October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08) – July 21, 2018 (2018-07-21)
Somebody's Gotta Do It is a program that originally aired on CNN and later aired on TBN with host Mike Rowe.[1][2] The show premiered on October 8, 2014. On May 13, 2016, Mike Rowe announced on his website MikeRowe.com that he and CNN had agreed to end production of the show after three seasons. A fourth season was picked by the TBN.
Format
According to the CNN press release on the show, the show ”brings viewers face-to-face with men and women who march to the beat of a different drum. In each episode, Rowe visits unique individuals and joins them in their respective undertakings, paying tribute to innovators, do-gooders, entrepreneurs, collectors, fanatics–people who simply have to do it. This show is about passion, purpose, and occasionally, hobbies that get a little out of hand."[1]
History
The show has its origins from a KPIX-TVnews magazine segment on Evening Magazine titled "Somebody's Gotta Do It" which Rowe hosted.[3] That segment was pitched to Discovery Channel in the early 2000s. Ultimately Discovery decided it only wanted to feature the dirty part of the segment and made a show out of it, which would become Dirty Jobs.[4][5][6]
On May 6, 2013, Rowe posted on Facebook that he was open to creating a new show that is similar to Dirty Jobs titled Somebody's Gotta Do It. Rowe said that if half the people on his Facebook fan page said "Hey, Mike, here's 10 bucks for jet fuel and basic production costs", he'd "put the band back together and start shooting 'Somebody's Gotta Do It' tomorrow".[7] On April 10, 2014, Rowe announced on his Facebook page that CNN had decided to air the show.[8] Filming on the show started on May 22, 2014.[9] On August 23, 2014, Rowe announced that it would debut on October 8, 2014, at 9 pm ET.[10] On September 29, 2014, CNN made the first episode available to watch on their website before its debut date.[11] On November 13, 2014, Somebody's Gotta Do It was renewed for a second season.[12] Season two debuted on April 9, 2015.[13] Season three debuted on September 27, 2015. After season 3 ended, CNN canceled the show and Rowe began looking for an alternative channel to air a new season of the show.[14]
Somebody's Gotta Do It is now airing in reruns on TBN featuring one reedited half hour episode from the first three seasons.[15] A fourth season was announced and started airing on May 26, 2018.[16][17] A new episode about SkillsUSA aired on June 23, 2018 on TBN.[18][19]
Mike visits Disaster City on the Brayton Fire Training Field located in College Station, Texas, to learn how life saving rescues operate. Mike also visits Luling, Texas, and the Tiny Texas Houses company where they make small houses.
In Los Angeles Mike participates in Mexican wrestling that has elements of burlesque, tries the sport of curling in Madison, Wisconsin, and learns how to make glassware in Arcata, California.
In Chicago Mike visits the Chicago Fire Department and participates in an ice water rescue, visits a traditional Russian bathhouse in Chicago, and meets a Voodoo priestess in New Orleans.
Mike visits Paramount, California and rides in a low rider car, meets man who makes guitars out of old cigar boxes in Jackson, Mississippi, and then sees how high quality bobbleheads are made in Atlanta.
Mike learns how to skydive with the Golden Knights in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Mike also visits Bandon, Oregon and people who pick up beach trash and create art from it. In the last segment Mike visits his hometown of Baltimore and meets people who promote tourism there.
Mike visits a museum dedicated to locks of hair, some with accompanying pictures and family trees - used as an arcane method of genealogy tracking. Next he visits a unique dog groomer who paints pooches after giving them cuts.
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