America's Toughest Jobs(2008)
Reality
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First Air Date: 2008-08-25
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
America's Toughest Jobs is a reality television show that lasted one season and aired on the American television network NBC. It pitted contestants against each other as they attempted a series of difficult and dangerous jobs. The prize was the sum of the salaries that would be earned by people doing these jobs in their first year. The show's creator and executive producer was Thom Beers, notable for creating shows such as Deadliest Catch and Monster Garage. Some of the jobs he chose to be featured on America's Toughest Jobs were featured on shows he previously created. The host was Josh Temple, a character actor who had minor roles in shows such as Will & Grace and Curb Your Enthusiasm. In each episode, contestants took part in tasks associated with a job, and were supervised and evaluated by workers or employers in that business. After spending time on the job, the supervisors selected one or more top employees for praise, and selected the employees who had the worst performances. Those employees were required to compete head-to-head in an additional challenge to determine who would be eliminated. For example, in the gold digging episode, the bottom four contestants were required to spend additional time digging for gold with the contestant who found the least amount eliminated. Once there were four contestants remaining, timed challenges were held for three of the season's toughest jobs with the contestant who had the slowest time at each eliminated until a winner was determined. At the end of each episode, an information screen was shown that detailed what the eliminated contestant decided to do after the show.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
Crab Fishing
Air Date: 2008-08-25
In this episode, the men and women work on a fisherman's boat in the middle of 20 foot sea swells.
E02
Trucking in Alaska
Air Date: 2008-09-01
The 12 remaining contestants remain in Alaska to learn how to navigate one of the most dangerous highways in North Am...
E03
Gold Digging
Air Date: 2008-09-08
Still up in Alaska, the 11 remaining contestants take on the job of searching for gold in a glacier fed river.
E04
Monster Trucks
Air Date: 2008-09-15
Now in the lower 48 the contestants take on the task of monster trucks.
E05
Oil Rig
Air Date: 2008-09-19
This episode finds the contestants challenged to work on an oil rig, which includes lugging pipes, changing the bits ...
E06
Bullfighting
Air Date: 2008-09-26
The contestants find themselves being shoved around inside a wooden barrel by a bull to get the feel of his power as ...
E07
Bridge Crew
Air Date: 2008-10-03
The remaining contestants are tested in their ability to work in heights when they join a bridge crew.
E08
Logging
Air Date: 2008-10-10
For their next job, the six remaining workers travel from the Port of Los Angeles, to Port Angeles, Washington, the h...
E09
Mountain Rescue
Air Date: 2008-10-18
The five remaining workers go to the heart of the Alaska range, Denali National Park. For over 100 years, adventurers...
E10
Final Four Finale
Air Date: 2008-10-25
The final episode finds the four remaining workers going back to 3 of the hardest jobs, logging, oil rigging and crab...
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