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A new CBS series will show the dirty side of upstate NY, literally. The new CBS reality show Undercover Boss, which premieres Sunday after the Super Bowl follows real-life corporate executives as they work anonymously among the rank and file.

The debut episode follows Waste Management President Larry O’Donnell, who pretends he’s Randy Lawrence, a construction worker wanting to break into the trash disposal business and is being filmed in a documentary. He shadows employees in Rochester, Syracuse, southern Florida and Houston, while learning firsthand how physically demanding and mentally exhausting such work really is.

“I’m going to be a different manager because of that,” O’Donnell said Monday on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He praised all the staffers he encountered for their warm welcomes and genuine desire to help him succeed.