Dirty Jobs

Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.

Seasons

11

Episodes aired

162

Latest aired

S11E08

Total runtime

6d 10h

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 July 2005 – November 2005 13 episodes
2. Season 2 January 2006 – December 2006 20 episodes
3. Season 3 January 2007 – December 2007 19 episodes
4. Season 4 January 2008 – December 2008 26 episodes
5. Season 5 January 2009 – December 2009 23 episodes
6. Season 6 January 2010 – January 2011 22 episodes
7. Season 7 January 2011 – March 2011 10 episodes
8. Season 8 December 2011 – February 2012 11 episodes
9. Season 9 August 2012 – September 2012 4 episodes
10. the show was away for 9 years and 3 months
11. Season 10 January 2022 – February 2022 6 episodes
12. Season 11 December 2022 – February 2023 8 episodes

• 1

  S07E01 Asphalt Paver

  January 4 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  In Nebraska, Mike Rowe takes a shot at paving roads. Then, in reply to a mailbag question about his favorite animal, he recalls the time he crossed paths with a tiger crossbreed in Texas.

• 2

  S07E02 Rum Distiller

  January 11 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Mike visits a distillery, where he turns molasses into rum, hauls hoses, scours copper and works with scalding liquid.

• 3

  S07E03 Hair Fairy

  January 18 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Mike installs a metal power pole in Wyoming and later learns about how to remove lice from hair in San Francisco.

• 4

  S07E04 Dirty Infrastructure

  January 25 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Mike takes a look at America's report card on its infrastructure and also salutes the workers who help preserve it.

• 5

  S07E05 Scrapple Maker

  February 1 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Mike learns how to make a pig delicacy known as scrapple and later becomes a shoe doctor's assistant.

• 6

  S07E06 Blueberry Connoisseur

  February 8 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Mike visits the Jelly Belly Candy Company to concoct a dirty boot flavored jelly bean based on his own sweaty, grimy, filthy pair of work boots. Then he travels to Maine to harvest blueberries and joins the "Pie Ladies" in a pie bakeoff.

• 7

  S07E07 Sponge Diver

  February 15 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Mike heads to Tarpon Springs, Florida to help collect sponges off the sea floor. Then he answers viewer mail and recounts his struggle with a metal fence post at an abandoned mine.

• 8

  S07E08 Cedar Log Peeler

  February 22 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Mike works on a fish processing boat in the Bering Sea and cleans out the fish grinder. Then he heads to the Rapid River Rustic Mill to lend a hand with debarking, peeling and processing wood for a cedar log cabin.

• 9

  S07E09 Termite Researcher

  March 1 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Mike visits with long-time fans Marilyn and Carolyn Maedel to look at never-before-seen footage at a crawfish factory in Louisiana. Then, he experiences the many hands-on duties that come with being a termite researcher on Sapolo Island in Georgia.

• 10

  S07E10 Dirty DNA

  March 8 · 60min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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")