Verminators | |
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Genre | Documentary Reality television |
Starring | Mike Masterson |
Narrated by | Thom Beers [1] |
Opening theme | "Verminators Theme" [2] [3] |
Composer | Jonathan Miller [4] [5] |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 [6] |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Thom Beers [1] Philip Segal Jeff Conroy Joseph Boyle |
Running time | 40–46 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | USA Discovery Channel Canada Discovery Channel UK Virgin1 |
Original release | April 21, 2008 – October 15, 2009 |
Verminators is an American reality television series. It is produced by Original Productions of Burbank, California and broadcast in the United States on Discovery Channel, Canada on Discovery Channel (Canada) and the UK on Virgin1. The program follows the employees of the Los Angeles-based pest control company ISOTech as they rid homes and businesses of rodents, cockroaches, termites, spiders, birds and other pests. The series began its run throughout North America on Discovery Channel in April 2008.
A second season began airing in July 2009. It involves Masterson and the ISOTech crew, along with new recruits and associates, having traveled to Florida; ridding considered residents there of both typical and exotic pests that can be expected of a subtropical environment.
Mike Masterson, along with his pest control team, ISOTech, take on various challenges involving ridding their clients' homes, apartments, or businesses of recognized pests.
# | Title | Air Date |
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01 | "Night at the Races" | April 21, 2008 |
02 | "Rookie Mistakes" | April 28, 2008 |
03 | "The Hills Have Rats" | May 5, 2008 |
04 | "Moby Rat" | May 12, 2008 |
05 | "Infestation Nation" | May 19, 2008 |
06 | "Return of the Rat" | June 2, 2008 |
07 | "Hollywood Roaches" | June 9, 2008 |
08 | "Horror Attic" | June 16, 2008 |
09 | "Roach Motel" | June 30, 2008 |
10 | "Roach Motherload" | July 7, 2008 |
11 | "No Kill Solution" | July 14, 2008 |
12 | "Plague of Vermin" | July 21, 2008 |
13 | "Day of the Rat" | August 4, 2008 |
# | Title | Air Date |
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01 | "Trial By Rat" | July 15, 2009 |
02 | "Roman Goes Vegan" | July 22, 2009 |
03 | "Gator Bait" | July 29, 2009 |
04 | "Rats! Bats! Crap!" | August 12, 2009 |
05 | "Bedbugs Bite!" | August 19, 2009 |
06 | "Wild West Skunks" | August 20, 2009 |
07 | "Deadly Desert" | August 27, 2009 |
08 | "Polly Wants Revenge" | September 4, 2009 |
09 | "Lights! Camera! Vermin!" | September 13, 2009 |
10 | "Emergency! Closure!" | September 16, 2009 |
11 | "Holy Bees!" | September 23, 2009 |
12 | "Mr. Whiskers Was a Rat" | September 30, 2009 |
13 | "They're Not Your Friends" | October 15, 2009 |
The complete first season was released on DVD by Topics Entertainment on August 10, 2010 in the United States and Canada. [7] The 4-disc region 1 set titled, Verminators: Extreme Extermination, contained all 13 aired episodes. The season also became available in the United States on Amazon Video. [8]
The second season, however, never received a DVD release. It is only available via digital download through Amazon Video in the United States [9] and iTunes in Canada. [10]
All songs written and composed by Jonathan Miller. [2] [3]
# | Title | Length |
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1. | "Verminators Theme" | 0:40 |
2. | "Searching Again" | 2:06 |
3. | "Japanese Thriller" | 1:43 |
4. | "Toy Piano Purgatory" | 1:47 |
5. | "Industrial Phatness" | 2:06 |
6. | "Sneaking Around" | 1:43 |
7. | "Industrial Strength" | 2:10 |
8. | "Magnified Insects" | 1:26 |
9. | "Searching Groove" | 1:44 |
10. | "Hard Synth Beat" | 2:23 |
11. | "New Rock Direction" | 1:25 |
12. | "Big Percussion Chase" | 1:46 |
13. | "Mysterious Rock Groove" | 1:43 |
14. | "Insectritual" | 1:36 |
15. | "Speculation" | 2:12 |
16. | "Creepy Bugs" | 1:45 |
17. | "Comedy Horror" | 1:26 |
18. | "Preparing for Battle" | 1:34 |
19. | "Creepy Montage" | 1:46 |
20. | "Roaches Roast" | 3:03 |
21. | "Sex, Bugs, and Rock and Roll" | 1:25 |
22. | "Eerie Delight" | 1:44 |
23. | "Evil Bugs" | 1:19 |
24. | "Night in the Jungle" | 1:16 |
25. | "Blue Collar Bugs Rock" | 2:43 |
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