A musician turned chimney sweep; a Hawaiian couple whose high-end ukuleles bought them their own island paradise; a former janitor who went from shining floors to shipping petroleum.

Husband-and-wife construction magnates who went from eating out of their parents' pantries to making ice-cream runs by private plane; a former street racer whose high-performance parts make cars fast; a house painter's all-cash business.

A married couple who turned $20,000 in savings into a multi-million dollar towing empire; two best buds who cashed in on the green rush; a teacher from Atlanta who traded reading and writing for roofing and riches.

A junkyard giant who went from living in an old clunker to making millions selling them; a fed-up mom who turned her family's messes into a thriving furniture business; husband-and-wife alligator hunters.

A thrill-seeking Texan goes from laying cable to living large; an asphalt company employee whose honesty and integrity takes her from secretary to CEO; a custom car king whose automobile art puts his earnings into overdrive.

A grade school dropout who built a multi-million dollar flooring business; a die-hard dredger who makes a fortune moving earth underwater; a demolition diva whose love of pink has her painting the town red.

A Washington D.C. man who went from driving other people's limos to kicking back in his own; a roofing prodigy who snagged his first million while his friends were still in school; an enterprising arborist who learned that money does grow on trees.

A mechanic from inner-city L.A. who found a way to capitalize on underground car culture; a father-son team who've turned forest fires into a million-dollar flooring business.

A smalltown roofer who hustled his way to a high net worth; a landscaper who grew her part-time mowing job into a multi-million dollar lawn care legacy; an Indian immigrant who turned 50 bucks and a dream into a service station empire.

A California couple that literally wormed its way to wealth; a South Florida man who went from HVAC technician to HVAC titan; a college dropout who traded his silver spoon for a stinky pile of junk.

A man strikes it rich in the oil business without ever finding a drop; a taxidermist turns big game into big bucks; an immigrant comes to America and finds a wealth of opportunity.

A migrant farmhand goes from working the fields to cultivating his own auto empire; a married couple spins alpaca wool into solid gold; an aspiring rock star hopes to find his fortune in the music biz.

A Texas man who makes a killing cleaning up stuff that can kill; an exterminator who squashes bugs all the way to the bank; a couple that made a fortune glitzing up the grimy tattoo industry.

A concrete pourer who's gone from sleeping in a shack to kicking back in a mountaintop mansion; a young woman who's turned her childhood love of horses into a seven-figure steed empire; two best friends throw away junk.

An engineer whose amazing hidden doors are the secret to his success; an Arizona man who turned fake grass into real green; a disaster repair specialist who hit rock bottom twice before helping others build a better life.

A salesman who came out of retirement to build a multi-million-dollar tire empire; a second-generation builder who overcame a family tragedy and created a financial triumph; two best friends who turned a printer into a nine-figure cash machine.

An Alaska transplant who turned ivory tusks into a mammoth fortune; a Filipino immigrant whose high-tech delivery service drives up profits; a former race car mechanic whose discount home goods store put him on the road to riches.

An Idaho man whose custom tow trucks haul in millions a year; an oil-and-gas expert who uses her mineral-mining know-how to pump out big profits; a former Marine whose moving company has made him a true soldier of fortune.

Self-made millionaires Mike "Rooster" McConaughey -- brother of Oscar-winning actor Matthew -- and Wayne "Butch" Gilliam made their fortunes deep in the heart of Texas. Now, they're looking to share their wealth with other entrepreneurs by investing in their companies. Along with close friend Gil Prather, the investors invite ambitious entrepreneurs from across America to come to West Texas to make their case to secure funding for their ventures. Think of it as "Shark Tank" with cowboy hats instead of tailored suits. What the hopefuls don't realize, though, is that a good product and a positive balance sheet aren't enough to get an investment from McConaughey and Gilliam; the guys only make a deal after getting a true measure of an entrepreneur's character.

"Secret Lives of the Super Rich" perhaps can be summed up as: " `Cribs,' featuring people who probably have never used the word to describe their homes." The series opens the gates to some of the world's most-luxurious mansions to give viewers VIP access to a world that is usually open only to the wealthiest of the wealthy. Featured abodes include the largest home in America, a $150 million megamansion and exclusive properties in the nation's richest town.

Some inventions make lots of money for the people who create them, but others are less successful and eventually given up on by their inventors. In this series, some of those unsuccessful products are given a second chance to gain popularity. Engineers scour the country in search of items they think can make it big. They then locate the inventors, giving them resources and advice that can help take the products to the next level. After building, testing and perfecting the products, the inventors are given the opportunity to pitch their improved products with the ultimate goal of getting them on the market -- giving the inventors a second chance at making millions from their ideas.

New Orleans-based real estate developer Sidney Torres has developed properties totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in his career. With this series, he offers his expertise -- and money - to help distressed developers who need assistance. After striking a deal with the property owner, which includes getting a piece of the property and a percentage of the profits, Torres does whatever is needed to get the property out of the red, even if doing so requires getting rid of the existing contractors and doing the work himself. Torres falls back on all of his experience to get the properties, which range from single-family homes to multiunit developments, back on track.

As chairman and CEO of hospitality company Landry's, Inc., Tilman Fertitta is in charge of a number of nationally known dining and entertainment brands, including Morton's The Steakhouse and Golden Nugget Hotels & Casinos. With these and other businesses under his purview, he has tremendous buying power with an annual budget of $2 billion, and he's looking to use it to help American small businesses highlighted in this series. In each episode, he spends time with two small businesses, sampling their products and getting to know their owners. After sharing his expertise and pushing for improvements to the firms' products, Fertitta decides whether to place a significant purchase order with one of the companies, both or neither. When Fertitta chooses a company with which to place an order, it can transform not only the business but also its owners' lives. Failure to secure an order from Fertitta, on the other hand, could be the end of the road.

Being the chairman and CEO of multibillion-dollar corporation Camping World takes up a lot of Marcus Lemonis' time. But when he's not running the company, he's searching for struggling businesses in need of cash. Lemonis tries to help turn each company around by offering cash for a piece of the business and a percentage of the profits. Now he's bringing that process to TV with this series, in which he puts millions of dollars of his own money on the line. Once he's working with the company, he does whatever is necessary to save the business and make a profit for himself -- even if it means firing the president. Although some of his changes could be considered radical, the companies should be willing to go along with them because in the last 10 years, Lemonis has successfully turned around more than 100 companies. To quote the not-so-humble Lemonis, "When I have skin in the game, my way is the only way your business will survive."

Since launching "The Profit" in 2013, serial entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis has expanded his portfolio of businesses significantly, having invested in a number of companies on the series. Now, he's searching for a partner who can help him manage his rapidly expanding empire. To find that person, Marcus is sticking with the same format that has led to his business expansion: a reality show. Although thousands of hopefuls from across America applied for the position, only 10 people have been invited to Chicago to take part in the final interview process, which plays out over the course of five episodes of "The Partner." At stake for the contestant who ultimately emerges victorious is the aforementioned role with Lemonis' company, which includes a $500,000 contract and an equity stake in the enterprise. Lemonis says he is looking for someone with the same drive and passion as the entrepreneurs with whom he has partnered.

As if giving Cleveland its first major sports championship in more than 50 years with the 2016 NBA title wasn't enough, basketball superstar LeBron James is looking to give even more to Northeast Ohio, where he grew up and still resides. James and business partner Maverick Carter are executive producers of this show that aims to give Cleveland-area entrepreneurs investments to help open new brick-and-mortar stores to try to boost the area's economy. Four local business leaders mentor the owners of eight small businesses and test their business acumen before deciding to invest in four of the companies and support them as they open storefronts in a rebuilding neighborhood. B. Bonin Bough, an executive with a large snack-food company and member of the Advertising Hall of Fame, has been hand-selected by James and Carter to serve as host of the series, which Carter calls "more than a TV show," saying "it's a transformational series that can lift up all of Northeast Ohio."

Stacy Keach narrates this dissection of the dark side of the American Dream, a survey of how far some people go to become rich, no matter the cost to themselves and those around them. Real-life cases are reviewed and involve such criminal activity as credit card scams, identity theft, counterfeiting and Ponzi schemes.

The "one percent" has become a synonym for America's very wealthy. The upper echelon of that already-elite group -- per this show -- is the "filthy rich." Each half hour spotlights how the latter spend: lavish parties, expensive electronics, outrageous mansions, private islands. Billionaires featured include entrepreneur Charles Shaker, who had a $500,000 bar tab in Monte Carlo; business magnate Mukesh Ambani, whose house -- valued at $1 billion -- may be the world's largest; and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, who bought a Hawaiian island for nearly $500 million. Though extreme to most folks, these people have the money and aren't afraid to spend it.