Is everyone ready for more of Mike Rowe? I’m really excited to see Mike, Dave, and the gang back. On tonight’s episode, entitled “Exotic Nanny”, Mike travels to Texas to help out at a ranch that harbors and breeds different exotic animal species including lemurs, sloths, bearcats and camels.
Dirty Jobs airs Tuesday nights at 9pm/8pm Central.
To promote the return of Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe recently sat down for an interview with AOL Television. Below is a portion of the interview. It’s one-sided, but Mike gives his thoughts on some of the jobs he’s done, why he likes to do narration, and of course what it’s like to get a body wax. Ouch!
As I’ve mentioned in several blog entries over the past few weeks, Dirty Jobs is slated to return with new episodes on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 9PM ET/PT, but it looks like the Tuesday night airings will be coming to an end next month.
I was checking out Discovery Channel’s November highlights this morning when I noticed they have the series switching to Sunday nights, starting November 21st. Here is the new episode schedule for November, as Discovery has it: Tuesday, November 2, November 9 and November 16 and Sunday, November 21 and November 28 at 9 PM.
While the timeslot seems to be staying the same, it looks like Mike Rowe and company will officially be switching to Sunday nights. In the move to Sunday at 9pm, Dirty Jobs will act as a lead-in for one of Discovery’s new reality shows, Brew Masters. It isn’t entirely clear what show will be moving into Dirty Jobs‘ Tuesday slot at this time.
I’d be curious to learn what you guys think of the eventual move to Sunday nights. For me, there isn’t very much on Tuesday nights so I was always more likely to tune in to Dirty Jobs. The move to Sunday nights means I’ll have conflicts now so this doesn’t really work for me.
It’s difficult to talk about what happened in Chile and not describe what happened as incredible. Mankind has rescued people from deep below the surface of the earth before, but never to the depth we witnessed this week. It’s been truly awe-inspiring.
Dirty Jobs isn’t the only show on television show to show some of the less desirable occupations. There have been several, a few of which are still on the air. After watching what happened in Chile, TV producers have decided to add to the programming slate with coal-related shows.
As is tradition with any disaster, Discovery has announced they will be airing a documentary about the events that transpired in Chile over the last two months. Tentatively titled Rescued: The Chilean Mine Rescue, this one-hour special focuses on the triumph of engineering and human spirit and the extraordinary scientific and technological innovations that have been brought together to complete this miracle rescue from deep underground. The documentary will include interviews with some of the coal miners rescued, their families, some of the rescue operations leaders, as well as Chilean President Pi�era.
Also, Thom Beers, the executive producer for shows like Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, and Ax Men has a new reality series called Coal lined up for airing on Spike TV. The series will take viewers down into the depths of the Earth for an unprecedented look at one of the world’s most dangerous and compelling jobs, coal mining. Spike TV will premiere the 10 episode, one-hour series in April 2011.
Mike Rowe has been on quite a road trip of late. He gave an interview with GOOD Magazine recently. He talked about not just the Dirty Jobs series, but about how the culture values certain jobs over others and a host of other related matters. I highly recommend checking out the GOOD Magazine interview.
Also, Mike recently blogged about his trip to Washington D.C. He detailed his journey here. It even includes another visit with the Maedel sisters, who were on the Dirty Jobs series not that long ago when Mike looked back at some of the dirtiest jobs he’s done.
And lastly, check out these pictures of Mike flying with the world famous Blue Angels!
While consulting Discovery’s latest television schedule, I noticed they intend to air re-cut Dirty Jobs episodes toward the end of October. Tentatively titled “The Nitty Gritty”, these re-cut episodes will likely be similar to the “Buster’s Cut” episodes they currently air for MythBusters.
My only problem with this is the fact that Discovery has totally failed with their “Buster’s Cut” episodes and I have little faith in their attempts to repurpose previously-aired Dirty Jobs episodes.
With the “Buster’s Cut” episodes, we’re promised to see “Never Before Seen Footage” and get “Behind the Scenes Info.” Of the half-dozen “Buster’s Cut” episodes that have aired, I can’t recall any of them containing the new footage they have promised to include. These episodes are essentially the same episodes which ran months ago, but with “Buster’s Cut” bumpers and generally useless pieces of trivia which pop up from the bottom of the screen.
Frequent visitors to Discovery’s forums can attest to the fact that fans aren’t loving the product Discovery is delivering with these poor attempts to repurpose old episodes. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with airing repeats, but don’t call them new episodes by slapping a little lipstick and mascara on them. It’s misleading to say the least.
On a more upbeat note, brand new episodes are just around the corner. October 19th marks the return of new episodes of Dirty Jobs. Be sure to check out our episode guide to learn more about those episodes.