America's Toughest Jobs

America's Toughest Jobs
Created by Thom Beers
Starring Josh Temple
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network NBC
Original release August 25 – October 25, 2008 (2008-10-25)
External links
Website

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 (the bottom four in the first five episodes, and the bottom two thereafter). 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.

Ben Coleman was named the winner of season one on October 25, 2008. The results were accidentally posted on NBC's website several hours before the show aired.[1]

On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not be returning for a second season.[2]

Season one

Contestant Progress

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Finale
Contestant Result
Ben Safe Safe Btm 2 Win Safe Win Win Safe Safe Win Win WIN
Steven Btm 4 Safe Btm 4 Safe Btm 3 Btm 2 3 Safe Safe Safe 2nd 2nd OUT
Sandy Win1 Safe Win Safe Safe Safe Btm 2 Win Btm 2 3rd OUT
Michaela Win1 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Win OUT
Rommel Safe Btm 4 Safe Safe Win2 Safe Safe Btm 2 OUT
Bryce Safe Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 4 Btm 4 Safe Safe OUT
Chris Safe Btm 2 Safe Btm 3 Btm 2 Safe OUT
Rie Safe Safe Safe Safe Win2 OUT
Eric Btm 2 Safe Safe Btm 2 OUT
Rick Safe Safe Safe OUT
Phil Safe Win OUT
Amy Btm 3 OUT
Senta OUT
     The contestant won the competition
     The contestant won the challenge
     The contestant was called out as one of the worst performers, but was not eliminated
     The contestant was eliminated

Episode list

1 Job featured in Deadliest Catch, a show created by Thom Beers
2 Job featured in Ice Road Truckers, a show produced and narrated by Beers
3 Job featured in Black Gold, a show created and narrated by Beers
4 Job featured in Ax Men, a show created and narrated by Beers

Prize

The prize for the contest winner was the combined amount of the salaries of what a first-year worker would earn on each job. Below is a table that details the breakdown:

Job Salary
Crab Fisherman $29,805.98
Ice Road Trucker $31,714.72
Gold Digger $15,464.62
Monster Trucker $45,614.581
Oil Driller $35,184.22
Bullfighter $41,785.81
Bridge Crewman $47,592.152
Logger $35,248.00
Mountain Guide $15,589.92
Total $298,000.00

In addition, each of the contestants in the final four was awarded a 2009 Dodge Ram.

Epilogues

References

External links

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