Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

TV

CBS to air reality show 'Undercover Boss'

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 21, 2009 at 4:21 PM

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- CBS announced plans Monday to air "Undercover Boss," a new U.S. reality series in which chief executives try out lower level jobs in their companies.

The show is to premiere after the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 7. It is to move into its regular Sunday time slot of 9 p.m.-10 p.m. EST starting Feb. 14.

"Each week a different executive will leave the comfort of the corner office for an undercover mission to examine the inner workings of the company," the network said in a news release. "While working alongside their employees, they will see the effects their decisions have on others, where the problems lie within their organization and get an up-close look at both the good and the bad while discovering the unsung heroes who make their companies run."

Companies whose chief executives are participating in the series are Waste Management, 7-Eleven, Hooters, White Castle and Churchill Downs.

"Everyone has daydreamed about watching the boss do their job," Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, said in a statement. "The journey of watching a chief executive walk a mile in their employees' shoes is always very revealing, often humorous and, in some cases, very inspiring."

Recommended Stories
© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional TV Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Daily Show writer partners with Slate to crowdsource ideas for amending and rewriting the Constitution....
Canada's national archives is being dismantled and scattered, who needs to remember the history...
Man disappears in Niagara Falls whirlpool; presumed to be spinning in his grave
Woman swallows toothbrush while brushing her teeth. Surgeons remove it before Oral B becomes Anal...
MSNBC Host Chris Hayes: I'm 'Uncomfortable' calling fallen military 'Heroes'
What do you REALLY know about the Queen?