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Season 1

  • S01E01 Redefining Toughness

    • July 8, 2020
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E02 Get the Job Done

    • July 8, 2020
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E03 Heavy Metal

    • July 15, 2020
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E04 Release the Bull!

    • July 22, 2020
    • CBS

    Tensions run high during the team challenge when one crew has issues with communication while building a large fence on a farm.

  • S01E05 Mind Over Matter

    • July 29, 2020
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E06 Game of Telephone

    • August 5, 2020
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E07 Trash Day

    • August 12, 2020
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E08 Trust Your Gear

    • August 19, 2020
    • CBS

    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.

  • S01E09 Cut It Up

    • August 26, 2020
    • CBS

    Teams "Savage Crew" and "Dirty Hands" compete in the final competition to win the overall team prize.

  • S01E10 Finish the Job

    • September 2, 2020
    • CBS

    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.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Just Another Day on the Job

    • February 10, 2021
    • CBS

    Twelve new contenders take on their first job -- making concrete; the first two to complete the individual task get to select their own crews for the team competition

  • S02E02 Keep on Baitin'

    • February 17, 2021
    • CBS

    Things get slippery when the everyday heroes punch in for their first individual challenge of transporting 250 pounds of slime eels into a container.

  • S02E03 The Roller

    • February 24, 2021
    • CBS

    Crew members manoeuvre a bulldozer through a course in order to avoid "punching out.”

  • S02E04 It's Gonna Be a Sheep Show

    • March 3, 2021
    • CBS

    Crew members get down on the farm in a series of jobs that require stacking 100 bales of hay, herding sheep and making horseshoes.

  • S02E05 Pour Your Heart Out

    • March 10, 2021
    • CBS

    Crew members must convert a stadium from a concert venue to a soccer field.

  • S02E06 True Colors

    • March 17, 2021
    • CBS

    Crew members head into the city where they must complete a detailed paint job and clean the outside windows of a downtown skyscraper.

  • S02E07 Orange You Glad You're Tough?

    • March 24, 2021
    • CBS

    The Dirty Hands and Savage Crew teams dig deep as they compete to landscape the front yard of a new house.

  • S02E08 Running on Empty

    • March 31, 2021
    • CBS

    Dirty Hands look set to secure a cash bonus in the team competition by restoring a wreck into a working car.

  • S02E09 Nothing Personal, It's Business

    • April 7, 2021
    • CBS

    Fan favorites from Season 1 stop by to lead the crew in hanging sheet rock for the final team challenge and laying shingles for the individual challenge.

  • S02E10 Everything Is On the Line

    • April 14, 2021
    • CBS

    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.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Ready for Battle

    • October 6, 2021
    • CBS

    Phil Keoghan welcomes the 12 new crew members to Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in Southern California, where season one winner Marine Veteran Kelly "Murph" Murphy returns to kick off the new season and guide the crew through their first challenge: race to receive cargo dropped from a C-130 plane.

  • S03E02 Fight, Tooth, and Nail

    • October 13, 2021
    • CBS

    Crew members punch in for their first individual challenge, repairing snow fences on Mt. Baldy, the highest peak in Los Angeles.

  • S03E03 It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Freight Train

    • October 20, 2021
    • CBS

    Season two crew member "Freight Train" returns to lead the competitors through their individual challenge of delivering boxes.

  • S03E04 Facing Fear

    • October 27, 2021
    • CBS

    Crew members visit the U.S. Coast Guard, where it's time to sink or swim in a search and rescue individual challenge.

  • S03E05 Pressure Don’t Scare Me

    • November 3, 2021
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E06 Mud and Mayhem

    • November 10, 2021
    • CBS

    Savage Crew and Dirty Hands try not to get stuck in the mud during the team challenge, when they must install a crop field irrigation system.

  • S03E07 Mic Drop

    • November 17, 2021
    • CBS

    Savage Crew and Dirty Hands take center stage when they must set up a lighting grid at the iconic Los Angeles theater The Wiltern.

  • S03E08 Battle Lines

    • November 24, 2021
    • CBS

    Savage Crew and Dirty Hands "pound the pavement" in the team competition where they must reseal a massive parking lot.

  • S03E09 Bull In a China Shop

    • December 1, 2021
    • CBS

    Savage Crew and Dirty Hands face off in the last team challenge, and the final five individual competitors battle for their chance to compete in the finale.

  • S03E10 Dreams Never Die

    • December 8, 2021
    • CBS

    With the title of champion and the $200,000 prize on the line, the final crew members compete in a series of challenges that test their life skills and physical strength.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Welcome to Catalina Island

    • January 4, 2023
    • CBS

    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.

  • S04E02 Perfect Symphony

    • January 4, 2023
    • CBS

    Part two of a special two hour season four premiere.

  • S04E03 I Look Like Curious George

    • January 11, 2023
    • CBS

    Crew members visit a plant nursery where attention to detail is key when building a complex planter box in the individual challenge.

  • S04E04 That's a Safety Hazard

    • January 18, 2023
    • CBS

    Season three competitor and diesel mechanic Quincey Walker returns to guide the crews through a series of auto service challenges.

  • S04E05 Crush It!

    • January 25, 2023
    • CBS

    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.

  • S04E06 Rise and Grind

    • February 1, 2023
    • CBS

    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.

  • S04E07 Skills to Pay the Bills

    • February 8, 2023
    • CBS

    Season three competitor and carpenter Lamar Hanger returns to guide the crews through a series of construction challenges.

  • S04E08 Pressure Is On

    • February 15, 2023
    • CBS

    With the $60,000 cash bonus prize on the line, Savage Crew and Dirty Hands face off in the team competition where they must clean up trash in an alleyway.

  • S04E09 This Is Not a Sprint, It’s a Marathon

    • February 22, 2023
    • CBS
  • S04E10 Keep Battling ‘til the End

    • February 22, 2023
    • CBS

Season 5

  • S05E01 Tough Times Don't Last, But Tough People Do

    • July 2, 2023
    • CBS

    Meet the 12 new crew members ready to test their strength, endurance, life skills and mental toughness on the new season of TOUGH AS NAILS. In the first individual challenge of the season, competitors will cut, grind and torch 500 pounds of scrap metal. The first to finish the job earn the privilege of choosing their teammates for Dirty Hands and Savage Crew.

  • S05E02 First Dance

    • July 2, 2023
    • CBS
  • S05E03 Zink About It

    • July 7, 2023
    • CBS

    In the individual challenge crew members are under "a ton" of pressure when tasked with designing and welding a structure that can withstand the crushing force of 1 ton of weight.

  • S05E04 Man Made It, These Hands Can Fix It

    • July 9, 2023
    • CBS

    In the team challenge, Dirty Hands and Savage Crew are tasked with completing a muddy motocross track to the exact standards of professional riders.

  • S05E05 How Do You Like Them Apples?

    • July 14, 2023
    • CBS

    Season three winner Lia Mort returns to guide the crews through a series of challenges at a local apple orchard. In the team competition, Dirty Hands and Savage crew race to gather as many bushels of apples as quickly as possible.

  • S05E06 Just Trying to Be Me

    • July 16, 2023
    • CBS

    Dirty Hands and Savage Crew race to locate and purchase a long list of heavy, bulky items from a large home improvement store during the team competition. Meanwhile, one crew member faces an extremely difficult decision.

  • S05E07 Boom or Bust

    • July 21, 2023
    • CBS

    The crews take a trip to the quarry where the contestants face the most explosive individual challenge ever when they must install 20 detonators.

  • S05E08 You Can't Always Be the Hammer

    • July 23, 2023
    • CBS

  • S05E09 Winning's Not Everything, But Losing Sucks

    • July 28, 2023
    • CBS

  • S05E10 Ready For Take Off

    • July 30, 2023
    • CBS

    The individual finalists race to demo, smash, cut and stack their way over shipping containers, with the first to finish the job crowned the winner.