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“This is not a game show. This is life or death.” –Eric Waterhouse. Actually dude, if you were on one of producer Thom Beers’ other shows, like Ice Road Truckers or Deadliest Catch or Ax Men, then yeah, you’d be talking life or death. The appeal of Beers’ formidable slate of reality series—littered across basic cable as wantonly as Scrubs re-runs—is that they show actual, non-tv-ready people displaying expertise at arcane occupations. Beers' best work is visually dynamic, and cut with a healthy streak of “Those guys must be nuts!” But Eric? You’re a sculptor from Long Beach. You can’t tell me that you really want to be out on a crab boat in the Bering Sea, trying to haul up traps faster than a secretary from New Jersey. You got a call back from the casting agency because you fit a type:...

Tired of the same old reality dating shows? Take this. NBC has come up with its newest fall reality offering, America’s Toughest Jobs, an “extreme competition series” that pits 13 men and women who dare to step outside the obscurity of their everyday lives to have a taste of some of the most dangerous and challenges jobs in the world.

When it comes to new reality shows, BuddyTV delivers to you hot off the press information about the contenders in the show. In fact, you can already check out the contenders for NBC’s Toughest Jobs, which include Wall Street executive Amy Brodsky, carpenter Ben Coleman, personal trainer Bryce Frazier, investment broker Christopher Young, full time inventor Eric Waterhouse, job recruiter Michaela Clemence, pharmaceutical sales representative Phil Kolarcyzk, software company executive Rick Broider, production specialist Rie Heffron, promotional model Rommel Gargoles, student and basketball coach Sandy Gabriel, writing consultant Senta Burke...