
Before hosting Discovery's "Dirty Jobs," Mike Rowe had a program in San Francisco about folks on a mission -- mad scientists, eccentric collectors, devoted do-gooders -- called "Somebody's Gotta Do It." Now, CNN gives Rowe free rein to scour the country for people who, he says, "do what they do because of a weird mix of love, compulsion, obsession, dedication -- whatever it is. Those people have always interested me." The former series focused on the task, but this version spotlights the personality. Or, as he puts it: "More mission, less poop."

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Mike Rowe travels to King City, Calif. to learn the ancient art of Falconry from one of the world's top experts in the practice.
Mike works with the Navy Seabees to build a bridge, tries his hand at medieval sword fighting, and emerges himself in Edgar Allan Poe history.
Mike Rowe gets his feet wet on a fly board, an invention that allows people to use the water jet from a jet ski to fly above the surface of the water.
Mike jumps out of a plane with an elite parachute team, explores recycled trash-turned-art in Oregon, and returns to an inner city, war-torn Baltimore.