If you exclude The Masked Singer and the Gordon Ramsay shows, FOX doesn’t have many reality shows on the schedule. Could the Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test series be the next ratings success story for the network? Will it be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.
A physical competition series, the Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test TV show is based on a British format. In the series, 16 household names are dropped in the desert, with each intent on surviving some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. The contestants quickly learn the meaning of “no guts, no glory” – and no glam – as they try to survive demanding training exercises. They are led by Directing Staff (DS) agents Rudy Reyes, Mark “Billy” Billingham, Jason “Foxy” Fox and Remi Adeleke, an elite team of ex-special forces operatives. The participants are Danny Amendola, Mel B, Hannah Brown, Tyler Florence, Kate Gosselin, Dwight Howard, Montell Jordan, Gus Kenworthy, Nastia Liukin, Carli Lloyd, Beverley Mitchell, Kenya Moore, Mike Piazza, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Anthony Scaramucci, and Jamie Lynn Spears.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances of survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
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Note: These are the final national ratings, including all live+same day viewing and DVR playback (through 3:00 AM). Early fast affiliate ratings (estimates) are indicated with an “*”. While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled.
What do you think? Do you like the Special Forces TV series on FOX? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
*5/15/23 update: Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test has been renewed for a second season by FOX.
***SPOILER ALERT*** The episodes started off pretty interesting. It had you asking yourself the question of if you could do some of stuff they were doing. However, as the season went on and contestants started dropping out, it was very clear who the staff’s favorites were or favorite. The last episode was terrible, at least for Dwight Howard, he really got a bad hand dealt to him. I felt sorry for him because he put in all that effort to make it the end to only end up being kicked out. Consequently, he was the only contestant to be involuntarily… Read more »
Kate Gosselin’s meltdown (not her injury) was hilarious. “I’m horrible!” Yes Kate, we’ve known that from years of watching K+8.