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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, September 13, 2023 - 10:12 am 
Legal, that doesn't make sense. They had already committed to 90 minute episodes back in early May.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, September 13, 2023 - 10:10 pm
Whoa! I was so looking forward to 90 minute shows, but it does also make sense that the 90 minute shows could have been in the can for a long time.
I guess we'll see.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 2:31 am
yes they committed to 90 minute shows in May - the Season 35 ones were already edited too much so they filmed a new season to get 90 minute ones - at least we know we will have two seasons at least with the original season 35 in the can for the future.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-amazing-race-season-35-surprises-changes-13-teams-1235707901/
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 6:46 am
WOW... thanks for the link Legal. I have thoughts. It kind of sucks that they are bringing back the U-turn but there will be no NEL. Unless another team screws up really badly, it's very hard to recover from a U-turn and not be eliminated.
Now I am happy that they are bringing back traveling commercial. The drama at the ticket counters/airports will help fill up the extra half hour.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 8:52 am
wow that sucks for the original shorter film cast. They can't get paid until their show airs.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 10:02 am
Yeah Sadiesmom... I will never forget that season where they filmed the finale in N.O. - it was two years before it aired. I get that the cast was really unlikable so CBS was obviously putting off the inevitable... LOL
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 10:13 am
It makes little sense to me that they don't re-edit it to 90 minutes. they have plenty of footage!
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 5:11 pm
I cannot wait! Any show Phil hosts is always so positive.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-02-2001
| Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 6:47 pm
Bring it on!!!!
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Vsmart
Member
02-09-2003
| Friday, October 13, 2023 - 11:04 am
Phil said that there will be no non-elimination legs, but instead it was called "You're still racing"?
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, October 13, 2023 - 2:19 pm
Vsmart - we call those "Uber legs"
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Vsmart
Member
02-09-2003
| Friday, October 13, 2023 - 2:30 pm
Still a misdirection.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Friday, October 13, 2023 - 2:37 pm
Vsmart, that was my first thought too. The only difference is no prize for 1st place, and no rest in between legs. Oh, and no penalty activity for last place.
Still, it amounts to the same thing. I'm glad tho, because I like the team that came in last.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Friday, October 13, 2023 - 6:36 pm
It is different for the racers because they are racing. It's not a rest stop. No one wins the leg and no one loses because the leg isn't over!
For us viewers, we expect an elimination at the end of each episode, so yes feels a bit misleading to us, but the leg felt weird to me anyway because there wasn't a road block where just one person had to do a task. So it's just a leg with some extra stops and editing makes it feel like a non-elim for us the viewer.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, October 14, 2023 - 5:23 am
Yeah... what Brenda said. Also, they have had Uber-legs for years... even when they had non-elimination legs. So one is not like the other.
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