Amazing Race 9 Preview thread

[steffijo]

The Amazing Race 9 kicks off with a two-hour season premiere Feb. 28 on CBS.

http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cbs-reveals-the-amazing-race-9-cast-series-premiere-february-28-3923.php

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[steffijo]

they always seem to have the pink ladies now dont they?? lol ill have to see them all in action cuz right now none of them really stands out as strong to me!!!! what do you guys think??

[steffijo]

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race9/

[antny]

interesting.....

[Nascar Sucks 2]

they always seem to have the pink ladies now dont they?? lol ill have to see them all in action cuz right now none of them really stands out as strong to me!!!! what do you guys think??


Steffijo,

I beg to differ. There is a team that stands way out!!

[steffijo]

im not talking about boobies, nassy!!!! :p im talking about looking like a strong competitive team!!!

[sunshinechili]

I'm just thrilled that Amazing Race is going to be starting back up soon!!!!!

[steffijo]

CBS moves its upcoming (regular season) 'The Amazing Race 9' to Tuesdays at 10PM (not 9pm)(however season premiere will still be Feb. 28th at 9pm)


By Steve Rogers, 02/09/2006

A week after it announced The Amazing Race 9 would premiere on February 28 and, following its special two-hour premiere, regularly air in the Tuesdays at 9PM ET/PT time period that the reality series has occupied since The Amazing Race 6, CBS has reversed course, deciding instead to make the Tuesdays at 10PM ET/PT hour the show's new regular time period.


Although the network says its fate hasn't yet been determined, The Amazing Race's move to the 10PM ET/PT time period probably means the end for Love Monkey, a quirky, new, critically lauded drama that has struggled in the ratings since its January premiere. The Unit, a new military action drama that CBS presumably thinks might be more compatible with its NCIS hit drama that occupies the Tuesdays at 8PM hour, will debut on March 7 and air in The Amazing Race's former 9PM time period.

Now in its third season, NCIS (a spinoff of the since-canceled JAG series) has slowly evolved into one of CBS' top rated shows (trailing only CSI, Without A Trace, Survivor, and CSI: Miami in this season's viewership rankings) and demonstrated itself to be one of the few network television shows capable of holding its own against this winter's return of Fox's American Idol ratings goliath.

Even though it isn't scheduled to air regularly in the Tuesdays at 9PM hour, American Idol has already managed to skewer one competitor's show that airs in the hour -- ABC's Commander In Chief. The top-rated new television drama when it initially premiered this past fall, Commander's ratings began to slide once Fox's House returned from its MLB playoff-caused layoff, after which ABC put the show on hiatus until late January. Things only got worse when it returned, with supersized two-hour broadcasts of American Idol's open auditions causing Commander to deliver even lower ratings and result in ABC deciding to schedule another hiatus for the show once the February ratings sweeps period ends. After February, ABC will air back-to-back episodes of Sons & Daughters, a new sitcom created by Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels in the 9PM hour until Commander returns on April 18.

House returned to its Tuesday night time period for the first time since January 10 this week. Fueled by an 8PM American Idol episode that averaged nearly 31 million viewers, the second year Fox medical drama averaged over 22 million viewers and delivered its best ratings ever.

The Amazing Race 9 won't have to worry about competing against supersized Idol episodes or Idol-fueled House broadcasts in the Tuesdays at 10PM ET/PT hour, however it will still face significant competition in the later time period. In addition to the facts that network viewership tends to drop off in the 10PM hour and the later hour would appear to be a poor fit for a show that just finished airing a "family edition" that recognized the show's popularity as family programming, The Amazing Race 9 will face two well-established dramas in the hour, Law & Order: SVU and Boston Legal.

With NBC's lineup struggling since the departure of Friends, Law & Order: SVU has emerged as the network's top ranked show of the season, averaging 14.36 million viewers and ranking 21st (ahead of 26th ranked E.R.) in Nielsen's season-to-date television rankings. Boston Legal ranks 43th in the rankings, averaging 10.59 million viewers. Love Monkey ranks 58th in the season-to-date rankings, having averaged 8.16 million viewers in its first two airings. After being preempted for last week's State Of the Union Address, this week's third Love Monkey broadcast (which won't in be included in the updated season-to-date rankings until next week) was watched by fewer than 7 million viewers.

The Amazing Race has previously enjoyed some success airing in the Tuesdays at 10PM time period, albeit during the less competitive summer season in which it also had CBS' Big Brother summer staple available to serve as its very compatible lead-in. The Amazing Race 5 -- the Race edition generally credited with finally turning the reality franchise into the ratings success that saved it from cancellation -- averaged 10.73 million viewers and consistently won its time period in all key demographics when it aired in the Tuesdays at 10PM time period during Summer 2004.

http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cbs-moves-its-upcoming-the-amazing-race-9-tuesdays-at-10pm-3941.php

[steffijo]

THIS STARTS IN FOUR DAYS................WHOS EXCITED???? :D

[antny]

me me!!! lol

[sunshinechili]

Count me in!!