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First Aired: July 17th, 2011
Status: Continuing
Genre: Reality
Network: Spike
Summary: Jon Taffer is the Gordon Ramsay of the bar and nightclub business. In each episode, Taffer helps transform a struggling bar into a vibrant, profitable business, utilizing his expertise as a nightlife consultant
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Air Date: March 31st, 2024
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# of Episodes: 260
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Season 5
Episode 1: The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
Air Date: August 7th, 2016
Summary: A classic dive bar with mob ties in Las Vegas is about to close its doors because of an owner who's busy being a nice guy rather than a wise guy.
Episode 2: Wheels of Misfortune
Air Date: August 14th, 2016
Summary: In a desert town, Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a local landmark close to closing for good.
Episode 3: Whipped Into Shape
Air Date: August 21st, 2016
Summary: After gambling his life savings on a run down Las Vegas bar, a desperate owner tries out a fetish night to whip up new business.
Episode 4: Antisocial Media
Air Date: September 18th, 2016
Summary: Taffer helps an owner whose social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.
Episode 5: How to Train Your Goldfish
Air Date: September 25th, 2016
Summary: Nasty nachos & goldfish races are on the menu at this sports pub. But in a Bar Rescue first, a staffing crisis hits before the stress test, leaving the owners without any employees. Can Taffer right the ship before it drowns?
Episode 6: Win, Lose or Brawl
Air Date: October 2nd, 2016
Summary: Taffer must fix an out-of-control staff and the owner’s freeloading friends. But a violent physical fight threatens this sports bar’s rescue potential.
Episode 7: Listen Y'all It's Sabotage
Air Date: October 9th, 2016
Summary: New bar owners accuse their manager (and the bar's former owner) of sabotaging their business to try to steal it back. With no clear proof, Jon uses a stress test to determine who's right and who's wrong.
Episode 8: Gettin' Jigger With It
Air Date: October 16th, 2016
Summary: A historical landmark bar, divided in profits and responsibility, pits brother and sister against one another.
Episode 9: Chase Lounge
Air Date: October 23rd, 2016
Summary: A lazy step-son fails to step into his new role as bar manager. And while his father can sell a car, it doesn't mean he can run a bar.
Episode 10: Zero Dark Drunky
Air Date: October 30th, 2016
Summary: A military hero on the verge of being redeployed needs a rescue of his own, before he drinks away his profits and angers his bartender girlfriend past the point of no return.
Episode 11: Ice, Mice, Baby
Air Date: November 6th, 2016
Summary: A spoiled owner is gifted a nightclub by his father. Can Taffer save this mice-infested tourist bar before the owner gives away all his profits?
Episode 12: Punk as a Drunk
Air Date: November 13rd, 2016
Summary: A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.
Episode 13: Back To The Bar: Drunky Mcdrunkerton Returns
Air Date: November 20th, 2016
Summary: The gloves are off as Taffer confronts the leopard-print loving ladies of The Handlebar; Janet Jackson-playing bartender Brandon, plate-throwing Ami, and The Brixton owner Tim return.
Episode 14: Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead
Air Date: February 19th, 2017
Summary: An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.
Episode 15: I Know What You Did Last Summit
Air Date: February 26th, 2017
Summary: An absentee owner puts his marriage on the line by drinking away his financial sorrows and flirting with the female clientele. Can Taffer step in to save a crumbling relationship and a failed bar?
Episode 16: Struck Out at the Dugout
Air Date: March 5th, 2017
Summary: Taffer faces his most resistive owner yet after a lackluster landlord falls into the sports bar business when a previous tenant refuses to pay rent of this World Series winning Chicago Cub's hangout.
Episode 17: Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water
Air Date: March 12nd, 2017
Summary: Taffer confronts AJ from Brick & Barley over her blistering attitude and the civil strife with her daughters over the bar's uniforms while a combative owner comes clean about the failure of his bar after the rescue.
Episode 18: All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
Air Date: March 19th, 2017
Summary: An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step
Episode 19: Bar Over Troubled Water
Air Date: March 26th, 2017
Summary: In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by a recent hurricane in Baton Rouge
Episode 20: Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do
Air Date: April 2nd, 2017
Summary: After suffering a stroke, this bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy. Can Taffer save this bayou bar before it sinks?
Episode 21: Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon
Air Date: April 9th, 2017
Summary: Former bar owners return to praise Taffer for turning around their businesses, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father, a vape-smoking dragon lady who crafted conflict in her St. Louis bar & more.
Episode 22: Casually Tapped Out
Air Date: July 2nd, 2017
Summary: Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.
Episode 23: Things That Go Pahrump in the Night
Air Date: July 16th, 2017
Summary: It's a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, where he must save the failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.
Episode 24: Mother Doesn't Know Best
Air Date: July 23rd, 2017
Summary: Jon Taffer tries to convince the ultimate maternal figure to make her decisions like a business owner to save her struggling Las Vegas dive bar from closing its doors.
Episode 25: Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls
Air Date: July 30th, 2017
Summary: It's all fists and fury when Taffer revisits the bars with the biggest fights, including the most dangerous brawl in show history at the bar whose owner is fighting foreclosure.
Episode 26: Silence of the Ants
Air Date: August 6th, 2017
Summary: A Long Beach dive bar becomes infested with more than just bar problems -- they have bug problems.
Episode 27: Daddy Dearest
Air Date: August 13rd, 2017
Summary: Jon Taffer arrives just in time to save a family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.
Episode 28: Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's
Air Date: August 20th, 2017
Summary: It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a failing bar with a crumbling floor.
Episode 29: Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls
Air Date: September 3rd, 2017
Summary: Taffer revisits The Cajun Belle to see whether husband Dave still supports his hard-working wife and whether their marriage needs another rescue, checks in on the partnership at Hammer & Ales, and heads back to The Wildcatter.
Episode 30: The Unlucky Leprechaun
Air Date: September 10th, 2017
Summary: Jon Taffer tries to convince a foul-mouthed owner to change his ways before the bar he owns with his ex-wife shuts down for good.
Episode 31: Back to the Bar: Disasters of Epic Proportions
Air Date: September 17th, 2017
Summary: Taffer revisits 3 bars whose fortunes have turned for the worse after disasters have ravaged their futures, from the apocalypse themed bar The End to Chicago landmark The Abbey. Can Taffer develop a plan to help them get back on their feet?
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