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''Catch a Contractor'' is an American reality television home improvement series that premiered March 9, 2014 on Spike. The show features former carpenter Adam Carolla,〔 http://aceonthehouse.adamcarolla.com/2015/07/carpentry-enthusiast-adam-carolla/ 〕 licensed contractor Skip Bedell and his wife Alison, a private investigator. The series premiere was the most watched debut of a Spike original series since March 2011. ==Format== Prior to becoming a star, Adam Carolla worked in the construction trade and was an experienced carpenter. Skip Bedell is a licensed contractor who is a 3rd generation builder and remodeler, and has extensive experience in all of the industry trades. Together, they use the expertise they gained to serve as vigilant watchdogs for other homeowners to watch out for shoddy work performed by scammers. Each episode of ''Catch a Contractor'' follows a similar formula. At the beginning of an episode, Adam and Skip meet with the homeowner for that particular episode. They receive a rundown of what was supposed to be done, inspect what was left from the work that was done, and learn about the contractor and how much he was paid to do the work. Once they have all the information they need, they pass word along to Alison who goes to work tracking the contractor down. After observing the contractor for a few days, Alison sets up a sting operation where the contractor is lured to another house with a phony job. In the first season, she would do the luring herself. In the second and third seasons, she has an assistant do the lure due to her becoming more recognizable as a result of her work with the show. Once the contractor is given the bait, the sting house is set up where Adam and Skip confront the contractor with what they know while the homeowner watches from another room. The contractor is given three options. The first is to return the money that the homeowner paid him (which hasn't yet happened once). The second is to go back to the unfinished job and complete the work properly while Adam and Skip supervise. The third and last is to walk away and do nothing, in which case the homeowners would file a suit in civil court with the assistance of the show. In most cases, the contractor agrees to return to the homeowner's residence and fix the job. Once here, the homeowner can confront him about his sloppy work and the arguments can and often will get heated. The homeowner is then led off the property and put up in a hotel for however long it takes to do the job, which is done by Skip and his team with or without the proper cooperation from the contractor. Once the job is done, the homeowner gets to see what the finished product looks like and the episode closes with one final confrontation where the contractor will usually apologize for his actions regardless of whether the homeowner accepts it or not. Starting with the third season, events behind the scenes are shown, including interactions with the producers and texts describing the full extent of each job. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catch a Contractor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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