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March
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10-02-2003

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't mind it being on for 2 hours I just wish they would start it earlier when they do. This means I now have to stay up until midnight. Oh tomorrow will be a long day.


Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We get a fast forward too!! That was promo'd on tv awhile ago today.

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is AR on both Tuesday "and" Wednesday this week?

Vickie
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07-16-2004

Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Csnog it is on Wednesday but only as a what you didn't get shown. Meaning outtakes and such. Tuesday looks to be like a regular show.

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks!!!!

Will have to adjust my schedule.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It looks like the finale is scheduled for May 10th, per a Entertainment Tonight story...

Justalittlebean
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08-15-2003

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 5:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That Amber and Rob: 'Everyone hates them'


By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY
From the start, Rob Mariano and fiancée Amber Brkich have been the team to beat on CBS' The Amazing Race 7.

Just about every one of the 11 teams vying to win the $1 million Race prize has expressed a particular desire to see Rob and Amber lose. "Everyone hates them," says Joe Borgenicht, co-author of The Reality TV Handbook.

After all, Rob and Amber already have appeared on separate versions of Survivor and then together on Survivor: All-Stars, where they met, fell in love and collected $1.25 million between them.

Rob, 29, a former construction worker from Boston, helped Amber, 26, a former health club employee, win the jackpot. He finished second. They were engaged on the finale in May 2004 and are in talks with CBS about having a TV wedding sometime soon.

But first they wanted to compete on The Amazing Race, where there is blatant contempt for them. And viewers are tuning in to see the drama unfold. This season is averaging 12 million viewers each week, up 5% over last season.

Tuesday night (9 ET/PT), tension promises to build again as teams race through the African bush. On Wednesday, CBS will air a one-hour retrospective episode (8 p.m. ET/PT), which will include never-seen footage from the current Race.

Rob and Amber have engendered animosity beyond the obvious fact that they've already won money on a reality show.

In Leg 1, a fan helped them navigate a Peruvian airport, and last week a fan helped them shop in a South African market. Their reality-show stardom might give them an edge, although in some episodes, they have worried that fans have slowed them down.

Last week, they didn't stop for fellow racers who had been in an accident. The Jack Myers Entertainment Report, which tracks the TV industry from New York, called them "heartless." Even Race host Phil Keoghan questioned them about not stopping to help. Rob's defense: "It's a race, Phil."

Linda Holmes, who tracks Race, Survivor and The Apprentice for the Television Without Pity Web site, says: "Everybody wants to win. After a certain point of time, nobody likes anybody who's winning."

The dislike for Rob and Amber also stems from viewers who believe that reality shows should start with level playing fields, she says. "There are a lot of people who have an idea that this kind of show should be cast with regular people plucked from obscurity. There are people who say, 'Rob and Amber stole my spot.' "

But casting agents put people on who draw viewers. "These games are about the best competitor," Borgenicht says. "Would you keep Michael Jordan from winning the next slam-dunk contest just because he won last year? It makes for great television."

And reality stars have been using their initial appearances as steppingstones to other gigs since Richard Hatch was a guest on Becker after he won the first Survivor in 2000. American Idol winner Ruben Studdard and finalist Kimberly Caldwell will guest-star as food-court employees on Wednesday's Life on a Stick (9:30 p.m. ET/PT).

Mikalah Gordon, who was voted off American Idol two weeks ago, says she already has received acting offers but declines to give specifics, saying only that her dream is to "be on a sitcom. I just want to be really big and famous."



Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 5:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great article!!!

"These games are about the best competitor," Borgenicht says. "Would you keep Michael Jordan from winning the next slam-dunk contest just because he won last year? It makes for great television."


Sherbear
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07-19-2001

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I know I am bad. But Romber is my favorite team along with Uchenna and Joyce. I dislike Alex quiet a lot. I find him to be a sour grapes I am better then you. Romber and U & J work as teams seeming to get closer and enjoying the race.

Gen
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08-22-2003

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Me too! Sherbear.

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I LOVE Romber on the Amazing Race, which utterly surprises me! I truly disliked each of them whenever they were on Survivor.

I think that they have a solid relationship and work as a team. I wish them well in their future.

I'm just waiting for the Ron and Kelly break-up.....maybe this episode!

Lurkin
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02-15-2002

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
People Mag says that Ray & Deana are getting married in May. I don't know........... they seem a little Victoria and whatshisface to me


Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 6:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw their interview on the morning show (Ray and Deana) and, to my surprise, I think they are ok together and not all that bad in real life.

I'd love to see Kelly leave this week.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK....we do have comfirmation that the finale is May 10th.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How many non-elims this year? We've only had one so far (well, the brothers tried to have one - LOL).

Needmylifeback
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08-14-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think there are three... so I bet tonight is a non-elim. If Meridith and Gretchen come in last again ... will they take her paper bag away? ... and the couple of outfits that U & J shared? ....

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maybe they will put on extra clothing ala Alex/Lynn. lol

If it happens to them again I will give them huge props just getting through one of the most difficult twists that AR has thrown at the teams.

They are the gusto grands.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Isn't this the farthest that a senior couple has made it in the race? Props to them for getting this far!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 10:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think it is.. I felt a shiver when she bought the backpack (and of course she should have bought one.. her bag was getting more and more full and better for her to carry it properly), but seems like it will be sad if they lose their stuff again.

Anyway they sure "got" us with that non pit stop tonight.. which of course was obvious when Amber first mentioned it.. or Rob? That the clue usually mentions the pit stop and this just said mat..

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Seamonkey, I felt that shiver too. But I was also thinking how great it would be if this was a non-elim leg. Gretchen gets on my nerves with her whining, but I would like to them at least beat Lynn/Alex and/or Ron/Kelly. Those two teams were portrayed a little better last night but I still want them gone.

Alex's shock that Rob/Amber had not yielded them was priceless. Do you think it was because Lynn/Alex would have yielded them?

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
NT, I think it is. I think L/A would have yield them in a second. I also think they think R/A view them as a threat. (which I don't think they do! )

Gen
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08-22-2003

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 8:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think that the fact that you can only use the yield once was part of Rob's thinking. It would be much better to use it later in the race than right then. There is only one more left. After that, there is no chance for retaliation. I bet the next one will be used by someone.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree Texannie. I think L/A overestimate themselves in game play and I think R/A aren't really that threatened by them. AT least that's what I hope.

Essence
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01-12-2002

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
R/A recognize that L/A are a strong team, but I don't think they feel threatened by any of them.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
tntitan, An "older" team (Teri/Ian) got 2nd place in Race 3.


Now the non-elims may be a little more spread out...I'm hearing rumors that the May 10th finale will be 2 hours of the final leg with 3 teams.