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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 1:48 pm
This is sorta of a cross between The Amazing Race and The DaVinci Code (and it's made by the producers of that movie BTW)...10 teams of three (split into two groups of 5 teams starting in 2 different locations-and they don't know the other group is around) have to decipher a series of clues to try and find a hidden treasure somewhere in the world. There's going to be a big online contest element to this from what I hear...the show is focusing on the puzzles more than the race to a point. the teams are named in a way: -Team Ex-Cia (3 friends who met as CIA interns) -Team Miss USA (3 beauty queens) -Team Young Professionals (brother and sister pair wiht one of their friends) -Team Geniuses (3 college students with high IQ's) -Team Brown Family (3 brothers) -Team Southie Boys (identical twin brothers and a friend, all from Boston) -Team Grad Students (3 female grad students-twin sisters and a friend) -Team Air Force (Husband and wife and a friend, they met in Air Force Training) -Team Fogal Family (husband, wife, and daughter) -Team Wild Hanlons (2 brothers and one of the brother's sons) here's the website: http://www.nbc.com/Treasure_Hunters/index.shtml 2 hour premiere on that Sunday (the 18th), then regular timeslot is Mondays.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 1:58 pm
That sounds pretty good. A little bit like The Mole, without the mole!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 2:09 pm
I'm all over this one!!!
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 12:38 pm
I'm looking forward to this one as well. I loved the Mole with Anderson. There really is a lot of reality shows coming up in the next month or so.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 12:52 pm
I can't wait for this to air!! We have a friend who has worked sound for this show and he says it is going to kick *utt! lol He can't/won't tell us anything about it, though! He's called it TAR on steroids!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 4:51 pm
It does sound good.
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Scarebaby
Member
07-31-2005
| Monday, May 22, 2006 - 8:30 pm
I can't wait for this one! I'm planning to win the "home game"!!! LOL!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 12:48 am
Sounds sort of like The Mole, but no Mole!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 5:11 am
After looking at the pictures and reading through the bios, it looks like we have some interesting teams...also very deceptive I think. The bevey of beauties(hubby claims that 3 is not enough to make a bevey, but I enjoy alliteration) that make up Team Miss USA appear to have some serious brains among them. While team Grad Students (AKA Team Bartender...or could be Team Sex on the Beach) don't appear to have all that much happening upstairs. Well, one of them does list her favorite book as the Davinci Code so I guess she thinks that counts for something. I am liking the Southie Boys as my early favorites...but what do I know...I picked Maggie as my early favorite for last year's Big Brother. I also like the Brown family. They enjoy solving puzzles...my kind of people. I am getting a Weaver vibe from the Fogel family. Team Wild Hanlons seem a bit intense. I think the Ex-Cia team (more geek than spook I think) and Team Air Force could be formidable. It will be interesting to see how the teams are divided into two groups. This looks like it could be an outstanding show...but so was The Mole.
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Tatyana
Member
08-06-2001
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 9:52 am
I'm with you all, I can't wait for this to start, it looks awesome.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 10:08 am
THis sounds awesome!!!
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Hootyhoot
Member
12-18-2001
| Monday, May 29, 2006 - 7:19 am
I went to the auditions for this show. A friend talked me into it ... she'd love to be on a reality show. (Well, so would I!) I thought it was going to be more puzzle-solving, code-breaking, map-reading, so I went along for the fun of it (because I'm a REALLY senior citizen!). I really thought it was just going to be a fun day out ... all the other teams auditioning were in their 20s ... so I thought we didn't even belong there. But, they called us back the very next day for a video "screen test"! Omigosh, you can't imagine how excited we were! If I have the numbers right (and I can certainly have mixed them up by now ...), about 1500 teams applied, 150 were videotaped, and 50 were to be invited to Hollywood to meet the producers. We waited and waited and waited ... but we weren't among the teams chosen to go to Hollywood. And now that I see the first pictures from the show ... some of the adventures are WAY to physical for me! We would've been the first losing team, aaarrgh! So I'm glad to be sitting home, watching the adventures from my couch!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, May 29, 2006 - 7:55 am
Two weeks and no Amazing Race is giving me serious withdrawals. I can't wait for this show to start!!! Marys... I'm also getting that "Weaver family" vibe from the Fogal family.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Monday, May 29, 2006 - 8:41 am
Congratulations on making it to the screen test, Hootyhoot! I think that is pretty exciting. It must have been fun for you and your friend to go through the audition process.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, May 29, 2006 - 10:07 am
How cool to make screen test!!
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Hootyhoot
Member
12-18-2001
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 6:47 pm
Yes, I loved it. There are not many grandmothers in my crowd who have had a screen test!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 8:10 pm
just a warning in advance if you plan to tape the premiere, as it's on the Sunday of the US Open, and that could run long (that golf major is notorious for long rounds...and if there's a weather problem, it could be worse)
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 8:04 am
The Southie Boys have a website http://www.southieboys.com/content/blogcategory/1/38/
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 8:22 am
WOW just saw this here and came to see what the heck you guys were talking about since I never heard this title before. This is exciting....hope it's as good as it sounds and hope it hurry ups and starts! TV has been SO boring lately and my Dish is down so been living on lifeline cable. I really must do something bout that eh? Sounds like fun premise...I'll be there, at least for the first show!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 10:48 am
Looking at the teams I can kind of see where there might be a pattern of sorts and "mirror" teams. I would expect that Team USA would be in one group and The Grad Students in the other. The nerdy teams (Team Ex-CIA and the Geniuses) would most likely be in opposing groups. I can see Team Air Force on one side and the Southie Boys (fire fighters) on the other. I think The Wild Hanlons would most likely be opposite The Brown Family (Texas males). And that leaves us with The Fogel family and The Young Professionals. Just my guess.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 10:44 am
ok....a little more info on the first episode... -the starting points are in Hawaii and Alaska -the two groups will meet sometime during the first episode..remember the groups don't know about the other until that point.. -one team will be eliminated in the first episode-no word yet on how this is determined... -There are seven "artifacts" hidden that are the basis for the game (my guess is one artifact is found per episode- if there is also one elimination per artifact, that leaves three teams in the final hunt). Once all seven all found, they will help lead to the final treasure.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 5:31 pm
I am really looking fwd to this, it sounds great!...but then again I felt the same way about Game show marathon! LOL
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Meme9
Member
07-30-2001
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 6:35 pm
LOL, TAR on steroids! Now, I have to watch this, it could be very good.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 8:07 pm
Bump... I only just saw an ad for this, they should step up the promotion, it sounds excellent and I think a lot of Amazing Racers would give it a try if they knew it was on. I can't wait!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-30-2004
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 8:09 pm
Just to clarify (after seeing the title to this thread calling the start date on Saturday) - don't want anyone to miss out or set their Tivo wrong. It starts on SUNDAY, Father's Day which falls on June 18th. My Sis and I have sorely missed Amazing Race, so this will be fun! Getting eager!
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