#Undercover boss usa full episodes series

Format Įach episode features a high-positioned executive or the owner of a corporation going undercover as an entry-level employee in their own company. As of 2020, CNBC also continues to broadcast repeats of the show, often on Saturdays. OWN has also broadcast repeats of Undercover Boss since the fall of 2011. Broadcasts on TLC began on July 25, 2011, initially Mondays at 8 pm ET, later moving to Thursdays at 9 pm ET. Reruns of Undercover Boss have been picked up by TLC and the Oprah Winfrey Network.

#Undercover boss usa full episodes series

The series received Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Reality Program in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, winning the category in 20. The show was renewed for an eighth season on May 16, 2016. A seventh season renewal was announced on May 11, 2015. The show was renewed for a sixth season on March 13, 2014. CBS ordered a fourth season in March 2012 and a fifth season was confirmed in March 2013. The second season averaged 12.158 million viewers and the third season, which saw the show move from Sunday to the less popular Friday night, attracted an average of 9.347 million viewers. The season two premiere drew 11.02 million, down 27.58 million from the previous season's premiere, and with a 9.55% share, the episode ranked number 2 against its major competition consisting of Sunday Night Football on NBC and Brothers & Sisters on ABC. The second season opener featured the Choice Hotels CEO, Steve Joyce on September 26, 2010. On July 28, 2010, CBS announced four company executives had signed up for the second season, from NASCAR, DirecTV, Chiquita Brands International, and Great Wolf Lodge, Inc. On March 9, 2010, CBS announced it had commissioned Undercover Boss for a second season.

Originally, the show was created in response to corporate distrust, as echoed in the introduction of the first two seasons. The first season was the most popular new show in any genre in the 2009–10 television season with an average audience of 17.7 million viewers. The series was a ratings success for the network, with its premiere episode receiving 38.6 million viewers and a share of 32 percent. The first episode premiered on February 7, 2010, after Super Bowl XLIV, and featured Larry O'Donnell, President and chief operating officer of Waste Management, Inc.

In May 2021, the series was renewed for an eleventh season which premiered on January 7, 2022. On April 26, 2018, CBS announced the first-ever Celebrity Edition to premiere on May 11, 2018. Companies that appear on the series are assured that the show will not damage their corporate brands. The first season consisted of nine episodes produced in 2009 and first aired on February 7, 2010, on CBS. Each episode depicts a person who has an upper-management position at a major business, deciding to go undercover as an entry-level employee to discover the faults in the company. Undercover Boss is an American reality television series, based on the British series of the same name and produced by Studio Lambert in both countries.