America's Toughest Jobs

NBC (ended 2008)

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Premiered: Aug 25, 2008
Status: Ended

This NBC reality project spotlights the action and adventure found in this country's workforce. It is a competition series where each week 13 men and women must work on physically demanding jobs. Each week a contestant will be elimnated if his or her work is not up to par. The last remaining worker will receive the combined annual salaries of the jobs in the competition.moreless

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S 1 : Ep 10	Final Four Finale	Aired 10/25/08	go iTunes Buy
S 1 : Ep 9	Moutain Rescue	Aired 10/18/08	go iTunes Buy
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Final Four Finale

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A very guilty pleasure in which I wish was done a tad bit better

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By cbreseman, Sep 18, 2008 Report Abuse

Thom Beers is famous for his work with producing the dangerous jobs shows such as Ax Men, Ice Road Truckers, and Deadliest Catch. Well this show rolls all of those jobs plus a few other very dangerous jobs into a contest to see who can cut it doing all of these gawd awful jobs. 13 contestants start out with the job of crab fishing. The contestants are judged for their work by the crab boat owner. After 24hrs(?) of crab fishing the owner then picks the worst four fishermen/women and then they have to go back out and prove they belong. After another 12hrs (I think 12hrs) the worst fisherman/woman is called out and eliminated. This is going to go on through out the season with different jobs. Currently they have done Crab Fishing, Alaskan Trucking, Gold Digging and Monster Trucking. Thom Beers could have done a little better so far but it is just nit pick things. Such as a better cast with a little more personality. I like to watch Thom Beers shows and really do appreciate the work that people do that he shows. But how much it relates into a reality show is yet to be determined. This series has its spots, and unfortunately its low lights. I can certainly understand the difficulty that would be presented in turning these jobs into a contest that would be safe and viable to do with 13 people who have no clue about what they are doing or safety in the job. I think this show would have been better off on a network such as Discovery or History Network where they would have given it a whole lot more advertising and hype. NBC(?) hasn't done this show any favors by not giving it the hype it should be getting. Overall this is an interesting show, you get a slight glimpse into what each job entales and requires of someone in a reality show atmosphere. You really have to be a fan of Thom Beers "dangerous jobs shows" to like this one, also you have to be a fan of reality tv. If you aren't either, you will not like this. Which brings up the question of how many people are both and how much it will carry over to ratings. Hopefully this survives the whole season as it is a guilty pleasure of mine that I tune into weekly. I love to see the different jobs and how difficult they are. I will always be a fan of those "dangerous job" shows. I hope more people find this interesting enough to watch. Also the network needs to do a better job of advertising this show, as they advertise everything else under the sun but this.moreless

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By beatingtheodds, Aug 26, 2008

09/29/08

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Episode 2 Discussion
so... lets talk about the 2nd episode.. i thought the chris guy was an arrogant jackass and the instructor was right to be piss...

By musiliu, Sep 02, 2008

09/21/08

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Episode 4 Discussion
so... theres no point in posting this but i might as well.. can someone explain why the bryce guy got a damn 10 score on his first...

By musiliu, Sep 18, 2008

09/18/08

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Looks good :)
I saw a promo for the show on NBC and I've gotta say, it looks really good... Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers and Ax men are al...

By maaarin, Aug 06, 2008

08/23/08

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Trouble with the video
Is anybody having trouble with the video on the web site?

By Minarvia, Aug 23, 2008

08/23/08

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