Back in February 2009, a show originated after a special appearance of a pest control specialist on Mike Rowe’s Dirty Jobs. The show, called Billy the Exterminator, features a rock and roll styled exterminator named Billy Bretherton who travels North Louisiana to remove pests and other vermin from private properties. The show was modeled after cookie cutter reality shows that appeared on American television, featuring characters that consisted of Billy’s family who made up a team of exterminators.
The show filmed for five seasons and consisted mainly of Billy travelling around Bossier Parish in North Louisiana, removing mice, snakes, armadillo, raccoons, cougars, and other brutal vermin that harassed properties in Louisiana. During the latter seasonal run, Billy eventually traveled throughout America, teaming up with other pest control specialists and animal experts to speak about exotic creatures and other wildlife. He’d continue to remove pests in Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.
The network station A&E, which stands for Arts and Entertainment, offered Billy and his family the opportunity to shoot a sixth season, but the family refused the offer. Gossip has it the show will be picked up by a rival station that offered a higher valued contract, but it’s unknown what’ll become of the pest control family as time goes on. Supporters are calling for the show’s return, but much of the filming took a toll on the private lives of your family members, particularly the wife of Billy who stepped down in the show after the first season.
Several networks have appealed to the household to continue the show, but as these offers were made behind closed doors, it’s unknown whether or not Billy will continue shooting. Additionally it is unknown whether he’ll in private continue his extermination company, but net gossips have indicated he’ll probably discontinue the practice at least until a network will get the show for an established contract.
The history of the star of the show is quite fascinating. Billy started out in the United States Air Force at the age of nineteen and there he aspired to be a part of law enforcement. Nevertheless, a military aptitude test shown that he was something of a savant in biology, and he was so throw into biology classes and entomology. While being stationed on a base in Nevada, he could start the first phases of his pest control company.
Since the run of the show, Billy is now quite well-known in Louisiana and in many other southern states. Those in Northern Louisiana can understand him instantly as he will wear black leather, black tops, black cowboy hats, and keeps rock and roll styled facial hair. Since the show was made popular on cable television, Billy Bretherton has gone on to do various public speaking engagements for schools, universities, foundations, charities, and other social functions.
