![Tough As Nails](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F3TbLVs8WUSJm9noGlYJNAOyEu6k.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Tough As Nails
Working-class Americans are tested for their strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness in challenges that take place in the real world.
Seasons
![Redefining Toughness](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2Fih1nzFP4Yz4kMZk1Xl2Qr056GQx.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
1. Redefining Toughness
Air Date: 2020-07-08
Twelve hard-working Americans take on navigating a wheelbarrow and testing their brick-laying skills to win the opportunity to choose their teams, on part one of the two-hour series premiere.
![Get the Job Done](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FnYX8r5Xv5F96X5RlNcUBspfdZSm.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
2. Get the Job Done
Air Date: 2020-07-08
The crew takes on three additional challenges: they get down and dirty in their first team competition as they work to complete the missing part of a railroad track; they "punch in" for their initial individual test, and the last two standing face off in a railroad overtime challenge, on part two of the two-hour series premiere.
![Heavy Metal](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FuZt2g66Pg59GAvIqBWaqlZjVAjB.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
3. Heavy Metal
Air Date: 2020-07-15
The crew competes in a series of challenges at a junk yard, where they must take apart a car and retrieve auto parts. Next, the last two standing need all the strength they can spare in an overtime challenge removing tires from the rims.
![Release the Bull!](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F2TiPX9kcGATANvxwtW2PLzaQmNp.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
4. Release the Bull!
Air Date: 2020-07-22
Tensions run high during the team challenge when one crew has issues with communication while building a large fence on a farm.
![Mind Over Matter](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FAdZAiwc0XrLenL4aj9uIooFad41.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
5. Mind Over Matter
Air Date: 2020-07-29
It's no day at the beach for teams Savage Crew and Dirty Hands as they compete to fill and seal giant bags of sand.
![Game of Telephone](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FaNm3Nk5vjGEuvXXJWHR3lenbAKt.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
6. Game of Telephone
Air Date: 2020-08-05
Teams are challenged mentally and physically when tasked with pushing 24 heavy barrels uphill and arranging them in a specific order at an oil field, and one crew member must conquer a fear of heights to climb a telephone pole.
![Trash Day](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FhOTlbMo3uFuzAdF0JMNdHp2weIG.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
7. Trash Day
Air Date: 2020-08-12
The two crews each look for an important win in the team competition when tasked with packing a moving van, and competitors look to avoid elimination during the individual competition by collecting and loading trash into a moving garbage truck.
![Trust Your Gear](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F6nrVcrBZbJBlmvEJ4Ltsw5LCSP6.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
8. Trust Your Gear
Air Date: 2020-08-19
Competitors take on a series of "Five alarm" challenges at a firefighter training facility, where they must clear a 60-foot-long section of brush, save a victim from a simulated disaster zone and extinguish a fire before rappelling down from the top of a four-story building.
![Cut It Up](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FfGAfCQiMdIx0VdB99JAr75FSjJ8.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
9. Cut It Up
Air Date: 2020-08-26
Teams "Savage Crew" and "Dirty Hands" compete in the final competition to win the overall team prize.
![Finish the Job](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FomtDYnTXUxHt3ndJuTQ388sTTye.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
10. Finish the Job
Air Date: 2020-09-02
The final five competitors battle to be crowned the champion of TOUGH AS NAILS and win the $200,000 prize! Plus, the finalists get a much-needed boost when their loved ones cheer them on.
1. Just Another Day on the Job
Air Date: 2021-02-10
The 12 new contenders who are everyday heroes take on their first job - making concrete - with the first two to complete the individual task named crew bosses who get to select their own crews for the team competitions.
2. Keep on Baitin
Air Date: 2021-02-17
Things get slippery when the 12 everyday heroes punch in for their first individual challenge of transporting 250 pounds of slime eels into a container.
3. The Roller
Air Date: 2021-02-24
The crew members dig deep in the individual competition as they maneuver a bulldozer through a course in order to avoid "punching out."
4. It's Gonna Be a Sheep Show
Air Date: 2021-03-03
Crew members get down on the farm in a series of jobs that require stacking 100 bales of hay, herding sheep and making horseshoes.
5. Pour Your Heart Out
Air Date: 2021-03-10
Crew members look to score a win in the team competition when they must convert a stadium from a concert venue to a soccer field.
6. True Colors
Air Date: 2021-03-17
Crew members head into the city where they must complete a detailed paint job and clean the outside windows of a downtown skyscraper.
7. Orange You Glad You're Tough
Air Date: 2021-03-24
The Dirty Hands and Savage Crew teams dig deep in order to sow the seeds of victory as they compete to landscape the front yard of a new house during the team competition.
8. Running on Empty
Air Date: 2021-03-31
Dirty Hands looks to clench the $60,000 bonus in the team competition by being the first crew to restore a wreck into a working car.
9. Nothing Personal, It's Business
Air Date: 2021-04-07
Fan favorites from season one stop by to lead the crew in the final team challenge hanging sheet rock, and in the individual challenge laying shingles.
10. Everything Is on the Line
Air Date: 2021-04-14
The final four crew members, Scott, Sarah, Zeus and Swifty, put it all on the line and compete in a series of challenges to be crowned the champion and win the $200,000 prize.
1. Ready for Battle
Air Date: 2021-10-06
Twelve new contestants arrive and their first challenge is to race to receive cargo dropped from a C-130 plane.
2. Fight Tooth and Nail
Air Date: 2021-10-13
Crew members punch in for their first individual challenge, repairing snow fences on Mt. Baldy, the highest peak in Los Angeles.
3. It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Freight Train
Air Date: 2021-10-20
Season two crew member "Freight Train" returns to lead the competitors through their individual challenge of delivering boxes.
4. Facing Fear
Air Date: 2021-10-27
Crew members visit the U.S. Coast Guard, where it's time to sink or swim in a search and rescue individual challenge.
5. Pressure Don't Scare Me
Air Date: 2021-11-03
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands race to the Irwindale Speedway in Los Angeles, where they must work together to be the fastest team to complete a race car pit stop.
6. Mud and Mayhem
Air Date: 2021-11-10
The crews must install a crop field irrigation system.
7. Mic Drop
Air Date: 2021-11-17
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands take center stage when they must set up a lighting grid at the iconic Los Angeles theater The Wiltern.
8. Battle Lines
Air Date: 2021-11-24
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands "pound the pavement" in the team competition where they must reseal a massive parking lot.
9. Bull in a China Shop
Air Date: 2021-12-01
10. Dreams Never Die
Air Date: 2021-12-08
![Welcome to Catalina Island](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F1HCqywC6KMcegjr4fQPaJj7VHfP.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
1. Welcome to Catalina Island
Air Date: 2023-01-04
Host Phil Keoghan welcomes 12 new crew members to Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California; competitors must build a concrete retaining wall for their first individual competition.
![Perfect Symphony](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F5SEAHhXfWKCQcQwqDFgIR56QoGM.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
2. Perfect Symphony
Air Date: 2023-01-04
Part two of a special two hour season four premiere.
![I Look Like Curious George](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F7uE0W8xaTi2lmjndirjfjljG2C3.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
3. I Look Like Curious George
Air Date: 2023-01-11
Crew members visit a plant nursery where attention to detail is key when building a complex planter box in the individual challenge.
![That's a Safety Hazard](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F4y3j4ghYhLtVGZjHbLFqqdOQ5xa.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
4. That's a Safety Hazard
Air Date: 2023-01-18
Diesel mechanic Quincey Walker guides the crews through a series of challenges that involve servicing automobiles.
![Crush It!](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FqThXYS6XPsP5DdkBGEn4WSZs9Pf.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
5. Crush It!
Air Date: 2023-01-25
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands get tangled up in the team challenge when they must organize and load a 15,000-pound fishing net onto a boat.
![Rise and Grind](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FUNHGl3C9PLk3ElXlmewkusClaR.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
6. Rise and Grind
Air Date: 2023-02-01
Crew members compete in pairs to shrink wrap a large container, with the last couple to finish facing the overtime challenge where one person will be eliminated from the individual competition.
![Skills to Pay the Bills](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FA2cyoZnvBKDidGoqHnVtHX2cmax.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
7. Skills to Pay the Bills
Air Date: 2023-02-08
Season three competitor and carpenter Lamar Hanger returns to guide the crews through a series of construction challenges.
8. Pressure Is On
Air Date: 2023-02-15
9. This Is Not a Sprint, It’s a Marathon
Air Date: 2023-02-22
10. Keep Battling ‘til the End
Air Date: 2023-02-22
![Tough Times Don't Last but Tough People Do](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FnMQWkfZTaGRI0pXn8GBj5BcX9Yu.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
1. Tough Times Don't Last but Tough People Do
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Competitors cut, grind and torch 500 pounds of scrap metal; the first to finish the job earn the privilege of choosing their teammates.
![First Dance](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F2ayUz2fEjVgWVRdk18GTqtknzjc.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
2. First Dance
Air Date: 2023-07-02
Competitors cut, grind and torch 500 pounds of scrap metal; the first to finish the job earn the privilege of choosing their teammates.
![Zink About It](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F5bYHl7ceoHAqysrey3Dk6BOI1d3.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
3. Zink About It
Air Date: 2023-07-07
In the individual challenge, crew members are tasked with designing and welding a structure that can withstand the crushing force of 1 ton of weight.
![Man Made It, These Hands Can Fix It](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FkqE4NMX7JGFf2Lq4ByA7WJC3wgN.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
4. Man Made It, These Hands Can Fix It
Air Date: 2023-07-09
Teams are tasked with completing a muddy motocross track to the exact standards of professional riders.
![How Do You Like Them Apples?](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FjhFo2Lw68HqXt3rEJZbAW1EBZFY.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
5. How Do You Like Them Apples?
Air Date: 2023-07-14
Season 3 winner Lia Mort returns to guide the crews through a series of challenges at a local apple orchard; teams race to gather as many bushels of apples as quickly as possible.
![Just Trying to Be Me](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F4p16NAPo7ImxvEgCar1ra2OMKIM.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
6. Just Trying to Be Me
Air Date: 2023-07-16
Working-class Americans are tested for their strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness in challenges that take place in the real world.
![Boom or Bust](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F6EitDSmTwtAEVwCRZhum2p1bUr7.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
7. Boom or Bust
Air Date: 2023-07-21
The crews take a trip to the quarry where the contestants face the most explosive individual challenge ever when they must install 20 detonators.
![You Can't Always Be the Hammer](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2Fq6KzWuYGbTz5tuqrNYNg4gFDD4F.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
8. You Can't Always Be the Hammer
Air Date: 2023-07-23
Crew members compete in a series of challenges that give back to the local community
![Winning's Not Everything, But Losing Sucks](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FoglGR2aoPKM18dmNpMCR8pHQRcT.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
9. Winning's Not Everything, But Losing Sucks
Air Date: 2023-07-28
Dirty Hands and Savage Crew compete in the final team competition when they battle it out in a series of head-to-head matches inspired by the trades.
![Ready for Take Off](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FdQMoEtoih2OFwZFfWNCNI5qox6Z.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
10. Ready for Take Off
Air Date:
The final three compete in the most challenging gauntlet yet for the title of TOUGH AS NAILS champion and the coveted winner's belt.
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Rating
8.8/10
Release Date
2020-07-08
Episodes
50 (5 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Production Companies
Raquel Productions Inc.
Tough House Productions