• Air date: 05 Jan '10 23 episodes
      Dirty Jobs is a program on the Discovery Channel, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television, in which host Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the typical employees. The show premiered with two pilot episodes in November 2003. It returned as a series on July 26, 2005, running for 8 seasons until September 12, 2012. The show's setting was refocused in Australia for the eighth season, advertised as Dirty Jobs Down Under. There is also a European edition of the show, hosted by Danish former goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel. On November 21, 2012, Mike Rowe announced that Discovery Channel had cancelled Dirty Jobs.
  • List of Episodes (23)
    • 1. Animal Control Specialist

      05 Jan '10
      Mike goes to Southern California to handle skunks and other pests as an animal control specialist.
    • 2. Cricket Farmer

      12 Jan '10
      Mike goes to work at a cricket farm in Augusta, Georgia and later becomes a camel rancher at the Oasis Camel Dairy in Ramona, California.
    • 3. Chicken Busters

      19 Jan '10
      Mike goes on the hunt for feral chickens on the streets of Miami.
    • 4. Soo Locks Technician

      26 Jan '10
      Mike goes to Michigan to join up with the 12 maintenance crew.
    • 5. Concrete Finisher

      02 Feb '10
      Mike creates some concrete counter-tops and fire pits in Moss Landing, California and then reminisces about the scariest job he's ever done.
    • 6. Bone Black

      09 Feb '10
      Mike visits a bone black plant in Michigan and then talks about his five dirtiest jobs.
    • 7. Tight Spaces 2

      16 Feb '10
      Mike reminisces about jobs where he had to work in tight spaces, including the time he cleaned the inside of a buoy, his adventure in an abandoned mine, and an insulation application assignment beneath a home.
    • 8. Crew Unemployment

      23 Feb '10
      With a hiatus looming, Mike tries to secure employment for the "Dirty Jobs" crew and reflects on their contributions.
    • 9. The Dirty Truth

      14 Jun '10
      A special episode which looks back at previous episodes as Mike offers employment tips he’s learned over the years.
    • 10. Exotic Nanny

      19 Oct '10
      Mike visits a Texas ranch that breeds exotic animals like sloths, lemurs, camels, and bearcats.
    • 11. Wetland Warrior

      26 Oct '10
      Mike tries to evade and outsmart a team of bloodhounds while posing as a stand-in fugitive in Texas. Also, Mike takes on non-native, invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
    • 12. Sea Lamprey Exterminator

      02 Nov '10
      Mike helps the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in battling the sea lamprey population that threatens the fishing industry of the Great Lakes. Also, Mike makes meat gel to feed fish in Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino's shark reef aquarium.
    • 13. Animal Relocator

      09 Nov '10
      Mike visits an old-fashioned corn mill in De Kalb, Miss. Also, Mike helps relocate a pair of exotic deer in Wills Point, Texas.
    • 14. Asphalt Paver

      04 Jan '11
      Mike learns how to install a lightning rod on a home in Lucedale, Miss.
    • 15. Woolen Mill Operator

      21 Nov '10
      Mikes learns how to make yarn from fleece and waxes hair off of his friend at a day spa.
    • 16. Pinsetter Mechanic

      23 Nov '10
      Mike visits a bowling center in Fremont, Cal. and at the request of a fan turns the spotlight on his cameraman.
    • 17. Bug Detective

      28 Nov '10
      Mike visits a forensic entomology lab where he helps inspect pig carcasses for maggots and other insects.
    • 18. Horse Tester

      30 Nov '10
      Mike goes to Ketucky to learn about race horse nutrition. That involves collecting the horse's vital statistic from it's blood, poop and pee. Fortunately there are plenty of flies to distract Mike while he prepares the samples.
    • 19. Custom Meat Processor

      07 Dec '10
      Mike works with a falconer to chase birds away. Then Mike butchers a cow from the hoof clear through to steaks.
    • 20. Dirty Holidays

      14 Dec '10
    • 21. Dirty Conversation

      21 Dec '10
      Mike Rowe takes a look at never-before-seen footage featuring unusual, skewed and quirky conversations Mike has had with a colorful array of characters.
    • 22. Date Palm Pollinator

      28 Dec '10
      Mike answers viewer mail and pollinates date palm trees in Palm Springs.
    • 23. Dirty DNA

      08 Mar '11