Surviving the Cut
TV Show · Reality

Surviving the Cut follows America’s toughest men as they try to fight their way to special operations most elite status.

2010 · 44m
Starring William Sadler

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Ranger School
    Go inside the toughest combat course in the world. US Army Ranger School replicates the nonstop stress of war to forge the Army's elite combat leaders. Candidates sleep little, eat less while running 20-hour missions. Only one in three survives the cut.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 2
    US Air Force Pararescue
    Students must survive one notoriously difficult milestone called Extended Training Day nothing else in any special operations training course rivals the torment of this single day. Only 10 percent survive the cut.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 3
    US Marine Recon
    Marines are pushed to unconsciousness in the pool, wrestle 90-pound packs in the pounding surf of the Pacific Ocean. It's a man-breaking, all-out endurance test that forges top soldiers with unparalleled skills. One in three don't survive the cut.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Special Forces Diver
    Elite special ops soldiers challenge themselves to become the most highly trained combat divers on the planet. For six weeks, they are tested in the most severe underwater conditions, pushing the limits of the human body to prove they have what it takes.
    42 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Navy EOD Final Certification
    This is all or nothing training: A five-day, non-stop series of high stress missions. Make the wrong move, allow fatigue or distraction to take over and the entire team will fail.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Marine Sniper
    Only the best men are sent to the Marine sniper course, but one third of them are likely to fail.
    43 min

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Cast & Crew

  • William Sadler
    Self
  • B‌W
    Bobby Williams
    Producer
  • A‌E
    Al Edgington
    Producer
  • C‌D
    Christo Doyle
    Producer

About

Surviving the Cut

Reality

Surviving the Cut follows America’s toughest men as they try to fight their way to special operations most elite status.

Information

Studio
Discovery
Released
2010
Rated
-10
Region of Origin
United States
© 2010 Discovery Communications Inc.

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