Tough As Nails

All of CBS’s reality shows are returning next year, including a new Amazing Race, two seasons of Survivor and two more seasons of Tough As Nails.

In its third season, Tough As Nails stepped up its challenge game, creating competitions that highlighted the difficulty of certain kinds of work but were also just very entertaining to watch.

In today’s edition of Ask Andy, a question about CBS’s Tough As Nails: Does it have a fatal flaw in the physicality of its challenges? Do they benefit alpha-male contestants and leave women and smaller statured men without a chance?

Tough As Nails season three will start filming just over a month after season two concludes. I’m glad it’s coming back, as it’s been a worthy replacement for Survivor this spring.

Updated with an answer from Phil Keoghan about why Mikey “Eyebrows” exited. Two players left Tough As Nails between its second and third episodes—Tara and Mikey—which is highly unusual for a show that doesn’t actually send any players home.

Tough As Nails, which is occupying Survivor’s timeslot this spring, has an innovative format, entertaining and dramatic challenges, and a great cast.

Survivor’s Wednesday timeslot is going to Phil Keoghan’s show Tough As Nails—and that’s a show I really enjoyed and looked forward to all summer, so I’m thrilled it’s returning.