Dirty Jobs

Top Cast

Mike Rowe as Himself - Host
Lance Burton as Self

Seasons

Specials (2005) - (23 Episodes)

Season 1 (2005) - (13 Episodes)

Season 2 (2006) - (20 Episodes)

Season 3 (2007) - (19 Episodes)

Season 4 (2008) - (26 Episodes)

Season 5 (2009) - (23 Episodes)

Season 6 (2010) - (22 Episodes)

Season 7 (2011) - (10 Episodes)

Season 8 (2011) - (11 Episodes)

Down Under (2012) - (4 Episodes)

Season 10 (2022) - (6 Episodes)

Season 11 (2022) - (8 Episodes)

Specials (2005)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Dirtiest Animals (2005-12-13)

Mike Rowe revisits some his previous jobs involving animals and talks about some of the behind the scenes action. Mike looks at clips from when he was a pig farmer, a chick sexer, a pet groomer, a horse breeder, and finally an ostrich farmer.
Ep. 2: Dirtiest Water Jobs (2005-12-20)

Revisit of dirty jobs involving water: shark catcher/tagger ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), golf ball diver ("Roadkill Cleaner"), oyster harvester ("Chick Sexer"), crawfish catcher ("Shrimper"), catfish noodler ("Worm Dung Farmer"), shrimper ("Shrimper")
Ep. 3: Creepy Critters (2005-12-27)

Mike Rowe steps into the world of creepy critters and gets up close and personal with some small creatures. Mike talks about some of the behind the scenes moments from when he was an exterminator, a crab fisherman, a bee keeper/exterminator, worn farmer, and finally a bat biologist.
Ep. 4: Dirtiest Tools & Machines (2006-01-03)

Mike Rowe takes a look at some of the tools and machines which make doing dirty jobs a little easier. Mike talks about some of the behind the scenes machine action from when he was a house mover, a tire recycler, a demolition worker, a scrap metal recycler, a golf ball recycler, and finally a hot tar roofer.
Ep. 5: Super Dirty (2006-01-03)

Revisit of dirtiest jobs: disaster cleanup crew member ("Sewer Inspector"), septic tank technician ("Worm Dung Farmer"), sewer inspector ("Sewer Inspector"), sludge recycler ("Sludge Cleaner"), fish gutter ("Bat Cave Scavenger"), charcoal maker ("Micro-Algae Man")
Ep. 6: Viewer's Choice (2006-01-31)

Mike answers questions from viewers and shows some of the many outtakes and deleted scenes from the show. Mike also does a new dirty job and goes to a dairy farm in Pennsylvania to milk some cows, feed a newborn calf, collect fresh cow poo for study, and do some of the daily maintenence on the feed mill. Mike ends the show by singing his own version of the Dirty Jobs theme song.
Ep. 7: Jobs That Bite (2006-07-30)

Mike starts off Shark Week by going to South Africa to look at some great white sharks inside a shark cage. Mike then heads to a shark research lab and gets a deeper understanding about shark anatomy as he conducts an autopsy of a dead tiger shark. Mike then works with some shark researchers and helps electronically tag them and collect shark DNA. Mike then goes to the island of Bimini in the Bahamas and helps test a new shark repellent, which is made from the smell of dead sharks. Finally, Mike hangs out with a professional shark spotter off the coast of South Africa who watches the ocean to protect beachgoers.
Ep. 8: Jobs That Bite Harder (2006-08-04)

Mike Rowe concludes Shark Week with another hour of dirty jobs with the men and women who work with sharks. Mike starts off in Florida working alongside a taxidermist that makes replicas out of real sharks. Mike then heads to the Bahamas to help Jeremiah Sullivan, the inventor of the Neptunic shark suit, to repair and test the suit in shark infested waters. Finally, Mike ends the show with some behind the scenes footage.
Ep. 9: 100th Dirty Job Special (2006-09-05)

Mike celebrates his 100th dirty job as an Army mechanic and takes a look back at some of his past jobs. Also, Mike answers more viewer questions, shows even more bloopers and airs even more unaired footage.
Ep. 10: Really Dirty Animals (2007-03-20)

It's an extravaganza of Really Dirty Animals as Mike Rowe looks back at spitting alpacas, fainting goats, wild monkeys, pregnant cows, cheating penguins, kicking ostriches, squealing pigs and runaway mules. There's new footage, updates and old favorites.
Ep. 11: Dirtiest Machines on the Planet (2007-07-24)

Mike Rowe hosts a very special episode of Dirty Jobs as he looks back at some of the world's dirtiest machines that are making civilized life better for the rest of us.
Ep. 12: Crew's Cruise (2007-09-25)

After working at some of the dirtiest jobs in America, Mike decided it was time for him and his crew to be pampered as they look back on some of their favorite dirty jobs on board one of the Royal Carribean's most luxurious cruise ships.
Ep. 13: 150th Dirty Job Extravaganza (2007-10-23)

2 hour special episode celebrating Mike's working 150 dirty jobs. The episode also brings back some of your favorite people from Mike's former jobs.
Ep. 14: Creepy Slimy And Just Plain Weird (2007-11-20)

Mike Rowe looks back at some of the creepiest, slimiest and downright weirdest citizens on the animal kingdom.
Ep. 15: Dirty Innovators (2007-12-04)

Mike Rowe looks back at some of his favorite dirty jobs and salutes the men and women from around the country who have found innovative and entrepreneurial ways to get dirty
Ep. 16: Tight Spaces (2008-02-19)

Mike Rowe looks back at jobs involving tight spaces: stripping and painting inside of Mackinac Bridge tower ("Bridge Painter"), replacing pipe underneath house ("Plumber"), KC-135R Stratotanker fuel tank cleaner and boom operator ("Fuel Tank Cleaner"), Stamford hurricane barrier zinc anode changer ("Bell Maker"), storm drain cleaner ("Mushroom Farmer"), cleaning the inside of the boilers of the steam yacht Medea ("Steam Ship Cleaner")
Ep. 17: Brown Plate Special (2008-02-26)

Mike Rowe Revisits jobs involving food: Coffee plantation ("Ostrich Farmer"); fish farmer ("Vomit Island Workers"); potato farmer ("Turkey Farmer"); oyster shucker ("Rose Parade Float Dismantler"); boudin sausage maker ("Skull Cleaner"); viewer mail asking about top 10 memorable tastes: ground crab shells ("Vexcon"), geoduck stomach ("Geoduck Farmer"), fish mash (marine mammal rescuer, "Ostrich Farmer"), termite insecticide ("Termite Controller"), tortilla chip from dirty kitchen ("Bio-Diesel Man"), mealworms ("Bat Cave Scavenger"), crawfish ("Shrimper"), cob ("Bio-Diesel Man"), mussels ("Alpaca Shearer"), animal bodily fluids ("Big Animal Vet"); candy maker ("Fuel Tank Cleaner")
Ep. 18: Greenland Shark Quest (2008-07-29)

In this special episode of Dirty Jobs Mike heads to the edge of the Arctic Circle, on the northeast side of Canada's Baffin Island in search of one of the most mysterious sharks known to man: the Greenland shark.
Ep. 19: Bat Cave Scavenger (2008-11-07)

Mike enters a bat cave in Texas in search of guano (bat excrement) to collect with a bat biologist. Later he helps to rehabilitate bats at a "bat hospital." Mike then goes in search of mud used to give grip to baseballs in the major leagues. Finally, Mike tries his hand at filleting fish and takes part in the many stages of seafood production.
Ep. 20: Worm Dung Farmer (2008-11-14)

Catfish noodler, septic tank technician, worm castings rancher
Ep. 21: Roadkill Cleaner (2008-11-21)

Golf ball diver, horse breeder, roadkill collector
Ep. 22: Wild Goose Chase (2007-08-27)

Mike Rowe goes on a wild goose chase - literally! After traveling to the tundra, Mike joins forces with a team of workers that round up a flock of wild geese with airplanes.
Ep. 24: Nitty Gritty

No overview for this episode.