Blue Collar Millionaires

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Blue Collar Millionaires
Genre Documentary
Docu-series
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Joel Zimmer
  • Pam LaLima
  • SallyAnn Salsano
Camera setup Multiple
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network CNBC
Original releaseJuly 15, 2015 (2015-07-15) [1]  –
February 22, 2017 (2017-02-22)

Blue Collar Millionaires is an American television docu-series that airs on CNBC. The series follows different Americans with blue collar occupations who have become millionaires. [2] The eight part half-hour series was commissioned by CNBC in January 2015 [3] and is produced by 495 Productions. [1]

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Broadcast

The series premiered in America on CNBC on July 15, 2015, with two episodes airing back-to-back. Two new episodes premiered for the following three weeks. [1] A second season debuted on January 4, 2017 consisting of 10 episodes airing across five weeks with Tim McGraw as narrator. [4]

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No. in
series		Title [5] Original air dateU.S. viewers
1"Trash to Cash"July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)N/A
A concrete pourer explains how he earned enough to live in a mountain mansion, a woman turns her fondness for horses into an empire and two best friends quit the corporate world to instead make money throwing out rubbish.
2"Just Killin' It"July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)N/A
Find out how a man from Texas makes a killing cleaning up hazardous products, an exterminator who makes millions from squishing bugs and a couple's fortune from the tattoo industry.
3"Reap What You Sew"July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22)N/A
Find out how a farmhand began an auto empire, a couple made a fortune farming unusual animals and how a musician made a career in industrial curtains.
4"Smells Like Money"July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22)N/A
Follow how a man gets rich in the oil game, a taxidermist makes his fortune and an immigrant gets filthy rich in the waste disposal industry.
5"A Whole Can of Worms"July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29)363,000 [6]
Discover how a technician from Florida became a leader, a couple from California made money from worms and a college dropout turns junk into treasure.
6"Through the Roof"July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29)N/A
Find out how a local roofer rose to the top, a landscaper grew his part-time job into an empire and an immigrant from India who owns a series of service stations.
7"Out of the Ashes"August 5, 2015 (2015-08-05)360,000 [7]
Meet a LA mechanic who found business in an underground car culture, a father and son who started a flooring business inspired by wild fires and a manufacturing mogul from Detroit.
8"Money Grows on Trees"August 5, 2015 (2015-08-05)310,000 [7]
We meet a man who went from driving a limo to being driven in one, an arborist who built a business and a roofer who got rich.

Season 2 (2017)

No. in
series		Title [8] Original air dateU.S. viewers
1"The Flooring Kings"January 4, 2017 (2017-01-04)473,000 [9]
2"The Legend of Mickey Redwine"January 4, 2017 (2017-01-04)330,000 [9]
3"Married with Gators"January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11)314,000 [10]
4"Tow Fetish"January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11)248,000 [10]
5"Seeing Green"January 18, 2017 (2017-01-18)268,000 [11]
6"The Millionaire Chimney Sweep"January 25, 2017 (2017-01-25)242,000 [12]
7"Soldier of Fortune"February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)218,000 [13]
8"The Mammoth Hunter"February 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)251,000 [14]
9"I'll Never Tire of It"February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)272,000 [15]
10"Fake It Till You Make It"February 22, 2017 (2017-02-22)323,000 [16]

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