‘Undercover Boss’ Season 11 on CBS Jan. 7

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Company chiefs at Vitamin Shoppe, Rita’s Italian Ice join their hourly workers

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Season 11 of Undercover Boss starts on CBS Jan. 7. The first four companies, and their chief executives, to be depicted are College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving (Jan. 7), Fremont Street Experience (Jan. 14), The Vitamin Shoppe (Jan. 21) and Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (Jan. 28). Following those are Coco’s Bakery, the Fontana, California mayor, Acquanetta Warren, Restoration 1, Round Table Pizza and US cellular.

The unscripted show follows high-level company executives as they slip anonymously into the rank-and-file within their own organizations. There are nine new episodes, which are also available on Paramount Plus in addition to CBS. 

Stephen Lambert, Jack Burgess, Mike Cotton and Rachel Bloomfield are the executive producers for Studio Lambert/All3Media America.■

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.