Undercover

Billionaire

Undercover Billionaire is an American

reality television series that is broadcast
on the Discovery Channel. The show
premiered on August 6, 2019 and the final
episode of the first season aired
September 24, 2019. The show follows
billionaire Glenn Stearns, founder of
Stearns Lending, as he attempts to start a
million-dollar business in Erie,
Pennsylvania over the course of 90 days,
starting with only $100, a car and a tank of
gas.[1]

The series follows Stearns as he identifies

his target business, puts a crew together
to help him, builds his initial $100 stake
sufficiently to fund a startup company, and
opens a barbecue restaurant named
Underdog BBQ.[2] The presence of a
Discovery Channel film crew was
explained by saying that they were trailing
him for a documentary about building a
small business from scratch.[3]
A TV special titled
Undercover
Undercover
Billionaire: Return To
Billionaire
Erie premiered on
August 18, 2020.[4]
Genre Reality
A second season
Country United
premiered on
of origin States
January 6, 2021.[5]
Season 2 features Original English
language
three self-styled
successful No. of 2
seasons
entrepreneurs
(Grant Cardone, No. of 10

Monique Idlett- episodes

Mosley and Elaine Production

Culotti) who go Executive Aengus
undercover in three producers James
different cities and Carter

attempt to start a Figueroa

Colin
business with a
King
"valuation of $1
Miller
million dollars" in 90
Glenn
days- the same Stearns
challenge that Glenn Joseph
Stearns competed. Boyle
A continuation of Michelle
Glenn Stearns' work Galster

in Erie, called Tim

Warren
Undercover
Billionaire: Production Erie,
locations Pennsylv
Comeback City also
aired in alongside Camera Single-
Season 2 and setup camera
debuted in its Running 41–83
entirety on time minutes
Discovery Plus[6] Production This is
company Just a
Episodes
Test

Series overview Original release

Network Discovery
Originally aired

First aired Last aired Netw Channel

August 6, 2019 September 24, 2019 Discov
Chan
Discovery+
August 18, 2020

Discov
January 6, 2021 April 14, 2021 Chan
Release August 6,
Discov
2019 –
present

Related
 Undercover
Season 1 (2019)
Billionaire:
Comeback City

No. No. in U.S. viewers

Title Original air date 18-49 rating
overall season (millions)

"Million Dollar
1 1 August 6, 2019 1.04[7] 0.30[7]
Bet"

"Start Up or Die
2 2 August 13, 2019 1.14[8] 0.36[8]
Trying"

"Take the Bull by

3 3 August 20, 2019 0.80[9] 0.21[9]
the Horns"

"House of
4 4 August 27, 2019 0.85[10] 0.21[10]
Cards"

"No Pain, No
5 5 September 3, 2019 0.94[11] 0.26[11]
Gain"

6 6 "Exposed" September 10, 2019 0.93[12] 0.29[12]

7 7 "Trial by Fire" September 17, 2019 0.93[13] 0.27[13]

"Final
8 8 September 24, 2019 1.04[14] 0.28[14]
Reckoning"

Special (2020)
U.S. viewers
No. Title Original air date 18-49 rating
(millions)

9 "Return to Erie" August 18, 2020 0.66[15] 0.14[15]

Season 2 (2021)
U.S.
No. No. in Discovery+ 18-49
Title Discovery airdate viewers
overall season airdate rating
(millions)

"Three Million January 6,

10 1 January 6, 2021 0.40[16] 0.11[16]
Dollar Bet" 2021

January 13,
11 2 "Hustle Up" January 13, 2021 0.41[17] 0.12[17]
2021

"Pressure January 27,

12 3 April 20, 2021 N/A TBA
Tests" 2021

"Fist or February 3,
13 4 April 27, 2021 N/A TBA
Finesse" 2021

February 10,
14 5 "The Closers" May 4, 2021 N/A TBA
2021

"Be Afraid, But February 17,

15 6 May 11, 2021 N/A TBA
Do It Anyway" 2021

"Turning February 24,

16 7 May 18, 2021 N/A TBA
Points" 2021

"Cocktail of March 3,
17 8 May 25, 2021 N/A TBA
Chaos" 2021

"Dumpster March 10,

18 9 TBA TBD TBA
Fire" 2021

March 17,
19 10 "Wake Up Call" TBA TBD TBA
2021

"The March 24,

20 11 TBA TBD TBA
Manifesto" 2021

"T-Minus 7 March 31,

21 12 TBA TBD TBA
Days" 2021
 "Camel, Meet
22 13 TBA April 7, 2021 TBD TBA
Straw"

"Judgement
23 14 TBA April 14, 2021 TBD TBA
Day"

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External links
Official website (https://www.discovery.
com/shows/undercover-billionaire)

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