Undercover Boss — Season 8
The toughest job the boss will ever do is yours.
About this season
Reality series that follows high-level executives as they slip anonymously into the rank-and-file of their own organizations. Each week, a different leader will sacrifice the comfort of their corner office for an undercover mission to examine the inner workings of their operation.
Episodes (10)
1. Build-A-Bear
Aired 21 December 2016 • 42 min
Sharon Price John, President and CEO, Build-A-Bear Workshop, a worldwide experiential retail company which gives guests an opportunity to make their own customizable stuffed animal, goes undercover and learns that building bears isn't all child's play.
2. Mayor of Gary, Indiana
Aired 21 December 2016 • 42 min
Karen Freeman-Wilson, Mayor of Gary, Indiana, goes undercover as a municipal employee in her own city.
3. New York & Co.
Aired 28 December 2016 • 42 min
Greg Scott, CEO of New York & Company, works undercover to meet the people who keep his fashion retailer "en vogue."
4. Painting With a Twist
Aired 4 January 2017 • 42 min
Renee Maloney, co-founder and CFO of Painting With a Twist, works undercover at her paint-and-sip franchise where guests come together to have fun while painting and enjoying their favorite beverage.
5. AdvantaClean
Aired 11 January 2017 • 42 min
Jeff Dudan, CEO of AdvantaClean, works undercover at his Light Environmental Service franchise and tackles masses of mold in a water-damaged kitchen and a tight, dark crawl space beneath another client's home.
6. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Aired 18 January 2017 • 42 min
John Fuller, the new president and CEO of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf(R), one of the world's largest independent and privately owned specialty coffee and tea retailers, born and brewed in Southern California since 1963, goes undercover to meet the employees who keep his company brewing.
7. Taco Bueno
Aired 28 April 2017 • 42 min
Michael Roper, President and CEO of Taco Bueno, goes undercover to be certain everything at his company is “bueno.” On his journey, Roper encounters an employee with a “beef” with upper management; and he crashes and burns when tasked with operating a forklift in the warehouse.
8. Associa
Aired 5 May 2017 • 42 min
John Carona, founder and CEO of Associa, works undercover to meet the employees who keep his condo and HOA management company's foundation strong. While working as "Charlie Lucas," Carona gets winded after trying to blow through a tedious maintenance job at a residential location; and he finds it anything but smooth sailing when he works the front desk at a yacht club.
9. Celebrity Undercover Boss: Darius Rucker
Aired 12 May 2017 • 42 min
10. Celebrity Undercover Boss: Marcus Samuelsson
Aired 19 May 2017 • 42 min