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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
19 July 2005 (USA) more
Tagline:
I can smell it now.
Plot:
Host Mike Rowe takes a look at different dirty jobs with a hands on approach. The show tackles everything from pigeon feces removal to household clean up after a sewer back up.
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. more
User Comments:
Forget "Survivor" or "The Apprentice" - THIS is reality TV. more (17 total)

Cast

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Mike Rowe ... Himself - Host / ... (113 episodes, 2005-2009)
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Series Produced by
Edward Barbini .... executive producer (111 episodes, 2005-2009)
David M. Barsky .... field producer / producer / ... (111 episodes, 2005-2009)
Craig Piligian .... executive producer (111 episodes, 2005-2009)
Mike Rowe .... co-producer / producer / ... (111 episodes, 2005-2009)
Edward Rohwedder .... supervising producer (98 episodes, 2005-2009)
Michel Patzer .... story producer / segment producer (80 episodes, 2005-2009)
Heath Banks .... producer / line producer (77 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jared Bushansky .... post producer (73 episodes, 2005-2008)
Mary Bess Walker .... story producer / segment producer (65 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jennifer Bastable .... associate producer (52 episodes, 2005-2009)
Gena McCarthy .... executive producer: Discovery Channel (52 episodes, 2005-2009)
Dayna McTavish .... associate producer (33 episodes, 2007-2008)
Brett Boydstun .... line producer (32 episodes, 2005-2007)
Mary Donahue .... executive producer: Discovery Channel / (for Discovery Channel / ... (30 episodes, 2007-2008)
Leigh Purinton .... producer (29 episodes, 2008-2009)
Cynthia Tan .... associate producer: Discovery Channel (28 episodes, 2005-2007)
Suzy Geller-Wolf .... executive producer: Discovery Channel / (executive producer for Discovery Channel (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Kristine Raia .... associate producer (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Scott Popjes .... supervising producer (17 episodes, 2008-2009)
April Marie Broyles .... associate producer: Discovery Channel / associate producer (16 episodes, 2005-2007)
Mary Stephens .... coordinating producer: Discovery Channel (15 episodes, 2008-2009)
Meagan Davis .... coordinating producer: Discovery Channel (14 episodes, 2008-2009)
Melanie Alessa .... story producer (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Kathleen Hunkele .... associate producer: Discovery Channel / (associate producer for Discovery Channel / ... (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Kenitra Ford .... producer: Discovery Channel / producer (11 episodes, 2008)
Ira Leonard .... story producer (11 episodes, 2009)
Eric Mazer .... field producer (10 episodes, 2005)
John Scott III .... producer / line producer (10 episodes, 2008-2009)
Greg Tillman .... field producer (8 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tara Hunter .... (for Discovery Channel (7 episodes, 2007-2008)
Margit Ritz .... story producer (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ellen Lichtenstein .... producer: Discovery Channel (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
Tim Pastore .... executive producer: Discovery Channel (5 episodes, 2009)
Jonathan Bourne .... producer (4 episodes, 2005-2006)
Amanda Ross .... associate producer (3 episodes, 2008)
Tessa Treadway .... post producer (3 episodes, 2008)
Meghan Brennen .... story producer (3 episodes, 2009)
Amber Mike .... associate producer (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
 
Series Original Music by
David Vanacore (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
 
Series Cinematography by
Doug Glover (94 episodes, 2005-2009)
Troy Paff (11 episodes, 2006-2008)
Adam Sampson (4 episodes, 2007-2008)
 
Series Film Editing by
Charles Oestreicher (66 episodes, 2005-2009)
Patrick M. Crawford (53 episodes, 2005-2009)
Michelle Daricek (50 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jeff Sielaff (40 episodes, 2005-2009)
Stephen Erkel (32 episodes, 2007-2009)
Paul Le (16 episodes, 2007-2009)
Patrick Williams (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Richard Leeman (9 episodes, 2006-2008)
Gary Edgren (6 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ann Marie Sisco (5 episodes, 2006-2008)
Bryan Kregg (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Eve Bregman (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Scott Boyd (2 episodes, 2006)
Joshua Altman (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Heather Miglin (2 episodes, 2008)
Andrew Pierce (2 episodes, 2009)
 
Series Production Design by
Teresa Bruckbauer (1 episode, 2007)
 
Series Art Direction by
M. Scot Moses (1 episode, 2009)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Leslie Hyman (1 episode, 2007)
Toby A. Boyer (1 episode, 2009)
 
Series Production Management
Syndi Dreher .... production manager: Discovery Channel / production manager (109 episodes, 2005-2009)
Tessa Treadway .... post-production supervisor / post-producer (107 episodes, 2005-2009)
Kathleen Burns Rohr .... vice president in charge of production / executive in charge of production (92 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jane Root .... executive in charge of production: Discovery Channel / general manager: Discovery Channel (60 episodes, 2005-2008)
Brett Boydstun .... executive in charge of production (46 episodes, 2006-2008)
John B. Ford .... executive in charge of production: Discovery Channel (43 episodes, 2008-2009)
Tom Shannon .... production manager (39 episodes, 2005-2007)
Jared Bushansky .... director in charge of post production / post-production manager (33 episodes, 2005-2009)
Heath Banks .... executive in charge of production (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Leigh Purinton .... executive in charge of production (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kari Hobson .... post-production supervisor (2 episodes, 2005)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Bradley .... assistant director (1 episode, 2007)
Morgan Elam .... assistant director (1 episode, 2007)
Myna Gill .... second assistant director (1 episode, 2007)
Mike Murphy .... director (1 episode, 2008)
 
Series Art Department
Jennifer Bash .... art department coordinator (1 episode, 2007)
Dan Eggiman .... art department (1 episode, 2007)
Kevin Farnsworth .... art department (1 episode, 2007)
Emmet Grennan .... construction coordinator (1 episode, 2007)
Tom Holzhauer .... set dresser (1 episode, 2007)
Pete Ibarra .... art department (1 episode, 2007)
James Magnum .... art department (1 episode, 2007)
Charlie Nguyen .... art department (1 episode, 2007)
Derek Riley .... art department (1 episode, 2007)
Brady Spindel .... art department (1 episode, 2007)
Codi Barbini .... assistant art director (1 episode, 2009)
Steel Msk .... graffiti artist (1 episode, 2009)
 
Series Sound Department
Nick Pierone .... sound post-production / sound re-recording mixer / ... (85 episodes, 2005-2009)
Christopher Jones .... sound (53 episodes, 2007-2009)
Chris Whiteneck .... sound mixer / audio (43 episodes, 2005-2009)
Justin Wikke .... dialogue editor / prelay audio (43 episodes, 2008-2009)
Danika Benton .... dialogue editor / prelay audio / ... (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Rhea Meyers .... sound mixer / sound (18 episodes, 2005-2007)
Ed Thacker .... sound re-recording mixer (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kristine Raia .... tape operator (11 episodes, 2008-2009)
Monroe Cummings .... sound (9 episodes, 2007-2008)
Paul S. Shapiro .... sound mixer / audio (9 episodes, 2007-2008)
Cyril Plouviez .... sound mixer (8 episodes, 2005)
Jorge Montijo .... sound re-recording mixer (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Stanley Kastner .... post-production sound / sound re-recording mixer (6 episodes, 2005-2006)
Shawn Loesser .... sound (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Decker Watson .... sound supervisor (2 episodes, 2007)
Justin Harvey .... sound (2 episodes, 2008)
 
Series Special Effects by
Toby Sells .... special effects makeup (1 episode, 2007)
 
Series Visual Effects by
Jeremy Jones .... post production assistant (1 episode, 2008)
Joey Scott .... post production assistant (1 episode, 2008)
 
Series Camera and Electrical Department
Troy Paff .... camera operator (86 episodes, 2005-2009)
Dan Eggiman .... assistant camera / camera operator: behind the scenes / ... (41 episodes, 2008-2009)
Chris Whiteneck .... camera operator (28 episodes, 2007-2009)
Stephen Robinson .... camera operator / assistant camera (9 episodes, 2007-2008)
Carston Bell .... aerial camera operator / aerial director of photography (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Cliff Allen .... assistant camera (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ryan Walsh .... assistant camera (7 episodes, 2009)
Georgia Court .... camera operator (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Greg Davis .... camera operator (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Alex Garcia .... camera operator (3 episodes, 2008)
Robert Newman .... camera operator (2 episodes, 2005-2008)
Dawson Childers .... assistant camera (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
 
Series Editorial Department
Jonathan Montemayor .... finishing editor: HD / assistant editor / ... (78 episodes, 2005-2009)
John Gehrke .... assistant editor (53 episodes, 2007-2009)
Rod Decker .... on-line editor / finishing editor: HD (44 episodes, 2005-2009)
Miguel Camargo .... finishing editor: HD / on-line editor (40 episodes, 2007-2009)
Brittany Sheetz .... assistant editor (37 episodes, 2007-2009)
Claudia Chandler .... assistant editor (32 episodes, 2005-2006)
Jeff Seidman .... assistant editor (29 episodes, 2008-2009)
Aleks Dankers .... assistant editor (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Joel Salazar .... on-line editor (22 episodes, 2005-2006)
Paul Le .... assistant editor (21 episodes, 2006-2007)
Alan R. Baxter .... assistant editor (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
David Broadbent .... on-line editor (10 episodes, 2005-2007)
Hannah Smith .... assistant editor (10 episodes, 2007)
Karen Rasch .... assistant editor (9 episodes, 2005-2007)
Jason Le .... assistant editor (8 episodes, 2006-2007)
Cameron Soper .... assistant editor (8 episodes, 2007-2008)
Rob Kraut .... assistant editor (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Doug Mendoza .... post-production coordinator (7 episodes, 2006-2007)
Dana Sullivan .... assistant editor (6 episodes, 2005-2006)
Tracy Brimner .... post-production coordinator (6 episodes, 2005)
David Pleasant .... finishing editor: HD / on-line editor (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Chris Rhodes .... assistant editor (5 episodes, 2009)
Jeremy Segal .... assistant editor (4 episodes, 2008)
Gerrad A. Holtz .... finishing editor: HD / on-line editor (3 episodes, 2005-2008)
Daniel Warner .... on-line editor (3 episodes, 2006)
Anthony J. Camaioni .... assistant editor (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jared Bushansky .... director of post-production (3 episodes, 2008)
Andrew Zoeller .... on-line editor (2 episodes, 2005)
Terence Curren .... on-line editor (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
 
Series Music Department
John Nooney .... composer: additional music (71 episodes, 2005-2008)
 
Series Other crew
Karin Murphey .... assistant accountant (110 episodes, 2005-2009)
Colleen Kelly .... production coordinator (85 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jeff Thieme .... assistant to producers / executive coordinator (74 episodes, 2005-2008)
Susan Pieroni .... assistant to producers / production office coordinator / ... (73 episodes, 2005-2008)
Mike Rowe .... original concept by (65 episodes, 2007-2009)
Adam Bradley .... field coordinator (61 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jessica Smith .... assistant to producers / executive coordinator (61 episodes, 2005-2008)
Lauren Hoban .... assistant to producer / production office coordinator (60 episodes, 2007-2009)
Evan Clementin .... director of operations / operations manager (48 episodes, 2005-2007)
Chaz Morgan .... production office coordinator (39 episodes, 2005-2009)
Brett Boydstun .... vice president: finance & operations (34 episodes, 2008-2009)
John Gehrke .... production assistant (33 episodes, 2005-2007)
Ira Leonard .... field coordinator / production assistant (33 episodes, 2007-2009)
Mike Machin .... titles (32 episodes, 2005-2006)
Benito Ornelas .... production assistant (32 episodes, 2008-2009)
Michel Patzer .... segment producer (31 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kathleen Burns Rohr .... vice president of production (26 episodes, 2006-2007)
Cynthia Garcia .... production coordinator (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Saralyn Wilhelmi .... researcher (25 episodes, 2008-2009)
Tom Kauffman .... production assistant (24 episodes, 2008-2009)
Greg Hairfield .... production coordinator / production office coordinator (22 episodes, 2006-2008)
Sarah King .... production coordinator (22 episodes, 2007-2008)
Earvin Piega .... production assistant / post production coordinator (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kim Kroonenburg .... executive coordinator (21 episodes, 2007-2009)
Meagan Davis .... senior production coordinator: Discovery Channel (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Don Piega .... production assistant (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Randa Cardwell .... segment producer (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Erin Weller .... field coordinator (18 episodes, 2007-2009)
James Vasquez .... production assistant (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Matthew Devahl .... production office coordinator (17 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ryan Walsh .... production assistant (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Margit Ritz .... segment producer (15 episodes, 2008)
Will Hathaway .... production assistant / field coordinator (14 episodes, 2005-2006)
Cameron Tang .... production assistant (14 episodes, 2008-2009)
Stephanie Bowen .... production assistant (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Rosie Charbonneau .... executive coordinator (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Lauren Macmillan .... assistant to producers (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Doug Staffield .... production assistant (13 episodes, 2008)
Greg Brandon .... field coordinator (12 episodes, 2008-2009)
Nikki Hedlund .... segment producer (12 episodes, 2008-2009)
Johnny Gould .... vice president programming and business development (12 episodes, 2009)
Stephenie Hill .... senior production coordinator: Discovery / senior production coordinator (12 episodes, 2009)
Gretchen Stockdale .... vice president and general counsel / vice president and General Counsel (12 episodes, 2009)
India Love .... finance manager (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Crystal Harrell .... clearance coordinator (10 episodes, 2005)
Spencer Rosenberg .... director of operations (10 episodes, 2005)
Peter Welsh .... operations manager (10 episodes, 2006)
Jeremy Jones .... production assistant (10 episodes, 2007-2008)
Victoria Kelso .... accounting clerk (8 episodes, 2005)
Aaron Fitzgerald .... aerial coordinator (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Aurore Barry .... production assistant (8 episodes, 2008)
Aleks Dankers .... production assistant (7 episodes, 2008)
Joey Scott .... production assistant (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jack Mendoza .... production coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Jacob Shelton .... production assistant (6 episodes, 2008)
Kathleen Clifford .... production assistant (6 episodes, 2009)
Gena McCarthy .... svp of production and development: Discovery Channel (5 episodes, 2009)
Meghan Brennan .... segment producer (4 episodes, 2009)
Gabriel Rivera .... production assistant / assistant post coordinator (4 episodes, 2009)
Cooper Parsons .... production assistant (3 episodes, 2008)
Teresa Tubera .... segment producer (3 episodes, 2008)
Kim Daniels .... research assistant (2 episodes, 2006)
Krissy Wolff .... logger (2 episodes, 2007)
Majorie Lewis .... segment producer (2 episodes, 2008)
 
Series Thanks
Robert Barber .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2005)
Nancy Hadley .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2005)
Jack London .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2005)
Linda Nako .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2005)
Mary Prince .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2005)
Mary Ann Herrera .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Robert Reed .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Bill Weber .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Lisa Sonnier .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2006)
Rocky Sonnier .... special thanks (2 episodes, 2006)
 

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Mike Rowe: [to a guy he's working with] A man who deliberately covers himself in poo is not sexy. more
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48 out of 49 people found the following comment useful.
Forget "Survivor" or "The Apprentice" - THIS is reality TV., 17 September 2005
Author: Tyler Norman from Irvine, California

This is a show I've wanted to see happen since I was in middle school - more or less. This show is awesome. The people who do the jobs we'd rather not think about finally get their dues in this brilliant show from the creators of "Mythbusters". Host Mike Rowe injects some great observational humor into the proceedings, without being insulting to those brave men (and the occasional he-woman) who take part in these dirty jobs.

You actually watch this show with a sense of reverence rather than in a totally grossed-out state. Rowe and his crew, rather than spending their time being totally freaked out, turn each outing into a fun little adventure. And wouldn't you know it, Mr. Clean sponsors this show.

Check this show out before it goes off the air (God forbid that should happen anytime soon). This is a really unique, entertaining, and fascinating show.

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