NBC Monday 9pm
debuted Monday, August 25, 9pm. (moves to Friday 8pm, Sep 19; moves to Friday 9pm, Oct 24)
concept
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America's Toughest Jobs is a new extreme competition series that will test 12 people who venture out of their safe, comfortable careers and are injected into some of the most challenging, dangerous and demanding jobs on earth. From logging high in the Oregon Forest to oil drilling on the Texas range, or from driving icy roads to extreme fishing -- each job requires guts and stamina, and they'll have to live up to the same standards as the pros. In the end, their new boss and co-workers will determine success or failure, and those who don't make the grade get sent home. Upping the ante, the annual salary of each job will be thrown into the pot until the finale, where one rookie will take home the well-earned cash. 
host Josh Temple
producers Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, Thom Beers
studio Berman Braun, Original Productions
my take
The Deadliest Catch meets Survivor. Marrying dangerous jobs to a game show...Maybe, but it's probably not appointment televison. There is always that desire to watch just to see if someone's going to really fail...or get hurt. It's most likely significantly cheaper to produce than an hour of scripted TV. It's the first new show of the season and starts with a decent slot, however, before the debut, there are already two skedded slot changes on the books. NBC: Build audience, THEN move show. It doesn't work very well the other way around.
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