenges of feeding and cleaning up after hundreds of dirty pigs. Then he helps clean up the streets of New York, one piece of gum at a time and removes pigeon poop from a hospital.
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  4. S1 E7 - Chick Sexer
    August 15, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe sorts boy chicks from girl chicks at the Murray McMurray Hatchery. Then he joins forces with a Vermont brewing company to learn the art of making great-tasting beer and discovers how dirty catching and shucking oysters really is.
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  5. S1 E8 - Vexcon
    August 22, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe joins exterminators in their war against rats and bugs. After crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay, Mike learns the fascinating art of shelling crabs. As a blacksmith farrier, Mike makes horseshoes out of raw steel and attempts to shoe a horse.
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  6. S1 E9 - Sludge Cleaner
    November 20, 2003
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe works with surfboard-shaper Matt Barker and masters shaping a surfboard from Styrofoam. Then he steps into the shoes of a honey-bee farmer and goes into a greasy pit of sludge with an environmental company that recycles the gunky grime.
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  7. S1 E10 - Hot Tar Roofer
    September 26, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets filthy dirty as he tackles the profession of hot tar roofing a church rooftop that needs to be replaced. Then, Mike learns how to move a sixty-ton house down the street.
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  8. S1 E11 - Ostrich Farmer
    November 13, 2003
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty on a Hawaiian coffee bean plantation, learns how to nurse an injured sea lion pup back to health and works as an ostrich farmer in the California desert.
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  9. S1 E12 - Cheese Maker
    October 10, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe gets a taste of what it's like to work as a zookeeper at the San Francisco Zoo. He then teams up with Vermont cheesemakers to learn how to turn four-thousand gallons of milk into world-famous cheese and mixes volcanic-ash mud baths.
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  10. S1 E13 - Shrimper
    October 17, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe climbs aboard a shrimp boat to help determine this year's shrimping season. Then he goes to America's largest swamp to team up with a man who catches crawfish for a living, and finally, he sorts and organizes thousands of tires.
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  11. S1 E14 - Bio-Diesel-Man
    October 24, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe steps into the shoes of a cob-home builder and teams up with the Bee man to evict a swarm of angry bees hidden inside a church building. He then recovers grease at a Mexican restaurant and learns to convert cooking oil into gasoline alternative.
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  12. S1 E15 - Micro Algae Man
    October 31, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe teams up with a pet groomer and is responsible for preparing special outfits prior to their departure. Then he works at a Hawaiian pharmaceutical plant that specializes in growing green algae and gets dirty at a charcoal factory.
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  13. S1 E16 - Chimney Sweeper
    November 7, 2005
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe learns the tricks of the trade at the Chimney Sweeping Safety Institute. Then he travels to Canada to dive into the frigid water for logs that will be made into expensive furniture and is hired by a scrap metal recycling plant to sort cans.
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  14. S1 E17 - Avian Vomitologist
    January 9, 2006
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike travels the country, lending a helping hand at the Colorado marble quarry. Then he collects owl vomit for science teachers around the world before wrangling cows and learning how to palpitate one to check for pregnancy.
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  15. S1 E18 - Turkey Farmer
    January 16, 2006
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe examines the short lives of turkeys as they make their way from farm to sandwich. Then, Mike heads to a farm to dig in the dirt for colorful taters that will revolutionize fries and works at a sewage treatment plant.
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  16. S1 E19 - Alligator Farmer
    January 23, 2006
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike visits one of the dirtiest places on Earth, a sugar mill. Then the firefighters teach Mike how to light a building on fire, put it out and then do the real dirty work -- overhauling, and Mike visits a menacing alligator farm.
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  17. S1 E20 - Mushroom Farmer
    March 6, 2006
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe mixes horse manure and soiled straw to make mushrooms, cleans rat-infested storm drains in Los Angeles and makes shower drains in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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  18. S1 E21 - Plumber
    March 13, 2006
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike reunites with a catfish noodler for some backbreaking plumbing. Then he blends specialty drilling-mud at a synthetic mud company and rolls his sleeves for more oil drilling with roughnecks.
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  19. S1 E22 - Termite Controller
    March 20, 2006
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike steps into the shoes of a concrete spreader for some curbside and sidewalk foundation. Then he reunites with an exterminator crew to wage war against millions of termites that have attacked a local church and chips concrete out of giant mixers.
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  20. S1 E23 - Casino Food Recycler
    June 12, 2006
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty in Las Vegas as he goes behind the scenes of the world famous Lance Burton Magic Show. Then he joins forces with a Las Vegas pig farmer that has found an ingenious way to recycle leftovers.
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  21. S1 E24 - Parade Float Dismantler
    June 19, 2006
    42min
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    Mike Rowe masters the art of turning coal into coke. Then he joins forces with a professional oyster shucker before facing his fear of parades when he is hired on at a company that is responsible for dismantling floats from the Tournament of Roses Parade.
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  22. S1 E25 - Garbage Pit Technician
    June 26, 2006
    42min
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    Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty operating an antique printing press. Then, he joins forces with the largest terracotta manufacturer in the US and teams up with a group of garbage collectors converting trash into electricity.
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  23. S1 E26 - Mike's Day Off
    March 2, 2009
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe challenges his bosses to see if they have what it takes to get dirty. The two executive producers responsible for sending Mike out to the dirtiest jobs around the country attempt a dirty job of their own.
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  24. S1 E27 - Skull Cleaner
    November 20, 2003
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike Rowe helps keep trains on track, then links Boudin sausage, a southern delicacy that's no treat to make. Finally, he rolls up his sleeves to clean animal skulls and bones before they are put on display.
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  25. S1 E28 - Geoduck Farmer
    November 13, 2003
    42min
    TV-14
    Mike finds himself waist deep in mud as he harvests clams in the cold waters of Puget Sound. Then he gets dirty to preserve the environment in the Santa Monica Mountains and helps restore a Philadelphia church's antique pipe organ.
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Violencefoul language
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Producers
Mike RoweDavid M. BarskyCraig PiligianEdward BarbiniMichel PatzerEdward RohwedderTessa TreadwayMary Bess WalkerHeath BanksJared Bushansky
Cast
Mike Rowe
Studio
discovery plus Adventure
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