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Wilsonatmd

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We have a date for the start of AR4!

Wednesday,February 26th....and here's the cool thing...

Apparently it's in a NEW TIME SLOT! 8PM Eastern!

CBS finally realized that they couldn't beat the Bachelorette and Bachelor 3....but there is a slight danger in that the American Idol 2 results shows are Wednesdays at 8:30. So set the calendars all....

FYI- the interim shows will be eps of the new "Star Search", and then three special "Price is Right" episodes.

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 11:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey! I watched Big Brother all summer on Wednesday's and would tape the result shows for AI... I'll just do the same for AI2!!!

I can't wait - another round of AR & Survivor all in the same month!!!

YIPPEEEEEEEEE

Gadzooks

Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 01:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm jumpin' over the moon here, this is the best news. I never want these shows to end. YaY!!

Webkitty

Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 07:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, we have a new TAR and Survivor AND AI this winter, great! (not to mention SFU for those who watch the HBO shows)

Beagle

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 04:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And... the new celebrity Mole too don't forget!

Tabbyking

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 04:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
okay, i say the separated, old, constantly fighting, whiney team of 2 different sexes (3 at the most) wins!!

what? they don't say who is on it yet? i still go with the separated, old, constantly fighting, whiney team....

Ladytex

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
dang, I have to wait til the end of February? What will I watch til then (and please don't say Bachelor/ette cuz that ain't happenin')?

Tabbyking

Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
the thought of watching bachelor/ette makes me shudder. i'd rather watch 'fear factor'...and the contestants on there had to eat penises the other day! how desperate is that?!!! oh, sorta sounds like bachelor/ette.....lol

please hurry with the mole, TAR and surviiivor!!

Cricket

Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 06:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFL, Tabbyking, you are just too funny! Gross anatomy eating on the Fear Factor. I just can't watch that show.

Great news that new AR and Survivors are upcoming. I was never that interested in AR until I came upon this board with BB3. Now I really love this show. It has been far better than Survivor this year.

Sanfranjoshfan

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 10:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Is the Feb 26 start date for AR4 *official* or is it just a rumor? There was no link to an official announcement in the post at the top of this page....and I can't seem to find an official announcement anywhere...

TIA

Ryn

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 05:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Since the actual filming does not begin until January, I am wondering if it really could be on starting in February.

From the application at the AR 4 website:

"If selected as a contestant, you and your teammate must be willing to travel to numerous locations around the world lasting approximately 30 to 40 days starting in January 2003. Each contestant is also responsible for bringing a passport that is valid until at least May 30th, 2003"

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race4/application.html

We need a link confirming the date listed above, otherwise I think we can assume it will be a summer show.

Tabbyking

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 05:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i think the one that started in october was completed in late august (?) so i guess it's possible, but not likely to get a feb 26 television starter. i would hate to have to wait until summer...

Ryn

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 05:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OOOOPSSSS

HERE - I found SOMETHING!!!

http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?29314

"Star Search" will launch Wednesday, Jan. 8 and air at 8 p.m. ET Wednesdays and Thursdays for four weeks before "The Amazing Race 4" and "Survivor: The Amazon" make their debuts.

CBS is also planning three prime-time "Price Is Right" specials for February, as "The Amazing Race" likely won't return till late that month. Newsmagazine "60 Minutes II" will move to 9 p.m. Wednesdays in January and February.

Wilsonatmd

Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 08:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's the situation right now...

A poster on Television Without Pity who works at a CBS affiliate says AR4 hasn't been scheduled yet. The 2/26 date is still tenative and isn't official. Star Search was a bigger hit than they expected on Wednesday nights, and they might do another 4 week run of it first. The timeslot is still tenative as well; we don't know if it will remain at 9PM or possibly move to 8PM. They have the "Price is Right" specials scheduled for the first three February weeks to get thru first, so we might hear something soon.

From what I've been able to read and stuff, it seems like they're filming now, or are almost completed filming. So the official site should be up in the next couple of weeks...When they did AR3 (although we didn't know it) they offical site came up the day after they finished filming, the cast pictures were taken in Seattle.

Wilsonatmd

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 11:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well.....

As expected, CBS is giving Star Search another run. But, the new run starts February 19th, and they didn't announce a length. (On a Wednesday and Friday at 8PM rotation)

This means one of two things:

1-AR4 will air at 10PM starting the 26th.

or more likely, according to sources:

2-They are gonna delay the start of the series until later in the spring, possibly even summer.

Personally, I would rather have them delay it rather than air at 10PM....and it could be a good companion to run with the new Big Brother this summer as well....stay tuned all...

Car54

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 11:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
well poop.

Tabbyking

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 02:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i think they should air it starting in late feb, and have AR5 ready to go on the air in summer!!
we don't need star search two or three times a week. we need AR race at least one time a week...

Car54

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 03:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great thinking CBS.... having 2 popular successful shows is just too difficult to handle. Let't kill the momentum of one of them so we can focus on just one.

Wilsonatmd

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 03:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well it's somewhat of a smart move. AR4 would probably be moved in March for 2 weeks if the schedule was as is (because of the NCAA basketball tournament, Survivor has to move for 2 weeks to Wednesday night).....And airing in the summer isn't a bad idea. It would go against reruns for the most part, and that could give it more viewers, and might become as much of a summer stape as Big Brother has become, also it could run 13 weeks without any premptions or moves. Star Search is doing well right now, no sense in wasting the momentum. Also, if it aired at 9PM, it would go against Bachelor 3 and West Wing....and we'd be complaining again about the ratings being bad because of the competition. There's no real good other place to put it, unfortunately....CBS' Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday schedules are set, Friday isn't the best night for reality shows (look what happened to Mole 2)..and Saturday-Sundays aren't good because the demos aren't great. I'm not trying to justify the decision, but I understand it.

Fruitbat

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 04:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ditto the poop

Car54

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 04:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yep. Poop again. They have a ton of crappy shows they could bump. Kill one of those touched by an angel in the hospital on the way to the morgue shows. There is only one racing show.

I wouldn't watch Star Search if you paid me.

Wilson, just let me pout a bit... I will regain my reason when Survivor comes back on.

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Star Search is the dollar store version of American Idol, and there isn't enough money in the world to make me watch it!

Ms_Snoodle

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 10:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
quadruple poop!

Tabbyking

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 11:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
airing in the summer is bad for one big reason!!!: we will have to wait for summer to get it. doesn't seem fair to me. i love a good, 'episodic adventure' to get me through the winter doldrums!

okay, yeah, i live in california, but not every day is 'annette and frankie at the beach on a warm surfin' day'!

Seamonkey

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 03:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
quintuple poop!! Just ax Star Search.. and they also cancelled Presidio Med, which I like..grrr.

Want TAR sooner, not later!

I dunno Tabby, I think Frankie just hobbled past, pushing Annette's wheelchair.. they were hastening to join BB Julie at the HB pier..

LOL..