Starting Monday, April 25th at 8:00 PM/ET, Mike Rowe will once again lead off the new FBN Prime season, this time on camera as host, narrator, and executive producer of How America Works (Mondays at 8:00 PM/ET). The hour-long program, which takes an in-depth look at the skilled workforce across the country and the complicated systems that keep our infrastructure operational, will spotlight industries including law enforcement, beef, textiles, and many others. Rowe, a seasoned primetime host and the founder of the mikeroweWORKS foundation, brings years of professional and philanthropic experience as he highlights the unsung heroes who help make American life work so seamlessly. In addition to being among the top five most-affluent shows in cable news, season one of How America Works notched the highest-rated Monday in the time slot for the year in the 25-54 demo.
In this episode, cameras follow the men and women of the Wilmington Police Department as they struggle to keep a lid on crime during the busy holiday season.
When discussing the episode, Mike Rowe said, “This episode of How America Works is all about the men and women of law enforcement. Why? Because personally, I don’t think we hear enough stories about the 800,000 cops in this country who show up every single day and do their jobs with diligence and excellence. Oh, we hear plenty of stories about a tiny fraction of a tiny percentage of bad cops who do bad things, and obviously we need to tell those stories, because one bad cop is one too many, but if those are the only stories we tell, if those are the only stories we hear, well it’s only a matter of time until we begin to lose our perspective. Is it any wonder that so many people came to believe that defunding the police was a good idea? Is it any wonder that so many good cops are retiring earlier than ever? And that so many police agencies all over the country are struggling to recruit. There’s never been a tougher time to be a cop, and so I think that we need to tell more stories about the 800,000 good cops that are never going to end up in the headlines for the wrong reasons. Men and women who spend their days serving and protecting the likes of you and me. There’s nobody more essential than them, and tonight you’ll meet a few, and you’ll see firsthand of why they’re such a huge part of how America works.”
