CBS has ordered the eighth and ninth installments of its reality challenge series “Amazing Race” for airdates in the 2005-06 season.
In a format twist, the eighth installment of “Race” will feature all-family teams, which will be expanded to four members from two. The show will define “family” in a number of ways, from the traditional nuclear family to blended families and teams that can include all siblings, multigenerational relatives and in-laws. Children older than 12 will also be able to participate. The teams will follow the show’s traditional premise, which requires them to travel around the world in a quest for a $1 million prize.
The ninth installment will return to the show’s traditional casting format, in which team members must have a prior relationship, but don’t have to be related.
The seventh installment of “Race” premieres with a two-hour episode Tuesday, March 1 at 9 p.m. (ET). The latest installment features “Survivor: All Stars” winner Amber Brkich and her runner-up fianc%E9; Rob Mariano, as well as a Gulf War veteran who was a prisoner of war and his girlfriend, a former Miss South Carolina.
“Amazing Race” is produced by Bruckheimer Television and Earthview Inc. in association with Touchstone Television and Amazing Race Productions.
CBS Orders Two Installments of ‘Amazing Race’
Feb 9, 2005 • Post A Comment