Bar Rescue: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bar Rescue follows Jon Taffer, one of the country's top restaurant and bar consultants, will give failing establishments one last chance to succeed. The show will delve into every business facet of running a bar from creating a profitable drink/food menu to crowd management to music selection to managing disgruntled employees. This marks the first food/beverage-themed show for Spike TV, furthering its effort to expand and broaden its audience.

Series details

• Title: Bar Rescue
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2011-07-17
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Paramount Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 731

Cast and credited roles

• P.J. King — Narrator
• Jon Taffer — Jon Taffer
• Nicole Taffer — Nicole Taffer
• Phil Wills — Phil Wills
• Aaron McCargo Jr. — Aaron McCargo Jr.

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-07-17; final listed air date 2011-09-25; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-07-29; final listed air date 2012-09-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2013-02-10; final listed air date 2014-05-11; episode order: 40.
• Season 4: premiered 2014-10-05; final listed air date 2016-07-31; episode order: 58.
• Season 5: premiered 2016-08-07; final listed air date 2017-09-17.
• Season 6: premiered 2018-03-11; final listed air date 2019-09-29.
• Season 7: premiered 2020-03-01; final listed air date 2020-09-13; episode order: 12.
• Season 8: premiered 2021-05-02; final listed air date 2023-06-11; episode order: 37.
• Season 9: premiered 2024-02-25; final listed air date 2025-06-29.
• Season 10: premiered 2026-02-22; final listed air date 2026-05-03.

Source and licence

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