Tough As Nails (Season 1)

Working-class Americans are tested for their strength, endurance, agility and mental toughness in challenges that take place in the real world.

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    Redefining Toughness (Episode 1)

    Air date: 2020-07-08

    Runtime: 44 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Get the Job Done (Episode 2)

    Air date: 2020-07-08

    Runtime: 44 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Heavy Metal (Episode 3)

    Air date: 2020-07-15

    Runtime: 44 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Release the Bull! (Episode 4)

    Air date: 2020-07-22

    Runtime: 44 min

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

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    Mind Over Matter (Episode 5)

    Air date: 2020-07-29

    Runtime: 44 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Game of Telephone (Episode 6)

    Air date: 2020-08-05

    Runtime: 44 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Trash Day (Episode 7)

    Air date: 2020-08-12

    Runtime: 44 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Trust Your Gear

    Trust Your Gear (Episode 8)

    Air date: 2020-08-19

    Runtime: 44 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Cut It Up (Episode 9)

    Air date: 2020-08-26

    Runtime: 44 min

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

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    Finish the Job (Episode 10)

    Air date: 2020-09-02

    Runtime: 44 min

    Overview: 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.

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