Dirty Jobs
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| Starring | Mike Rowe |
| Opening theme | "We Care A Lot" by Faith No More (Seasons 1, 3-7) by Matt Koskenmaki (Season 2) |
| Composer(s) |
David Vanacore (Vanacore Music) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 169 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 40–44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Pilgrim Films & Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Discovery Channel |
| Original release | November 7, 2003 (pilot) July 26, 2005 – September 12, 2012 |
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| Website | |
| Production website | |
Dirty Jobs is a TV series on the Discovery Channel in which host Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the typical employees. The show, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television, premiered with three pilot episodes in November 2003. It returned as a series on July 26, 2005, running for eight 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 former Manchester United and Denmark goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel.
On November 21, 2012, Rowe announced that Discovery Channel had cancelled Dirty Jobs. In 2014, Rowe announced that CNN had picked up Somebody's Gotta Do It, starring him and featuring many of the Dirty Jobs crew.
The series was nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys: 3 for Outstanding Reality Program, which Rowe was nominated for as a producer, and 2 for Cinematography.
A worker or team of workers takes on Rowe as a fully involved assistant for a typical work day, working hard to complete every task as best he can despite discomfort, hazards, or repulsive situations - and, at times, all three. The Dirty Jobs crew, including field producer Dave Barsky, cameramen Doug Glover, Troy Paff, and Dan Eggiman, and audio technician Josh Atkins, often get just as dirty as Rowe does. Rowe frequently takes on-camera jabs at Dave Barsky, regarding Barsky's penchant for setting up scenes where Rowe will encounter the most dangerous or dirty part of the job in order to get a great camera shot; indeed, the entire crew frequently joke and prank each other on-camera, for example, when a safety officer finishes going over the rules and regulations for the Billboard Installer job in the third season (the safety officer asks Rowe to sign a release, which he does while mock-voicing the words he signs: "Dave...Barsky..."), or attempting to film Troy defecating in the woods.
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