Dirty Jobs is a TV series on the Discovery Channel in which host Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the typical employees. The show, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television, premiered with three pilot episodes in November 2003. It returned as a series on July 26, 2005, running for eight seasons until September 12, 2012. The show's setting was refocused in Australia for the eighth season, advertised as Dirty Jobs Down Under.
There is also a European edition of the show hosted by former Manchester United and Denmark goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel.
On November 21, 2012, Rowe announced that Discovery Channel had cancelled Dirty Jobs.[3] In 2014, Rowe announced that CNN had picked up Somebody's Gotta Do It, starring him and featuring many of the Dirty Jobs crew.
The series was nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys:
3 for Outstanding Reality Program, which Rowe was nominated for as a producer, and 2 for Cinematography.