List of Dirty Jobs episodes#ep59
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Dirty Jobs{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458259/episodes|title=Dirty Jobs (TV Series 2005– ) - IMDb|website=IMDb}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discovery.com/shows/dirty-jobs|title=Dirty Jobs - Discovery|website=Discovery Channel}} 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 three pilot episodes in November 2003. It returned as a series on July 26, 2005, and ended on September 12, 2012, with a total of 169 episodes spanning eight seasons. The series returned on July 7, 2020, with a spin-off titled Dirty Jobs: Rowe'd Trip.
The original series returned on January 2, 2022.{{cite press release|url=https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/discovery-announces-premiere-date-for-the-return-of-dirty-jobs-with-mike-rowe/ |title=Discovery Announces Premiere Date for the Return of Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe |publisher=Discovery, Inc. |date=November 15, 2021 |access-date=December 4, 2021}}
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Series overview
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Pilot episodes (2003)
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|EpisodeNumber = 1 |EpisodeNumber2 = P1 |Title = Bat Cave Scavenger |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|7}} |ShortSummary = Bat biologist (bat guano collector) in Bracken Cave, bat rehabilitator, Baseball Rubbing Mud, fish gutter |LineColor = 7339ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |EpisodeNumber2 = P2 |Title = Worm Dung Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|14}} |ShortSummary = Catfish noodler in Eufaula, Oklahoma, septic tank technician in the Madison, Wisconsin area., worm castings rancher in Florida |LineColor = 7339ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |EpisodeNumber2 = P3 |Title = Roadkill Cleaner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|21}} |ShortSummary = Golf ball diver, horse breeder, roadkill collector |LineColor = 7339ac }} |
Season 1 (2005)
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|EpisodeNumber = 4 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Chinatown Garbage Collector |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|7|26}} |ShortSummary = Garbage collector/recycling separator in San Francisco/composter (vineyard), shark catcher/tagger, car recycling |LineColor = 8F2F8F }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Sewer Inspector |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|8|2}} |ShortSummary = Sewer inspector, disaster cleanup crew member (basement sewer), demolition worker (office building interior) |LineColor = 8F2F8F }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Pig Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|8|9}} |ShortSummary = Pig farmer in Woodward, Iowa, removing chewing gum from sidewalks,[http://www.gumbusters.com/discovery.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318135033/http://www.gumbusters.com/discovery.htm |date=March 18, 2013 }} pigeon droppings removal |LineColor = 8F2F8F }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Chick Sexer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|8|16}} |ShortSummary = Baby chicken sexer, beer brewer, oyster harvester |LineColor = 8F2F8F }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Vexcon |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|8|23}} |ShortSummary = Exterminator (which would lead to the A&E series "Billy the Exterminator" in 2009), crab fisherman, blacksmith/farrier |LineColor = 8F2F8F }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Sludge Cleaner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|8|30}} |ShortSummary = Surfboard maker, beekeeper, sludge recycler |LineColor = 8F2F8F }} |
Season 2 (2005–07)
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|EpisodeNumber = 10 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Hot Tar Roofer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|9|27}} |ShortSummary = Hot tar roofer, house movers |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 11 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Ostrich Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|4}} |ShortSummary = Coffee plantation, marine mammal rescuer, ostrich wrangler |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 12 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Cheese Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|11}} |ShortSummary = Zoo keeper (San Francisco Zoo), cheese maker,{{cite web|url=http://www.crowleycheese.com/movies/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111135945/http://www.crowleycheese.com/movies/index.html |archive-date=2007-01-11 |title=View a movie about cheese making at Crowley Cheese |date=2007-01-11 |access-date=2015-03-06}} volcanic ash mud bath mixer |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 13 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Shrimper |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|18}} |ShortSummary = Shrimper, mudbug harvester (crawfish), tire recyclers |LineColor = 8F2F8F }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Bio-Diesel Man |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|10|25}} |ShortSummary = Cob home builder, bee exterminator, biodiesel man |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Micro-Algae Man |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|1}} |ShortSummary = Pet groomer, micro-algae man, charcoal maker (lump charcoal factory) |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Chimney Sweeper Chimney Safety Institute of America |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|11|8}} |ShortSummary = Chimney sweeper, underwater logger, scrap metal recycler |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 17 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Dirtiest Animals |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|12|13}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of dirty jobs involving animals: pig farmer ("Pig Farmer"), baby chicken sexer ("Chick Sexer"), pet groomer ("Micro-Algae Man"), horse breeder ("Roadkill Cleaner"), ostrich farmer ("Ostrich Farmer") |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Dirtiest Water Jobs |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|12|20}} |ShortSummary = 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") |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 19 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Creepy Critters |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|12|27}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of dirty jobs involving insects: exterminator ("Vexcon"), crab fisherman ("Vexcon"), honey harvester ("Sludge Cleaner"), bee exterminator ("Bio-Diesel Man"), worm rancher ("Worm Dung Farmer"), bat guano collector ("Bat Cave Scavenger"), bat rehabilitator ("Bat Cave Scavenger") |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 20 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Dirtiest Tools & Machines |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|1|3}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of dirty jobs involving machines: house mover ("Hot Tar Roofer"), tire recycler ("Shrimper"), demolition worker ("Sewer Inspector"), scrap metal recycler ("Chimney Sweeper"), golf ball diver ("Roadkill Cleaner"), hot tar roofer ("Hot Tar Roofer") |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 21 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Super Dirty |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|1|3}} |ShortSummary = 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") |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 22 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Avian Vomitologist |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|1|10}} |ShortSummary = Marble miner, owl vomit collector, cattle rancher (cow breeding) |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 23 |EpisodeNumber2 = 14 |Title = Turkey Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|1|17}} |ShortSummary = Turkey farmer,{{cite web|url=http://www.drgobbler.com/ |title=Organic Fertilizer, Compost, Hardwood Mulch, Poultry Litter, Litter Spreading |publisher=Drgobbler.com |date= |access-date=2015-03-06}} potato farmer, waste water sewage plant |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 24 |EpisodeNumber2 = 15 |Title = Alligator Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|1|24}} |ShortSummary = Sugarcane mill, firefighter (Fremont, CA), alligator farmer |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 25 |EpisodeNumber2 = 16 |Title = Viewer's Choice |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|1|31}} |ShortSummary = Answering viewer mail, outtakes, cow feed mill |LineColor 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Float Dismantler |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|6|20}} |ShortSummary = Coke manufacturing, oyster shucker, Rose Parade float dismantler |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 31 |EpisodeNumber2 = 22 |Title = Garbage Pit Technician |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|6|27}} |ShortSummary = Lithographer, terra cotta facade maker, converting trash into electricity |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 32 |EpisodeNumber2 = 23 |Title = Skull Cleaner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|7|11}} |ShortSummary = Keeping trains on track (gandy dancer), cracklin and boudin sausage maker, cleaning animal skulls with Skulls Unlimited{{cite web |url=http://www.skullsunlimited.com/videos/1/Dirty-Jobs-with-Mike-Rowe.htm |title=Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe: Episode 127 – Skull Cleaner |publisher=Skullsunlimited.com |date= |access-date=2015-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220010856/http://www.skullsunlimited.com/videos/1/Dirty-Jobs-with-Mike-Rowe.htm |archive-date=2015-02-20 |url-status=dead }} for display in educational facilities around the world |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 33 |EpisodeNumber2 = 24 |Title = Geoduck Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|7|18}} |ShortSummary = Malibu Bay preservation – dam demolition, pipe organ specialist, geoduck farmer |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 34 |EpisodeNumber2 = 25 |Title = Fuel Tank Cleaner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|7|25}} |ShortSummary = Candy maker, truck tire retreading, KC-135R Stratotanker fuel tank cleaner (22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell AFB) |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 35 |EpisodeNumber2 = 26 |Title = Jobs That Bite |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|7|30}} |ShortSummary = 2-hour Shark Week special: shark cage, tiger shark necropsy, shark tagging, shark repellent researcher, shark spotter |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 36 |EpisodeNumber2 = 27 |Title = Jobs That Bite... Harder |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|8|4}} |ShortSummary = Shark Week special: fish taxidermist, shark suit tester, outtakes |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 37 |EpisodeNumber2 = 28 |Title = Coal Miner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|8|8}} |ShortSummary = Salvage expert (Upsala College), coal miner |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 38 |EpisodeNumber2 = 29 |Title = Hoof Cleaner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|8|15}} |ShortSummary = Basalt quarry, hippopotamus keeper (Adventure Aquarium), cow hoof trimmer |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 39 |EpisodeNumber2 = 30 |Title = Alpaca Shearer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|8|22}} |ShortSummary = Mussel farmer, taro farmer, alpaca shearer |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 40 |EpisodeNumber2 = 31 |Title = Monkey Caretaker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|8|29}} |ShortSummary = Vervet monkey rehabilitator (Animal Protection & Environmental Sanctuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 41 |EpisodeNumber2 = 32 |Title = 100th Dirty Job Special |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|9|5}} |ShortSummary = 2-hour special: U. S. Army mechanic (Wheel Vehicle Mechanic School, Bravo Company, 187th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Jackson), pig shaver, answering viewer mail, behind-the-scenes, outtakes, montage: Mike and animals, and world premiere of "Dirty Jobs Anthem". |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 42 |EpisodeNumber2 = 33 |Title = Snake Researcher |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|28}} |ShortSummary = Bait and lobster fisherman, Lake Erie seaweed cleanup, Lake Erie water snake researcher (Stone Laboratory). Episode was filmed August 10, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/fieldnotes/regmap.cfm?arskey=19666 |title=Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs" Features the Island Snake Lady and the Lake Erie Watersnake! |publisher=Fws.gov |date= |access-date=2015-03-06}} |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 43 |EpisodeNumber2 = 34 |Title = Penguin Keeper |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|5}} |ShortSummary = Concrete stamping, penguin keeper (Aquarium of the Americas), blood worm digger |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 44 |EpisodeNumber2 = 35 |Title = Bell Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|12}} |ShortSummary = Stamford hurricane barrier zinc anode changer (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), bell maker (McShane Bell Foundry) |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 45 |EpisodeNumber2 = 36 |Title = Mosquito Control Officer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|19}} |ShortSummary = New Orleans post-Katrina jobs: house demolition/gutting, rodent control, mosquito control and poison testing |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 46 |EpisodeNumber2 = 37 |Title = Bug Breeder |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|1|9}} |ShortSummary = Tree trimmer and stump grinder, fainting goat farmer, exotic insect breeder at the Audubon Insectarium |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 47 |EpisodeNumber2 = 38 |Title = Poo Pot Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|1|16}} |ShortSummary = Surveying salmon spawning grounds (Feather River, California Department of Water Resources), viewer mail concerning income of the Lake Erie water snake researcher ("Snake Researcher"), manufacturing CowPots (a type of flower pot made from cow manure) |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 48 |EpisodeNumber2 = 39 |Title = Mule Logger |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|1|23}} |ShortSummary = Wine barrel maker, logging with mules |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 49 |EpisodeNumber2 = 40 |Title = Well Digger |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|1|30}} |ShortSummary = Bowie Baysox groundskeeper, placing boat moorings (Lake Winnipesaukee), geothermal well driller |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 50 |EpisodeNumber2 = 41 |Title = Cave Digger |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|2|20}} |ShortSummary = Wine cave digger, baggage handler (Southwest Airlines, Kansas City International Airport), incinerator for trash from international flights (Kansas City International Airport) |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 51 |EpisodeNumber2 = 42 |Title = Salt Miner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|2|27}} |ShortSummary = Behind-the-scenes, salt miner (Hutchinson, KS) |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 52 |EpisodeNumber2 = 43 |Title = Wine Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|3|6}} |ShortSummary = Winemaker, cattle feed farmer (Partridge, Kansas) |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 53 |EpisodeNumber2 = 44 |Title = Steam Ship Cleaner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|3|13}} |ShortSummary = Hydroseeding, viewer mail on additional footage of a Malaysian walking leaf (Phyllium giganteum) from the Audubon Insectarium, cleaning the inside of the boilers of the steam yacht Medea. |LineColor = 973264 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 54 |EpisodeNumber2 = 45 |Title = Really Dirty Animals |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|3|20}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of dirty jobs involving animals: alpaca shearer, fainting goat farmer, vervet monkey rehabilitator, cattle rancher (cow breeding), penguin keeper, ostrich farmer, food recycler/pig farmer, logging with mules |LineColor = 973264 }} |
Season 3 (2007–08)
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|EpisodeNumber = 55 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Billboard Installer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|6|26}} |ShortSummary = Billboard installer |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 56 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Snake Wrangler |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|10}} |ShortSummary = Reptile handler |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 57 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Leather Tanner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|17}} |ShortSummary = Clay jug potter specializing in faces on the jug, tannery |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 58 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Dirtiest Machines on the Planet |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|7|24}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of jobs involving dirty machines: oil derrick ("Plumber"), coal mine mucker ("Coal Miner"), recycling center trommel ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), sewage treatment plant lift pump ("Turkey Farmer"), wine cave roadheader ("Cave Digger"). Top 10 dirtiest rides: scrap metal recycler scissor tractor ("Chimney Sweeper"), Bowie Baysox tractor/lawnmower ("Well Digger"), turkey composter front loader ("Turkey Farmer"), roadkill pickup truck ("Roadkill Cleaner"), owl vomit collector bicycle ("Avian Vomitologist"), junkyard jalopy ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), garbage truck ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck ("100th Dirty Job Special"), poo pulling tractor ("Hoof Cleaner"), pig farm slop truck ("Pig Farmer") |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 59 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Bridge Painter |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|7}} |ShortSummary = Mackinac Bridge maintenance worker, NASA Crawler-transporter lubricator |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 60 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Vomit Island Workers |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|14}} |ShortSummary = Fish farming hybrid striped bass, tilapia, and carp; bird conservation ("Vomit Island," Ohio) |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 61 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Alligator Egg Collector |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|21}} |ShortSummary = Return visit to alligator farm from "Alligator Farmer" episode: egg collecting, West Nile virus testing, and release of alligators. While filming the release of the alligators, the air boat carrying the film crew flips. |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 62 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Wild Goose Chase |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|28}} |ShortSummary = Mackinac Island horse manure and garbage removal/composting, H5N1 avian influenza testing and goose tagging (Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge) |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 63 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Crew's Cruise |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|9|18}} |ShortSummary = The Dirty Jobs crew take a Royal Caribbean cruise and reflect on their dirtiest episodes while being pampered aboard the ship. |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 64 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = 150th Dirty Job Extravaganza |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|10|23}} |ShortSummary = 2-hour special: Yak and bison rancher (shown again in 2008 on Animal Barber episode), outtakes, celebration of 150 dirty jobs milestone at the San Francisco recycling center with top 10 viewer's choice dirty jobs: monkey caretaker ("Monkey Caretaker"), mudbug harvester ("Shrimper"), cattle rancher ("Avian Vomitologist"), Lake Erie water snake researcher ("Snake Researcher"), exterminator ("Vexcon" and "Termite Controller"), child of pig farmer ("Casino Food Recycler"), shrimper ("Shrimper"), charcoal maker ("Micro-Algae Man"), shark suit maker ("Jobs That Bite... Harder"), and cow hoof trimmer ("Hoof Cleaner") with appearances by airport incinerator operator ("Cave Digger"), reptile handlers ("Snake Wrangler"), candymakers ("Fuel Tank Cleaner"), and wine cave digger ("Cave Digger"). |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 65 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Special Effects Artist |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|10|30}} |ShortSummary = Giant kelp harvesting for abalone farming, Mike gets sick (not job-related), special effects make-up artist |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 66 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Reef Ball Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|11|6}} |ShortSummary = Artificial reef maker, goat milk soap maker,[http://www.fatbottomfarm.com/Dirty-jobs.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130144919/http://www.fatbottomfarm.com/Dirty-jobs.html |date=January 30, 2012 }} frac tank refurbisher |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 67 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Exotic Animal Keeper |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|11|13}} |ShortSummary = Working at "transfer station" at San Francisco dump, exotic species (gray wolf, cougar, pot-bellied pig, deer, bearcat, turkey, royal Tibetan yak, camel, cow, goat) sanctuary |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 68 |EpisodeNumber2 = 14 |Title = Creepy, Slimy and Just Plain Weird |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|11|20}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of dirty jobs involving animals hosted from East Bay Vivarium: alligator farmer ("Alligator Farmer"), blood worm digger ("Penguin Keeper"), exotic insect breeder ("Bug Breeder"), skull cleaner ("Skull Cleaner"), Lake Erie water snake researcher ("Snake Researcher"), and geoduck farmer ("Geoduck Farmer") |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 69 |EpisodeNumber2 = 15 |Title = Spray Insulation Technician |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|11|27}} |ShortSummary = Cleaning airport runway paint striper (Kansas City International Airport), collecting diapers for odor analysis,{{cite web|url=http://www.mdgc.com/pdfCHP/11.28.07%20Microanalytics%20Dirty%20Jobs%20press%20release.d2.pdf |title=Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs uses Microanalytics™ AromaTrax® technology to get to the bottom of diaper odors|publisher=Mdgc.com |access-date=2015-03-06}} spray installation of cellulose insulation |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 70 |EpisodeNumber2 = 16 |Title = Dirty Innovators & Entrepreneurs |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|12|4}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of dirty innovators and entrepreneurs: CowPots maker ("Poo Pot Maker"), cow hoof trimmer ("Hoof Cleaner"), owl vomit collector ("Avian Vomitologist"), food recycler/pig farmer ("Casino Food Recycler"), lobster fisherman ("Snake Researcher"), shark suit tester ("Jobs That Bite... Harder") |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 71 |EpisodeNumber2 = 17 |Title = Big Animal Vet |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|1|8}} |ShortSummary = Cleaning barbecue smoker, large animal veterinarian, removing underground fuel oil storage tank |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 72 |EpisodeNumber2 = 18 |Title = Steel Mill Worker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|1|15}} |ShortSummary = Recycling Mississippi River barge, steel mill worker |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 73 |EpisodeNumber2 = 19 |Title = Cave Biologist |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|1|22}} |ShortSummary = Cave biologist (Hidden River Cave, Kentucky), hagfish fisherman |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 74 |EpisodeNumber2 = 20 |Title = Buoy Cleaner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|1|29}} |ShortSummary = Cedar shake and shingle maker, buoy tender (USCGC Aspen) |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 75 |EpisodeNumber2 = 21 |Title = Cranberry Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|5}} |ShortSummary = Handmade brick maker; cranberry harvesting; cranberry jam, jelly, and syrup maker. |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 76 |EpisodeNumber2 = 22 |Title = Mud Mineral Excavator |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|12}} |ShortSummary = Mining and bird rehabilitation at Searles Lake, rice milling |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 77 |EpisodeNumber2 = 23 |Title = Tight Spaces |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|19}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of 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") |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 78 |EpisodeNumber2 = 24 |Title = Brown Plate Special |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|26}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of 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") |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 79 |EpisodeNumber2 = 25 |Title = Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|4|14}} |ShortSummary = Dirty jobs in New York City: Building and installing rooftop water tower, cleaning elevator shaft in brownstone |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 80 |EpisodeNumber2 = 26 |Title = Floating Fish Factory |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|4|21}} |ShortSummary = Fishing and processing of fish aboard the F/V Legacy, a trawl fishing vessel and at-sea fishprocessor in Alaska's Bering Sea; viewer mail |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 81 |EpisodeNumber2 = 27 |Title = Dairy Cow Midwife |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|4|28}} |ShortSummary = Working on a dairy farm: milking, artificial insemination, cow midwife |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 82 |EpisodeNumber2 = 28 |Title = Aerial Tram Greaser |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|5|5}} |ShortSummary = Erosion control technician, aerial tram maintenance (Palm Springs Aerial Tramway) |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 83 |EpisodeNumber2 = 29 |Title = Turkey Inseminator |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|5|12}} |ShortSummary = Making a home energy efficient by improving insulation, turkey artificial insemination, viewer mail – car crusher |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 84 |EpisodeNumber2 = 30 |Title = Ice Salvage Crew |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|5|19}} |ShortSummary = Cleaning up diesel spill in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, salvaging truck from bottom of lake |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 85 |EpisodeNumber2 = 31 |Title = Wind Farm Technician |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|6|2}} |ShortSummary = Wind turbine generator technician, garbage removal from sinkhole, printing press operator |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 86 |EpisodeNumber2 = 32 |Title = Animal Barber |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|6|9}} |ShortSummary = Making shampoo from mud, horse castration (additional footage from large animal veterinarian, "Big Animal Vet"), yak and bison rancher (additional footage from yak and bison ranch, "150th Dirty Job Extravaganza") |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 87 |EpisodeNumber2 = 33 |Title = Brown Before Green |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|6|16}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of jobs that are "eco-friendly": geothermal well driller ("Well Digger"), underwater logger ("Chimney Sweeper"), cedar shake and shingle maker ("Buoy Cleaner"), tire recycler ("Shrimper"), truck tire retreading ("Fuel Tank Cleaner"), cob home builder ("Bio-Diesel Man"), Malibu Bay preservation – dam demolition ("Geoduck Farmer"), cave biologist ("Cave Biologist"), bee exterminator ("Bio-Diesel Man"), exotic insect breeder ("Bug Breeder") |LineColor = 9C3434 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 88 |EpisodeNumber2 = 34 |Title = Greenland Shark Quest |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|7|29}} |ShortSummary = Shark Week special: Researching the greenland shark |LineColor = 9C3434 }} |
Season 4 (2008–09)
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|EpisodeNumber = 89 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Tar Rigger |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|10|7}} |ShortSummary = Working on the windjammer merchant ship Star of India: polishing the binnacle spheres, caulking the deck, tarring the rigging, tallowing the mast, preserving the jibboom from termite damage, inspecting the inside of the bowsprit |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 90 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Dirty Chip Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|10|14}} |ShortSummary = Potato chip maker, effluent channel "muffin monster" building cleaner at the Rifle, Colorado wastewater treatment plant |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 91 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Sheep Castrator |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|10|21}} |ShortSummary = Cutting concrete wall, sheep shearing, docking and castrating lambs |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 92 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Leech Trapper |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|10|28}} |ShortSummary = Leech trapping, making raw meat dog food out of green tripe |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 93 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Dirty Presidents |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|11|4}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of jobs related to past Presidents of the United States: Calvin Coolidge, exotic species sanctuary ("Exotic Animal Keeper"); James K. Polk, turkey artificial insemination ("Turkey Inseminator"); Andrew Johnson, New Orleans rodent control ("Mosquito Control Officer"); Herbert Hoover, salt miner ("Salt Miner"); Lyndon B. Johnson, cleaning barbecue smoker ("Big Animal Vet"); Thomas Jefferson, wine barrel maker ("Mule Logger"); Ulysses S. Grant, tannery ("Leather Tanner") and logging with mules ("Mule Logger"); George Washington, fish farming ("Vomit Island Workers"); Andrew Jackson, goose tagging ("Wild Goose Chase"); John Quincy Adams, alligator egg collecting ("Alligator Egg Collector"); Harry S. Truman, pig shaver ("100th Dirty Job Special") |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 94 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Mannequin Factory |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|11|11}} |ShortSummary = Demolishing a mobile home, making mannequins |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 95 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Egg Farm |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|11|18}} |ShortSummary = Cleaning diesel fuel from dirt, chicken egg farm |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 96 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Vellum Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|11|25}} |ShortSummary = Harvesting hops, making vellum from goat skin |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 97 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Maggot Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|12|2}} |ShortSummary = Transplanting a saguaro, maggot farmer |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 98 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Gourd Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|12|9}} |ShortSummary = Cleaning the bottom of Lake Waramaug, making and cross pollinating gourds |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 99 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Brown Before Green 2 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|12|16}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of jobs that are "eco-friendly": Garbage collector ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), incinerator for trash from international flights ("Cave Digger"), garbage removal from sinkhole ("Wind Farm Technician"), recycling Mississippi River barge ("Steel Mill Worker"), cleaning up diesel spill ("Ice Salvage Crew"), removing underground fuel oil storage tank ("Big Animal Vet"), demolishing a mobile home ("Mannequin Factory"), making a home energy efficient by improving insulation ("Turkey Inseminator"), making shampoo from mud ("Animal Barber"), wind turbine generator technician ("Wind Farm Technician"), roadkill collector ("Roadkill Cleaner"), Mackinac Island horse manure and garbage removal/composting ("Wild Goose Chase") |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 100 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Bologna Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|1|6}} |ShortSummary = Bologna maker, incinerating toilet cleaner |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 101 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Abandoned Mine Plugger |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|1|13}} |ShortSummary = Bird ringing common terns and Canada geese (Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge), abandoned mineshaft plugger |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 102 |EpisodeNumber2 = 14 |Title = Animal Rendering |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|1|20}} |ShortSummary = Excavator at the La Brea Tar Pits, dead cow renderer |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 103 |EpisodeNumber2 = 15 |Title = Goose Down Plucker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|1|27}} |ShortSummary = Walnut harvester, goose and duck feather plucker and dresser |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 104 |EpisodeNumber2 = 16 |Title = Diaper Cleaner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|2|3}} |ShortSummary = Olive oil presser, cloth diaper cleaner |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 105 |EpisodeNumber2 = 17 |Title = Spider Pharm |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|2|10}} |ShortSummary = Suet bird food maker, spider collector and venom extractor |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 106 |EpisodeNumber2 = 18 |Title = Locomotive Builder |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|2|17}} |ShortSummary = 200th dirty job building and refurbishing locomotives (MotivePower): CNC plasma cutting, grit blasting, refurbishing engines |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 107 |EpisodeNumber2 = 19 |Title = 200 Jobs Look-Back |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|2|24}} |ShortSummary = Look back at the previous 200 jobs with additional footage from "Skull Cleaner" and "Turkey Inseminator" |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 108 |EpisodeNumber2 = 20 |Title = Mike's Day Off – Special |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|3|3}} |ShortSummary = Mike takes the day off to get a physical examination, leaving Executive Producers Eddie Barbini and Craig Piligian to host the show: servicing porta-potties and making custom-fabricated alloy wheels for Boyd Coddington Wheels |LineColor = CD8844 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 109 |EpisodeNumber2 = 21 |Title = Sled Dog Breeder |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|4|12}} |ShortSummary = Breeding and training Alaskan Huskies as sled dogs with Martin Buser; revisit of dirty jobs in Alaska: Bird ringing common terns and Canada geese ("Abandoned Mine Plugger"), fishing and processing of fish ("Floating Fish Factory"), cleaning up diesel spill in Dutch Harbor, Alaska ("Ice Salvage Crew"), incinerating toilet cleaner ("Bologna Maker"). 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Season 5 (2009–10)
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|EpisodeNumber = 110 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Mattress Recycler |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|10|6}} |ShortSummary = Recovering derelict boats, recycling mattresses |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 111 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = High-Rise Window Washer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|10|13}} |ShortSummary = High-rise window washer, viewer mail: brine tank cleaner (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay) |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 112 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Toilet Crusher |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|10|20}} |ShortSummary = Alligator snapping turtle researcher, recycling toilets |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 113 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Camel Rancher |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|10|27}} |ShortSummary = Dromedary camel dairy[http://cameldairy.com/DIRTY_JOBS_TV_VISITS_.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821103805/http://cameldairy.com/DIRTY_JOBS_TV_VISITS_.html |date=August 21, 2013 }} |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 114 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Tofu Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|3}} |ShortSummary = E-waste recycler, tofu maker |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 115 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Glass Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|10}} |ShortSummary = Dung beetle researcher (Arkansas State University), studio glass maker (Fenton Art Glass Company) |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 116 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Rocky Reach Dam |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|17}} |ShortSummary = Rocky Reach Dam: Changing main shaft packing and oil on water turbine, tagging salmon with acoustic tags |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 117 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Safety Third |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|24}} |ShortSummary = Revisit and additional footage of jobs involving safety situations: sewer inspector ("Sewer Inspector"), NASA Crawler-transporter lubricator ("Bridge Painter"), billboard installer ("Billboard Installer"), tarring the rigging of Star of India ("Tar Rigger"), reptile handler ("Snake Wrangler"), shark suit tester ("Jobs That Bite... Harder"), U. S. Army mechanic ("100th Dirty Job Special"), job stopped by concerns of United States Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Safety on board a ship clearing debris from waterways, building and installing rooftop water tower ("Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple"), cave biologist ("Cave Biologist"), Mackinac Bridge maintenance worker ("Bridge Painter") |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 118 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Reindeer Farm |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|1}} |ShortSummary = Shrink wrapping a boat to protect it during winter, reindeer farmer |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 119 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Marble Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|8}} |ShortSummary = Dyeing shirts with red dirt from Kauai, marble maker (Jabo Vitro) |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 120 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Fireworks Technician |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|15}} |ShortSummary = Fireworks maker, cow with a hole in its stomach (Arkansas State University) |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 121 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Worm Grunter |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|22}} |ShortSummary = Clam harvester, worm grunter (Apalachicola National Forest) |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 122 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Maple Syrup Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|29}} |ShortSummary = Recycling used paint, maple syrup maker |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 123 |EpisodeNumber2 = 14 |Title = Animal Control Specialist |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|5}} |ShortSummary = Animal control specialist trapping and releasing skunks, raccoons, and possums; viewer mail: revisit for dental inspection of moose ("Reindeer Farm") |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 124 |EpisodeNumber2 = 15 |Title = Cricket Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|12}} |ShortSummary = Cricket farmer, viewer mail: revisit to feed turkeys ("Camel Rancher") |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 125 |EpisodeNumber2 = 16 |Title = Chicken Busters |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|19}} |ShortSummary = Catching feral chickens, viewer mail: revisit to mealworm farm ("Cricket Farmer") |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 126 |EpisodeNumber2 = 17 |Title = Soo Locks Technician |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|26}} |ShortSummary = Winter maintenance at Soo Locks |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 127 |EpisodeNumber2 = 18 |Title = Concrete Finisher |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|2|2}} |ShortSummary = Making a fire pit, countertops, and bath tub out of decorative concrete; viewer mail: when was Mike most scared during a job? Monitoring leopard sharks and bat rays at Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve and not filming any sharks for Shark Week special |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 128 |EpisodeNumber2 = 19 |Title = Bone Black |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|2|9}} |ShortSummary = Bone black manufacturer; (Maedel) twin sister fan's dirtiest jobs list: charcoal maker ("Micro-Algae Man"), coal miner ("Coal Miner"), disaster cleanup crew member ("Sewer Inspector"), cleaning the inside of the boilers of the steam yacht Medea ("Steam Ship Cleaner"), waste water sewage plant ("Turkey Farmer") |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 129 |EpisodeNumber2 = 20 |Title = Tight Spaces 2 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|2|16}} |ShortSummary = Second revisit of jobs involving tight spaces: inspecting abandoned mineshaft ("Abandoned Mine Plugger"), concrete truck cleaner ("Termite Controller"), cleaning a buoy ("Buoy Cleaner"), cleaning grinder sump pump on fish processing ship ("Floating Fish Factory"), cleaning elevator shaft ("Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple"), aerial tram maintenance ("Aerial Tram Greaser"), inspecting the inside of a bowsprit ("Tar Rigger"), welding inside a rotary kiln ("Egg Farm"), cleaning inside of lauter tun ("Chick Sexers"), cleaning walnut cleaner ("Goose Down Plucker"), cleaning inside guar gum holding tank ("Aerial Tram Greaser"), changing main shaft packing on water turbine ("Rocky Reach Dam") |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 130 |EpisodeNumber2 = 21 |Title = Crew Unemployment |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|2|23}} |ShortSummary = Behind the scenes focusing on the crew of Dirty Jobs |LineColor = acac39 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 131 |EpisodeNumber2 = 22 |Title = The Dirty Truth |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|14}} |ShortSummary = Discovery Channel 25th Anniversary special, revisit of 25 jobs with respect to lessons learned about jobs: potato farmer ("Turkey Farmer"), CowPots maker ("Poo Pot Maker"), salvaging truck from bottom of lake ("Ice Salvage Crew"), making a home energy efficient by improving insulation ("Turkey Inseminator"), blood worm digger ("Penguin Keeper"), removing chewing gum from sidewalks ("Pig Farmer"), breeding mosquitoes ("Mosquito Control Officer"), owl vomit collector ("Avian Vomitologist"), oyster shucker ("Rose Parade Float Dismantler"), boxing potato chips ("Dirty Chip Maker"), stacking bricks ("Cranberry Farmer"), sorting cloth diapers ("Diaper Cleaner"), baseball rubbing mud ("Bat Cave Scavenger"), large animal veterinarian ("Big Animal Vet"), crawfish trapper ("Shrimper"), fireworks maker ("Fireworks Technician"), logging with mules ("Mule Logger"), wine barrel maker ("Mule Logger"), shelling blue crab ("Vexcon"), catching feral chickens ("Chicken Busters"), castrating lambs with additional footage ("Sheep Castrator"), working on a dairy farm ("Dairy Cow Midwife"), cleaning up diesel spill ("Ice Salvage Crew"), transplanting a saguaro ("Maggot Farmer"), exterminator ("Vexcon") |LineColor = acac39 }} |
Season 6 (2010–11)
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|EpisodeNumber = 132 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Exotic Nanny |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|10|19}} |ShortSummary = Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch: ring-tailed lemurs, porcupines, baby dromedary camel, baby albino eastern grey kangaroos, red kangaroos, wallabies, two-toed sloths, bearcat (brother of bearcat from "Exotic Animal Keeper") |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 133 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Wetland Warrior |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|10|26}} |ShortSummary = Training with the Van Zandt County Bloodhound Team; managing the Melaleuca quinquenervia, a non-indigenous invasive species, at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 134 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Sea Lamprey Exterminator |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|2}} |ShortSummary = Assisting the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in exterminating sea lampreys from the Great Lakes region,{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/midwest/news/289.html |title=Great Lakes Sea Lamprey Control To be Featured on Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region |publisher=Fws.gov |date= |access-date=2015-03-06}} making fish food for the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 135 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Animal Relocator |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|9}} |ShortSummary = Working at water mill (Sciple's Water Mill), capturing two Père David's deer for transport |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 136 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Lightning Rod Installer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|16}} |ShortSummary = Lightning rod installer |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 137 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Woolen Mill Operator |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|21}} |ShortSummary = Making fleece roving and yarn, Mike gives Dave Barsky a body wax |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 138 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Pinsetter Mechanic |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|23}} |ShortSummary = Pinsetter mechanic, custom fitting for bowling ball, viewer question about Doug Glover in shark tank water filter (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay) |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 139 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Bug Detective |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|28}} |ShortSummary = Researchers at Purdue University's Forensic Entomology Research Compound |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 140 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Horse Tester |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|30}} |ShortSummary = Evaluating equine nutrition at Kentucky Equine Research{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/dirty-jobs-goes-behind-scenes-kentucky-equine-research |title="Dirty Jobs" Goes Behind The Scenes At Kentucky Equine Research | The Chronicle of the Horse |publisher=Chronofhorse.com |date=2010-12-28 |access-date=2015-03-06}} |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 141 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Custom Meat Processor |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|7}} |ShortSummary = Seagull abatement specialist, mobile butcher |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 142 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Dirty Holidays |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|14}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of jobs related to the holidays: baggage handler ("Cave Digger"), winemaker ("Wine Maker"), gourd maker ("Gourd Maker"), cranberry harvesting ("Cranberry Farmer"), turkey artificial insemination ("Turkey Inseminator"), turkey farmer ("Turkey Farmer"), goose tagging ("Wild Goose Chase"), reindeer farmer ("Reindeer Farm"), pipe organ specialist ("Geoduck Farmer"), camel ride ("Camel Rancher"), fireworks maker ("Fireworks Technician"), Rose Parade float dismantler ("Rose Parade Float Dismantler") |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 143 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Dirty Conversations |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|21}} |ShortSummary = Revisit and additional footage of dirty conversations with guests, Carolyn and Marilyn Maedel,{{cite web|url=http://www.voicenews.com/articles/2010/02/03/life/doc4b698f3b83b5a027519962.txt|title=St. Clair twins to appear on 'Dirty Jobs'|publisher=The Voice|first=Jim|last=Bloch|date=February 3, 2010|access-date=December 21, 2010}} the twin sisters from Mackinac Island ("Bone Black"): cranberry jam maker ("Cranberry Farmer"), exterminators ("Vexcon"), mud shampoo maker ("Animal Barber"), bird food maker ("Spider Pharm"), alpaca spinner ("Alpaca Shearer"), goose down plucker ("Goose Down Plucker"), U. S. Army mechanic ("100th Dirty Job Special"), penguin keeper ("Penguin Keeper"), special effects artist ("Special Effects Artist"), bird wrangler ("Casino Food Recycler"), decorating designer ("Glass Maker"), cheese maker ("Cheese Maker"), toilet recycler ("Toilet Crusher"), barbecue chef ("Big Animal Vet"), avian vomitologist ("Avian Vomitologist"), slime eel separator ("Cave Biologist") |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 144 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Date Palm Pollinator |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|28}} |ShortSummary = Viewer mail about Mike shooting guns, additional footage from Père David's deer capture ("Animal Relocator"); pollinating date palms; viewer mail about Mike's most frustrating moment, granite cutting |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 145 |EpisodeNumber2 = 14 |Title = Asphalt Paver |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|4}} |ShortSummary = Asphalt road paving; viewer mail about Mike's favorite animal, ti-liger (a cross breed between a tiger and a liger) |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 146 |EpisodeNumber2 = 15 |Title = Rum Distiller |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|11}} |ShortSummary = Rum distiller (Newport Distilling Company) |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 147 |EpisodeNumber2 = 16 |Title = Hair Fairy |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|18}} |ShortSummary = Linemen replacing power pole, treating head lice |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 148 |EpisodeNumber2 = 17 |Title = Dirty Infrastructure |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|25}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of jobs related to American Society of Civil Engineers's Report Card for America's Infrastructure: Effluent channel building cleaner at wastewater treatment plant ("Dirty Chip Maker"), sewer inspector ("Sewer Inspector"), sewage treatment plant lift pump ("Turkey Farmer"), disaster cleanup crew member ("Sewer Inspector"), Stamford hurricane barrier zinc anode changer ("Bell Maker"), winter maintenance at Soo Locks ("Soo Locks Technician"), changing oil on water turbine ("Rocky Reach Dam"), linemen replacing power pole ("Hair Fairy"), e-waste recycler ("Tofu Maker"), Mackinac Bridge maintenance worker ("Bridge Painter"), asphalt road paving ("Asphalt Paver"), cleaning airport runway paint striper ("Spray Insulation Technician"), gandy dancer ("Skull Cleaner") |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 149 |EpisodeNumber2 = 18 |Title = Scrapple Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|1}} |ShortSummary = Scrapple maker, shoeshiner |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 150 |EpisodeNumber2 = 19 |Title = Blueberry Connoisseur |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|8}} |ShortSummary = Jelly bean maker (Jelly Belly), blueberry harvesting, handmade blueberry pie{{cite web|url=http://www.berrymanorinn.com/dirty-jobs.html |title=Mike Rowe Meets the Pie Moms to Film a Dirty Job! |publisher=Berrymanorinn.com |date=2010-10-24 |access-date=2015-03-06}} |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 151 |EpisodeNumber2 = 20 |Title = Sponge Diver |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|15}} |ShortSummary = Sponge diver; viewer mail: what was Mike's hardest job? Removing a steel fence post from site of abandoned mine shaft ("Abandoned Mine Plugger") |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 152 |EpisodeNumber2 = 21 |Title = Cedar Log Peeler |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|22}} |ShortSummary = Cleaning fish grinder on F/V Legacy ("Floating Fish Factory"), log cabin sawmill |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 153 |EpisodeNumber2 = 22 |Title = Termite Researcher |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|1}} |ShortSummary = Twins Carolyn and Marilyn Maedel with additional footage at crawfish processing plant ("Shrimper"), University of Georgia termite researcher |LineColor = 39acac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 154 |EpisodeNumber2 = 23 |Title = Dirty DNA |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|8}} |ShortSummary = Revisit of jobs related to family with Mike visiting his parents: crab fisherman ("Vexcon"), maggot farmer ("Maggot Farmer"), leech trapping ("Leech Trapper"), candy maker ("Fuel Tank Cleaner"), coffee plantation ("Ostrich Farmer"), worm grunter ("Worm Grunter"), mealworm farm ("Cricket Farmer"), walnut harvester ("Goose Down Plucker"), bell maker ("Bell Maker"), raw meat dog food maker ("Leech Trapper"), goat milk soap maker ("Reef Ball Maker"), sponge diver ("Sponge Diver"), mobile butcher ("Custom Meat Processor") |LineColor = 39acac }} |
Season 7 (2011–12)
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|EpisodeNumber = 155 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Fish Squeezer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|13}} |ShortSummary = Breeding walleye for recreational fishing, animal acupuncture{{cite web|url=http://www.pawsvet.net/dirtyjobs.html |title=PAWS |publisher=Pawsvet.net |date=2004-01-01 |access-date=2015-03-06}} |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 156 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Fossil Hunter |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|20}} |ShortSummary = Excavating dinosaur fossil site with James Kirkland (Cedar Mountain Formation) |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 157 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Doomsday Seed Banker |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|27}} |ShortSummary = Managing Myriophyllum spicatum, a non-indigenous invasive species, and collecting seeds for the Millennium Seed Bank Project at the Chicago Botanic Garden |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 158 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Water Softener Technician |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|3}} |ShortSummary = Maintenance on water softening basin at municipal water treatment plant in Moorhead, Minnesota, cleaning coins at Westin St. Francis |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 159 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Barber's Assistant |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|10}} |ShortSummary = Barbershop, landfill |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 160 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Mardi Gras Bladder Banger |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|17}} |ShortSummary = Assembling cow bladders for the Knights of Revelry's Mardi Gras parade float in Mobile, Alabama |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 161 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Medical Waste Disposal Expert |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|24}} |ShortSummary = Disposing biohazardous medical waste |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 162 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Dirty Little Bits |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|31}} |ShortSummary = Outtakes from previous episodes |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 163 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Tower Top Hand |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|7}} |ShortSummary = Erecting a {{convert|330|ft|m|adj=on}} radio communications tower in North Dakota,{{cite web|url=http://www.wirelessestimator.com/community/threads/dirty-jobs-episode-videos-on-tower-climbers.1305/ |title=Dirty Jobs episode videos on tower climbers | Wireless Estimator Community |publisher=Wirelessestimator.com |date= |access-date=2015-03-06}} musical tribute to completing a dirty job in all 50 states |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 164 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Onion Processor |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|14}} |ShortSummary = Commercial processing of onions, building wooden ladders for San Francisco Fire Department |LineColor = 3939ac }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 165 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Dirty Conversations 2 |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|21}} |ShortSummary = Revisit and additional footage of dirty conversations hosted at the home of Bob Comes ("Pig Farmer"): jelly bean maker ("Blueberry Connoisseur"), handmade blueberry pie ("Blueberry Connoisseur"), shoeshiner ("Scrapple Maker"), treating head lice ("Hair Fairy"), dyeing shirts with red dirt from Kauai ("Marble Maker"), bird ringing common terns and Canada geese ("Abandoned Mine Plugger"), bird conservation ("Vomit Island Workers"), changing main shaft packing and oil on water turbine ("Rocky Reach Dam"), Mackinac Island horse manure and garbage removal/composting ("Wild Goose Chase"), twins Carolyn and Marilyn Maedel ("Dirty Conversations"), capturing two Père David's deer for transport ("Animal Relocator"), rum distiller ("Rum Distiller"), making vellum from goat skin ("Vellum Maker"), animal acupuncture ("Fish Squeezer"), barbershop ("Barber's Assistant"), crew member and guest quizzes ("Bug Detective", "Scrapple Maker", "Horse Tester", "Barber's Assistant") |LineColor = 3939ac }} |
Season 8: ''Dirty Jobs Down Under'' (2012)
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|EpisodeNumber = 166 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Lost in Aboriginal Land |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|8|22}} |ShortSummary = Visiting the Aboriginal community of Yilpara in Arnhem Land. |LineColor = 7BA429 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 167 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Deadly Snake Wrangler |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|8|29}} |ShortSummary = Removing eastern brown snakes from residences in Adelaide, capturing cane toads with Graeme Sawyer, former Lord Mayor of the City of Darwin. |LineColor = 7BA429 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 168 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Journey to Croc Country |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|9|5}} |ShortSummary = Capturing saltwater crocodiles to study their diet with researchers from Crocodylus Park. |LineColor = 7BA429 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 169 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Outback Treasure Hunter |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|9|12}} |ShortSummary = Mining opal and maintaining the local golf course in Coober Pedy. |LineColor = 7BA429 }} |
Dirty Jobs: Rowe'd Trip (2020)
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|EpisodeNumber = 170 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Dirty Infrastructure |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|7|7}} |ShortSummary = Mike Rowe and the crew tour the California coast in a recreational vehicle reminiscing about previous infrastructure related Dirty Jobs episodes. Mike interviews Kevin Reski, owner of Great Plains Towers in North Dakota who was in the 2012 episode titled "Tower Top Hand" and Lawrence Jackson III who is a sanitation worker in the San Francisco Chinatown district and was in the 2005 episode titled "Chinatown Garbage Collector". |LineColor = 7BA429 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 171 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Tight Spaces |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|7|14}} |ShortSummary = Mike Rowe and the crew tour the California coast in a recreational vehicle reminiscing about previous tight spaces related Dirty Jobs episodes. |LineColor = 7BA429 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 172 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Filthy Animals |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|7|21}} |Viewers = 886,000 |ShortSummary = Mike Rowe and the crew tour the California coast in a recreational vehicle reminiscing about previous animal related Dirty Jobs episodes. |LineColor = 7BA429 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 173 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Problem Solvers |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|7|28}} |Viewers = 747,000 |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 7BA429 }} |
Season 9 (2022)
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|EpisodeNumber = 174 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Rodbuster / Galvanizer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|1|2}} |Viewers = 863,000{{cite web | url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-1-2-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html | title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Sunday 1.2.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED | Showbuzz Daily | website=Showbuzzdaily.com }} |ShortSummary = Mike works his hardest construction job yet. He helps a team of rodbusters, who carry 2 tons of reinforced steel each for overpass construction. Next, Mike combats the ruination of rust by galvanizing infrastructural steel in an 850-degree zinc bath. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 175 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Jellyballer / Epoxy Installer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|1|9}} |Viewers = 841,000{{cite web | url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-1-9-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html | title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Sunday 1.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED | Showbuzz Daily | website=Showbuzzdaily.com }} |ShortSummary = Mike Rowe joins a fourth-generation fisherman's crew in Georgia as they harvest cannonball Jellyfish for food, a trade known as "Jellyballing." Then Mike helps a father-son team install epoxy flooring at a restaurant in time for the dinner rush. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 176 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Tugboat Fitter / Water Tower |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|1|16}} |Viewers = 921,000{{cite web | url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-1-16-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html | title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Sunday 1.16.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED | Showbuzz Daily | website=Showbuzzdaily.com }} |ShortSummary = Mike visits a ship-building community in Coden, Alabama, to learn the ins-and-outs of building a tugboat, from tight spaces to complex algebra. Then he makes a long climb to the top of a dirty water tower in Magee, Mississippi, to clean inside the tank. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 177 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Rock Sucker / Mountain Carver |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|1|23}} |Viewers = 798,000{{cite web | url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-1-23-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html | title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Sunday 1.23.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED | Showbuzz Daily | website=Showbuzzdaily.com }} |ShortSummary = Mike sucks rocks off an industrial roof with a massive vacuum. He then travels to the Black Hills to carve the largest monument in the world: Crazy Horse. Both stories involve several generations working together to pass on their life's ambitions. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 178 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Escalator Maintainer / Scorpion Sweeper |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|1|30}} |Viewers = 577,000{{cite web | url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-1-30-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html | title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Sunday 1.30.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED | Showbuzz Daily | website=Showbuzzdaily.com }} |ShortSummary = Mike Rowe crams into a hockey arena's escalator where he scrapes and cleans a special kind of shmutz from the bottom. Then, he and a zoo keeper venture into the hot, treacherous Arizona desert at night to round up neurotoxic stinging scorpions. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 179 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Combat Surgeon / Iguana Hunter |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|2|6}} |Viewers = 783,000{{cite web | url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-2-6-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html | title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Sunday 2.6.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED | Showbuzz Daily | website=Showbuzzdaily.com }} |ShortSummary = Mike Rowe trains as a trauma surgeon using hyper-realistic scenarios and specialized equipment to learn under simulated battlefield conditions. He then controls an invasive mess of iguanas which are posing health risks to humans on the Florida coast. |LineColor = eebc1d }} |
Season 10 (2022–23)
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|EpisodeNumber = 180 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Pool Fixer / Hotel Soap Recycler |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|12|11}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Mike heads to West Palm Beach, Florida to join a family business while they replace the vinyl liner in a swimming pool that has not been cleaned in 15 years. Then, Mike drives inland to Orlando, Florida, where he helps Clean The World recycle secondhand hotel soap that is distributed to people in need. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 181 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Feral Cat Fixer / Reaper Keeper |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|12|18}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Mike Rowe helps cat ladies of northern Texas to fix a clowder of feral cats at a spay/neuter facility. Mike feels the burn as he processes peppers with the mad scientist inventor of the Carolina Reaper, the hottest pepper in the world. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 182 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Pile Jacketer / Concrete Cleaner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|1|1}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = In an episode full of broken promises, Mike performs two jobs he has sworn off forever: diving and concrete. For his first gig, Mike finds a dilapidated bridge near Pensacola, Florida. Meeting a group of divers who find solutions to such problems, he hops waist-deep into the mucky river with them to reinforce the crumbling infrastructure. The day's work should add another 40 years onto the bridge's life. On his second job, Mike meets a crew of concrete fanatics in Charlotte, North Carolina. These guys willingly jump into a pit full of concrete washout. Their work - separating the solids and revitalizing the water. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 183 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Caviar Harvester / Spice Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|1|8}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Mike goes for the waterways of America. First he heads to Clarksville, Missouri where he lends a hand onboard the Hillbilly Deluxe at catching shovelhead sturgeon to harvest Show-Me caviar. Part two of the episode has Mike at J.O. Spice Co. in Mike's hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Here Mike rectifies an OLD mistake as he blends Maryland's most popular crab seasoning. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 184 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Baghouse Cleaner / Biochar Maker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|1|15}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Mike finds himself in Charlotte, North Carolina, where there is a unique job at an asphalt plant. Mike joins the plant's crew for a Baghouse Party: cleaning out the massive filtration system (baghouse) keeping employees and the environment safe. Mike then helps an entrepreneur in Berthoud, Colorado turn useless, beetle-eaten timber into a resource with an intensely high carbon count and many beneficial uses. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 185 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Deer Urine Farmer / Necropsy |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|1|22}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = In Anna, Illinois, Mike discovers feces from a new species as he collects and bottles the freshest farm-raised deer urine on the market sold to hunters looking to bag a buck. Near his hometown of Baltimore, in Oxford, Maryland, Mike dives elbow-deep into a recently deceased bottlenose dolphin as he assists in performing a necropsy to determine the cause of the creature's misfortune. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 186 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Manhole Rehab / Clock Caretaker |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|1|29}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Traveling below Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Mike descends into an aging manhole, stops the sewage, and sprays a life extending coating on the walls. Then, just down the street from The Capitol, Mike repairs one of the oldest working clocks in the country at a prep school in the nation's capital. |LineColor = eebc1d }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 187 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Beaver Relocator / Slime Master |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|2|5}} |Viewers = |ShortSummary = Mike saves municipal infrastructure and positively affects the local ecosystems as he traps, treats and relocates urban nuisance beavers back into the mountains of Utah. In Santa Fey Springs, California, Mike meets the folks behind the slime, yes THAT slime, and gets gooey with glue as he enters the world behind Hollywood's special effects. |LineColor = eebc1d }} |
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- {{cite web|url=http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/dirtyjobs/episode/episode.html|title=Dirty Jobs: Episode Guide|publisher=Discovery Channel|access-date=May 14, 2011}}
- {{cite web|url=http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=1.12301.25321.4062.x|title=Discovery Channel :: TV Listings :: Dirty Jobs|publisher=Discovery Channel|access-date=May 14, 2011}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=279523&more=ucepisodelist|title=Dirty Jobs Episodes on Discovery Channel|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=May 14, 2011}}
- {{cite web|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/showatch/dirty-jobs/listings|title=Shows A-Z – dirty jobs on discovery|publisher=the Futon Critic|access-date=May 14, 2011}}
- {{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/dirty-jobs.1|title=Dirty Jobs: Episode Guide|publisher=MSN TV|access-date=May 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012091130/http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/dirty-jobs.1/|archive-date=October 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|url=http://epguides.com/DirtyJobs|title=Dirty Jobs (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)|work=epguides.com|access-date=May 14, 2011}}
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