Dirty Jobs — Season 6

Aired 5 January 2010 • 60 min

Mike goes to Southern California to handle skunks and other pests as an animal control specialist.

Aired 12 January 2010 • 60 min

Mike goes to work at a cricket farm in Augusta, Georgia and later becomes a camel rancher at the Oasis Camel Dairy in Ramona, California.

Aired 19 January 2010 • 60 min

Mike goes on the hunt for feral chickens on the streets of Miami.

Aired 26 January 2010 • 60 min

Mike goes to Michigan to join up with the 12 maintenance crew.

Aired 2 February 2010 • 60 min

Mike creates some concrete counter-tops and fire pits in Moss Landing, California and then reminisces about the scariest job he's ever done.

Aired 9 February 2010 • 60 min

Mike visits a bone black plant in Michigan and then talks about his five dirtiest jobs.

Aired 16 February 2010 • 60 min

Mike reminisces about jobs where he had to work in tight spaces, including the time he cleaned the inside of a buoy, his adventure in an abandoned mine, and an insulation application assignment beneath a home.

Aired 23 February 2010 • 60 min

With a hiatus looming, Mike tries to secure employment for the "Dirty Jobs" crew and reflects on their contributions.

Aired 14 June 2010 • 60 min

A special episode which looks back at previous episodes as Mike offers employment tips he’s learned over the years.

Aired 19 October 2010 • 60 min

Mike visits a Texas ranch that breeds exotic animals like sloths, lemurs, camels, and bearcats.

Aired 26 October 2010 • 60 min

Mike tries to evade and outsmart a team of bloodhounds while posing as a stand-in fugitive in Texas. Also, Mike takes on non-native, invasive species in the Florida Everglades.

Aired 2 November 2010 • 60 min

Mike helps the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in battling the sea lamprey population that threatens the fishing industry of the Great Lakes. Also, Mike makes meat gel to feed fish in Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino's shark reef aquarium.

Aired 9 November 2010 • 60 min

Mike visits an old-fashioned corn mill in De Kalb, Miss. Also, Mike helps relocate a pair of exotic deer in Wills Point, Texas.

Aired 4 January 2011 • 60 min

Mike learns how to install a lightning rod on a home in Lucedale, Miss.

Aired 21 November 2010 • 60 min

Mikes learns how to make yarn from fleece and waxes hair off of his friend at a day spa.

Aired 23 November 2010 • 60 min

Mike visits a bowling center in Fremont, Cal. and at the request of a fan turns the spotlight on his cameraman.

Aired 28 November 2010 • 60 min

Mike visits a forensic entomology lab where he helps inspect pig carcasses for maggots and other insects.

Aired 30 November 2010 • 60 min

Mike goes to Ketucky to learn about race horse nutrition. That involves collecting the horse's vital statistic from it's blood, poop and pee. Fortunately there are plenty of flies to distract Mike while he prepares the samples.

Aired 7 December 2010 • 60 min

Mike works with a falconer to chase birds away. Then Mike butchers a cow from the hoof clear through to steaks.

Aired 14 December 2010 • 60 min

Aired 21 December 2010 • 60 min

Mike Rowe takes a look at never-before-seen footage featuring unusual, skewed and quirky conversations Mike has had with a colorful array of characters.

Aired 28 December 2010 • 60 min

Mike answers viewer mail and pollinates date palm trees in Palm Springs.