Catch a Contractor
Catch a Contractor

Catch a Contractor (2014)

4.03 seasonsReality

Who do you turn to when a home renovation job goes horribly awry? Spike’s original docu-reality series, “Catch a Contractor,” aims to turn the table on contractors who have done their clients wrong. Host Adam Carolla helps homeowners regain their dignity and their humble abodes from the clutches of crooked contractors.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Season 111 episodes
No Way Jose

1. No Way Jose

30 min

A family must sleep on the living room floor after shifty contractor Jose ripped their home apart and split. Can Adam Carolla and Skip drag Jose back to the scene of the crime to fix his mess?

An Avi-ously Dangerous Home

2. An Avi-ously Dangerous Home

30 min

Open sewer pipes and insect infestations caused by shoddy contractor Avi are now making the homeowners sick. Can Adam Carolla and Skip hunt him down and force him to fix the disaster he created?

Hack of All Trades

3. Hack of All Trades

30 min

Shady contractor Pedro claimed to be a jack-of-all-trades, but instead he jacked up everything he touched. Will his hack job prevail or can Carolla and Skip bring justice to the family he screwed over?

House of Cards

4. House of Cards

30 min

Preppy contractor Jeff converted a structurally sound home into a dangerous death trap when he removed a load bearing wall. Can Adam and Skip get him back to secure the house before it collapses?

Fooled by the Floyds

5. Fooled by the Floyds

30 min

A Los Angeles home is abandoned, leaving its homeowners and 15 month old baby in perpetual danger. But this ambush takes a twist when Adam Carolla and Skip discover the real truth.

Size Does Matter

6. Size Does Matter

30 min

Unlicensed contractor Myron, turned his former neighbors kitchen into a dangerous fire hazard. Will Adam Carolla and Skip get him to man up, face the family and fix his mistakes?

Lather, Rinse, Deceit

7. Lather, Rinse, Deceit

30 min

Smooth-talking Johnny promised the Scott’s a new bathroom & abandoned them half way through, leaving them with dangerously exposed electrical wires. Will it be lights out for Johnny when Adam and Skip ambush him?

Un'Coop'erative Contractor

8. Un'Coop'erative Contractor

30 min

The Goodes wanted a 1/2 bath, laundry room and chicken coop for Cluck Norris and his hen friends. Carolla and Skip wade thru a pile of excuses and backyard full of chicken poop to confront contractor Manny.

Time for Rejoisting

9. Time for Rejoisting

30 min

Vance told grieving widow Valerie that he was a contractor. He said he would build a stabile art studio for her, but all of his shoddy work needs to be re-done, and he’s been dodging Valerie for months. Will Vance do the same to Adam and Skip?

Backyard No-Asis

10. Backyard No-Asis

30 min

Unlicensed contractor Jeff turned Chris & Damian’s backyard, front yard and dreams of a bedroom balcony into a nightmare and unsafe disaster zone. What happens when Adam & Skip confront the hapless handyman?

Going Out in a Blaze of Flooring

11. Going Out in a Blaze of Flooring

30 min

Kathy hired contractor Randy to update her condo. He left her with appliances in the living room, a dangerous fireplace and hundreds of excuses. What happens when Adam & Skip confront Randy and his lies?

Season 210 episodes
Take the Money and Done

1. Take the Money and Done

30 min

Adam and Skip go after one of the most deceitful contractors ever. After adopting 4 kids, a family trusted a high school friend to expand their kitchen, but he took their money, their appliances, and their trust.

If at First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again

2. If at First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again

30 min

A couple needed to build a deck to expand their tiny home and a retaining wall to keep the house from sliding down the hill. Instead, they got a part-time stripper and a fulltime liar who’s horrible work is ready to collapse!

Paved with Bad Intentions

3. Paved with Bad Intentions

30 min

After ruining a young couple's yard and their plans to start a family, contractor Ray proves hard to catch. Skip and Adam try to bring Ray back to the job!

Concrete Bungle

4. Concrete Bungle

30 min

Adam & Skip hunt for a reckless contractor that left a family in danger and their backyard torn-up, upturned stakes that look like booby traps, and a 20’ drop with no safety fence!

Hack Attack!

5. Hack Attack!

30 min

A contractor Adam and Skip have busted before is back at it again; after betraying his fellow former marine, angry words explode into a brawl.

Worse Than a Warzone

6. Worse Than a Warzone

30 min

After escaping a war-torn country, one family's contractor turns their home into a combat zone; cooking in a tent and living in one room.

Run for the Border

7. Run for the Border

30 min

After a family spends nearly $100,000 they are left with no roof and a missing contractor.

Twice Burned

8. Twice Burned

30 min

After a fire nearly consumed a couple's home a contractor stole their money; Adam and Skip try to put the flames out on this nightmare.

A Roofless Business

9. A Roofless Business

30 min

A contractor fails to finish a family's roof, forcing them out of their home; Adam and Skip try to get the contractor to return and do it right.

Benedict Contractor

10. Benedict Contractor

30 min

A couple trusts their contractor friend until he wrecks their condo and vanishes with their cash.

Season 310 episodes
Shred Bath and Be Gone

1. Shred Bath and Be Gone

30 min

A family is torn apart after their contractor rips out two bathrooms and flees with the money. Adam and Skip try to track down a mystery individual who may be able to bring the contractor to justice and mend the family.

The Wrongest Yard

2. The Wrongest Yard

30 min

A family’s plans for a dream backyard turns into a construction nightmare after their contractor flees the job. All hell breaks loose just as the shady contractor is in their sight.

Two Many Crooks in the Kitchen

3. Two Many Crooks in the Kitchen

30 min

A woman renovates her home so she can care for her ailing father, but hires two contractors that run away with her 57 thousand dollars and leave behind a disaster. Things explode when confronting the contractors.

Jack of No Trades

4. Jack of No Trades

30 min

A family of six is cooked after a contractor destroys their kitchen and leaves their staircase in shambles. Adam, Skip and the producers find out that getting the contractor to the sting house won’t be an easy feat.

Dud Brothers

5. Dud Brothers

30 min

Two brothers hired to build a single father's man cave are chased down for their disastrous work.

The Man with Two Names

6. The Man with Two Names

A single mom & her daughter are left unsafe after a contractor exposes their home to a dangerous alley and then takes off. Will Adam & Skip be able to track him down when he changes his name, and flees to Mexico?

This Flood's for You

7. This Flood's for You

A couple is on the verge of divorce when a contractor leaves them fighting over the flooded bedroom and bathroom he destroyed. Adam and Skip try to get the contractor to shut up and fix his mess!

Wall of Shame

8. Wall of Shame

A family without a bathroom finds something its contractor left hiding in a wall; the slippery contractor is dragged back to the job, only to break down in tears.

Flim Flam Swim Scam

9. Flim Flam Swim Scam

A handicapped woman purchases a swim spa for rehab, but her contractor takes the money and runs before installation.

Kitchen Nightmare

10. Kitchen Nightmare

30 min

A family is left to cook meals in a microwave and clean dishes with the garden hose; trying to find the hack contractor to finish the job.

Cast

Adam Carolla

Adam Carolla

Himself - Host

Skip Bedell

Skip Bedell

Himself - Host

Alison Bedell

Alison Bedell

Herself - Host

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