America's Toughest Jobs

America's Toughest Jobs (2008)


  • Genre: Reality
  • Creator: Thom Beers
  • First Air Date: 2008-08-25
  • Last Air Date: 2008-10-25
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 10
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Production Company: Original Productions
  • Networks: NBC
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Summary

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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America's Toughest Jobs Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 2008-08-25
10 Episodes

America's Toughest Jobs Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Crab Fishing60 min
Season 1Episode 2Trucking in Alaska60 min
Season 1Episode 3Gold Digging60 min
Season 1Episode 4Monster Trucks60 min
Season 1Episode 5Oil Rig60 min
Season 1Episode 6Bullfighting60 min
Season 1Episode 7Bridge Crew60 min
Season 1Episode 8Logging60 min
Season 1Episode 9Mountain Rescue60 min
Season 1Episode 10Final Four Finale60 min
  • Josh Temple

    as Host
Production Lloyd Braun Producer
Production Gail Berman Producer