Ax Men: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

For more than a hundred years, larger than life characters, many of whom are members of logging families who go back to the time when the West was being settled, have spent their days among towering trees and powerful machines and their nights in outposts far from the comforts of civilization. Ax Men tells their remarkable story, detailing the history of the logging industry and how technology has transformed life for today's logger, while the struggle of man versus nature stays the same. Danger is a full-time job, as these brave men put everything on the line each and every day to retrieve timber. Snapped cables, runaway logs and razor-sharp chainsaws are just some of the dangers that threaten their lives daily. Even with new technology that should make the job easier, it all boils down to the toughness and perseverance of the logging crews. Anything and everything can and does go wrong. Not everyone will survive, but those who do will earn their place in a long line of men who call themselves Ax Men.

Series details

• Title: Ax Men
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure
• Premiere date: 2008-03-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-09-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: History
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 939

Cast and credited roles

• Thom Beers — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-03-09; final listed air date 2008-06-08; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-03-02; final listed air date 2009-05-18; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2010-01-10; final listed air date 2010-04-18; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2010-12-12; final listed air date 2011-05-08; episode order: 20.
• Season 5: premiered 2012-01-08; final listed air date 2012-05-20; episode order: 20.
• Season 6: premiered 2012-12-09; final listed air date 2013-06-02; episode order: 20.
• Season 7: premiered 2013-11-10; final listed air date 2014-04-06; episode order: 20.
• Season 8: premiered 2014-11-30; final listed air date 2015-04-26; episode order: 20.
• Season 9: premiered 2015-11-22; final listed air date 2016-03-06; episode order: 15.
• Season 10: premiered 2019-07-11; final listed air date 2019-09-12; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ax Men on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.