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Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, it can. I think she will play very well. She's very athletic and competitive. I'm looking forward to seeing her in this different venue.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
well when they show the CBS fall schedule on the CBS site, looking at TAR site has a site adrress that hes amazingrace6 on it, so I think it will air this summer.

Backgammonjane
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02-28-2004

Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
47 days 3 hours 40 min 10 sec whoohooo

Bastable
Member

07-09-2002

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I heard a rumor that TAR5 is being delayed to the fall. Anyone hear that, too? Is it just an ugly rumor?

Leafsgirl
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10-14-2003

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Can't do Saturdays, that's when HNIC is on, nope I'll be watching hockey.

*will record TAR though*

Jasper
Member

09-14-2000

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
CBS contemplating holding 'The Amazing Race 5' until
September 2004 to cut costs
By Wade Paulsen, 5/21/2004

Looks like CBS may be coming around to our opinion after
all. Took them long enough.

As part of CBS's "upfront" presentation to advertisers this
week, CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves announced that the
Emmy-winning The Amazing Race series would return to CBS's
regular fall lineup, on Saturday nights at 9 PM ET/PT.
However, Moonves also said that the Eye Network might decide
to hold The Amazing Race 6 for spring, not fall ... and air
The Amazing Race 5 in the fall time slot, thus shelving the
already-announced plan to begin airing The Amazing Race 5 on
July 6.

Since The Amazing Race 4, the first series of the show to
air during the summer, received mediocre ratings that left
the series on the brink of cancellation, we admit to being a
little surprised that The Amazing Race 5 will return to the
regular season, where it had dismal ratings, without any
build-up over the summer. However, according to Moonves, the
shift isn't motivated by the show's quality or its
likelihood of ratings success --- instead, it's purely a
cost-savings measure.

Basically, CBS -- the only network which failed to introduce
even ONE new reality program in its fall schedule (in fact,
there were only five new shows, period) -- has concluded
that it was being "dumb" (Moonves' word) to continue to air
original scripted shows on Saturday nights. Why? Because
scripted dramas (like Hack or The District) are
significantly more expensive to make than unscripted shows
-- and, anyway, CBS was placing fourth with the scripted
shows.

We wonder if Moonves hopes that The Amazing Race, with its
combination of colorful locales and competing/feuding
couples, will become this decade's successor to the
definitive Saturday night hits of the 1970s: ABC's The Love
Boat (couples) and Fantasy Island (exotic locales).

We also note that, with the return of The Amazing Race to
the prime-time schedule, Race executive producer Jerry
Bruckheimer will have six shows in prime-time for CBS next
season: three versions of CSI, Without a Trace, Cold Case
and two series of Race -- five dramas and a reality show. We
happen to know of another reality-TV producer who will have
six shows in prime-time on the networks next season: Mark
Burnett, who will have two series of Survivor on CBS, two
series of The Apprentice and one series of The Contender on
NBC, and three shows -- a new reality show, the scripted
comedy Commando Nanny and the scripted drama Global
Frequency -- on The WB: four reality shows, one comedy and
one drama (and that doesn't count the upcoming The Casino
which will air this summer on Fox).

It's also worth noting that as part of CBS's desire to cut
costs on Saturday night, it has designated the 10 PM ET/PT
slot as "Crime Time Saturday", which will feature repeats of
Bruckheimer's CSI, Cold Case, and Without a Trace series. We
hope that the two new series of The Amazing Race will at
least do well enough in the ratings to outdraw the reruns
that follow it....

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What??? Noooooooooooooo! Gotta have my summer fix!

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OMH!!!! Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!! This is the only show I am really,really looking forward to this summer!

Sbw
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08-09-2000

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 11:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just saw a commercial on CBS that said TAR would start on July 6th. I hope so!!!! I wish I had been watching instead of just listening at the beginning because they showed a clip, but don't know if it was from upcoming season or earlier season.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just to clarify, what I have read so far is that we will still have our TAR this summer as scheduled, starting in July, with another brand new season starting up again this fall. So we're getting two for the price of one this year.

Jooleechenlvr
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04-21-2004

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 6:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The clip was from the new season. It showed Allison from BB4 and Donnie in the back seat of a cab and he told he she was an embarassment.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL..ok I am going to like watching this now!

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Friday, May 28, 2004 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I only watched one episode of BB4 last year but did check posts here at TVCH to sorta follow what was going on. So I never really formed an independent opinion of Alison. Still, I'm not thrilled that she is competing on TAR. And yeah, fair or not, part of that has to do with the negative impression of her I got from reading others' opinions. But an even bigger reason is that after the Survivor All-Stars debacle, I'm not remotely interested in watching any more "professional" reality show contestants.

Some of my favorite past TAR teams were siblings, best friends, and parent/offspring. I really hope the show doesn't drop those interesting relationships in favor of focusing on melodramatic couples issues. A little of that is okay, just not too much. I'm still more interested in the adventure and exotic locales than anything else.

Guinevere
Member

03-15-2001

Friday, May 28, 2004 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
>It showed Allison from BB4 and Donnie in the back seat of a cab and he told he she was an embarassment.<

Yeah, that sounds like Alison.

It should be fun.



Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 10:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<smiley face here>
You know, I just don't get it. This is the best&cleanest reality show ever and they keep complaining about low ratings. It's one heck of an opportunity to see things/places/the WORLD dagnabbit! that a normal tourist could never afford or have time to explore. Not only that, but a free/painless opportunity to teach one's kids geography, anthropology, social skills - just to name a few - PLUS a show that a person could watch with their kids (no blurred behinds ever).

One person I knew, tried the show twice but said she got too confused/disoriented from all the motion, switching of teams/locations/cameras in a short time. OK, I admit that takes some getting used to, helpful once you have a better idea of the players.

But, one thing I wonder (does anyone have an answer/idea here?) - is it possible that the people who enjoy this show tend to have traveled outside of N. America? That people who haven't traveled much aren't particularly interested?

I really have a difficulty figuring out why the low ratings. The competitions are so creative.

Sorry, I'll get off my soap box now.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 11:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree! especially about it being a show you can watch with kids. Why they have put it on AFTER BB is unbelievable!!

If any show deserves the 8pm hour it is this show!
The only thing I can figure is that having ALison on it made it a 10pm show!!

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 11:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
From Pamy: "The only thing I can figure is that having ALison on it made it a 10pm show!!"



I agree Calamity that part of the appeal is the "real" teaming of people on this one. So I'm really bummed that they agreed to let Alison on it. But I'll get over if she goes in the first few weeks. Although with my luck in watching these things, she'll be one of the final two again.

Biscotti, you ask a good question as to how many fans have traveled. I'm going out on a limb here and say it doesn't matter. My brother who has traveled extensively doesn't like it because he thinks the winning is based purely on who can run the fastest in the end. I love this show because it's the only one where I can imagine actually being a participant. I also like it because even if a team is gone in the first week or so, they've had a heck of an adventure.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 11:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Alison is might competitive, it wouldn't suprise me at all to see her at the end of the race.

One of the reasons I really enjoy TAR is that I don't travel. Since I most likely won't ever go to these places or do the things they do, I enjoy getting to see them while the contestants are there. LOL, it's like vacation from my couch, without the hassels of travelling. I also like the fact that they get to the end not by getting the most callers to vote for them or having the right alliances, but because they've had to work their tails off to get their, have had to work together well as a team, and have had to play smart. Sure there's some luck involved, but when you get down to the last couple of teams, they are the ones who have played skillfully.

Jasper
Member

09-14-2000

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good, I hope while they contemplated it they realized what a bad idea it was to NOT show it. I can't wait for this long awaited season to start.

Now my year would be complete if we got a new - real people - Mole.

Starshine40
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07-30-2002

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have to agree with wargod. I can travel vicariously without leaving home. I've never traveled and this is an opportunity to see different countries, customs, etc. Geography wasn't my best subject so I know I would have a hard time figuring out some of the clues.

At 63 with bad osteoporosis I know I could never do this in real life.

It's fun to watch the competitiveness and some of the backstabbing, but also the cooperation among the teams.

One of my fav moments was when about 4 teams all put regular gas in their diesel gas autos thereby disabling them.

Wilsonatmd
Member

01-23-2001

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well the main thing with the 10PM timeslot in the summer was mainly because of the other scheduling. Their normal timeslot holder,"Judging Amy", really doesn't do well in reuns, especially against Law and Order SVU on NBC. My thinking is that Big Brother does pretty well in the summer, so they think they can get people to stay at 10 by showing AR, and even if it's a strong 2nd every week, it would still be a success.


Also, we should be getting the complete info on the teams in the next week or two (traditionally, they release the teams about a month before the first show).

Wilsonatmd
Member

01-23-2001

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK... a little switchup for AR6 in the fall. CBS has decided to move it back an hour, to 8PM EST on Saturdays. I actually think this might make a little more sense than at 9, but there is the danger of preemptions or delays for College Football overruns.

Uhoh
Member

07-23-2002

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 9:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i'm mixed on AR, though i'll watch it again. the thing i don't like about it is that for my taste it shows too much running and frenetic activity. i like the competitions, relationships, and varied locations/cultures, and would like to see more of that and less what i'd call filler-activity.

i've travelled quite a bit and lived abroad, but don't think that has anything to do with how i see the show.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I actually love the running and frenetic activity! This show is so exciting to watch! I love everything about this show (although I'm not too thrilled about having to see Alison again)...the excitement, the relationships, geography, competition, etc. I am always disappointed at the end of each show...the hour goes by too fast. I always want more, I could watch it for hours. The only thing I don't like is that it ends!

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 4:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Read this in the newsgroups today:

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|88560|1|,00.html

CBS Shuffles Saturday Schedule


Having had a couple of weeks to think about it, CBS has decided it didn't
quite like the looks of its Saturday-night lineup for next season.

So the network played a little three-card monte with the night, which
typically has the lowest viewing levels of the week. The three elements of
the night -- newsmagazine "48 Hours Mystery," reality show "The Amazing Race
6" and a rotation of cop-show reruns under the banner of "Crimetime
Saturday" -- will stay the same, but CBS has moved them around.

The changes will "allow for better program flow throughout the night," the
network says.

"The Amazing Race" moves up from 9 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET, while "48 Hours" gets
pushed back two hours to a 10 p.m. start. The "Crimetime" wheel will air at
9 p.m.

CBS' scheduling change is the first in what will likely be quite a few
shakeups between now and fall, as several networks are experimenting with
year-round programming.