Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2020
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.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2020
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.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2020
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.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2020
Tensions run high during the team challenge when one crew has issues with communication while building a large fence on a farm.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jul 29, 2020
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.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2020
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.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2020
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.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2020
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.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2020
Teams "Savage Crew" and "Dirty Hands" compete in the final competition to win the overall team prize.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2020 (120 min)
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
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2021
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.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2021
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.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2021
The crew members dig deep in the individual competition as they maneuver a bulldozer through a course in order to avoid "punching out."
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2021
Crew members get down on the farm in a series of jobs that require stacking 100 bales of hay, herding sheep and making horseshoes.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2021
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.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2021
Crew members head into the city where they must complete a detailed paint job and clean the outside windows of a downtown skyscraper.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2021
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.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2021
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.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2021
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.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2021
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
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2021
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.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2021
Crew members punch in for their first individual challenge, repairing snow fences on Mt. Baldy, the highest peak in Los Angeles.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2021
Season two crew member "Freight Train" returns to lead the competitors through their individual challenge of delivering boxes.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2021
Crew members visit the U.S. Coast Guard, where it's time to sink or swim in a search and rescue individual challenge.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2021
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.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2021
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.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2021
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands take center stage when they must set up a lighting grid at the iconic Los Angeles theater The Wiltern.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2021
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands "pound the pavement" in the team competition where they must reseal a massive parking lot.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2021
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.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2021
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
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2023
Host Phil Keoghan welcomes 12 new crew members to Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California, to kick off season four, on a special two-hour season premiere.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2023
Competitors must build a concrete retaining wall for their first individual competition.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2023
Crew members visit a plant nursery where attention to detail is key when building a complex planter box in the individual challenge.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2023
Season three competitor and diesel mechanic Quincey Walker returns to guide the crews through a series of auto service challenges.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2023
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.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2023
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.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2023
Season three competitor and carpenter Lamar Hanger returns to guide the crews through a series of construction challenges.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2023
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.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2023
Savage Crew and Dirty Hands go head-to-head in the final team battle comprised of challenges inspired by the trades.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2023
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 of TOUGH AS NAILS.
Season 5
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2023
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.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2023
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.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Jul 7, 2023
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.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2023
In the team challenge, Dirty Hands and Savage Crew are tasked with completing a muddy motocross track to the exact standards of professional riders.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Jul 14, 2023
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.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2023
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 that could impact their team's future in the competition.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2023
The crews take a trip to the quarry where the contestants face the most explosive individual challenge ever when they must install 20 detonators.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2023
Crew members compete in a series of challenges that give back to the local community. In the team competition Dirty Hands and Savage Crew compete to be the first to complete a play structure for a local park, and in the individual competition competitors build bikes for children.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2023
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.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2023
The final three compete in the most challenging gauntlet yet for the title of TOUGH AS NAILS champion and the coveted winner's belt.