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Two Sunday reality staples both lost large numbers of viewers compared to their debuts last fall. Ratings for Sunday’s debut episode of The Amazing Race 13 were down from last year, when the show had its best debut ever last November for season 12. Sunday, 10.29 million people watched, down significantly from the 13.8 million …

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The Amazing Race‘s thirteenth season is being advertised in a place where travelers gazing out windows of airplanes are likely to see it: on the rooftops of buildings near LAX. The largest building has the show’s logo, while the smaller ones have “Welcome to the Finish Line” and the premiere date and time. “We’re right …

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CBS has announced the 11 teams who will compete as part of the 13th Amazing Race, which debuts Sept. 28. In a story about the new season, executive producer Betram van Munster told the AP that despite Survivor‘s switch to high definition, his show won’t switch to high definition anytime soon. “I don’t think it’s …

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