Big Brother and Amazing Race cast members Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd have been given yet another show by CBS, though this will air online only and follow the couple as they travel Route 66. The 10 episodes of Jeff & Jordan Do America, which is similar in name and stars to Beavis and Butt-Head… continue reading
The Amazing Race 16
Jeopardy! reality TV category includes Survivor, Amazing Race questions
Jeopardy! had a “reality of TV” category last night as part of the Teen Tournament, and its answers included Survivor and The Amazing Race. TAR 16 winner Jordan Pious tweeted, “My brother and I were a clue on Jeopardy tonight! This is crazy!” The clue, he wrote, was “In 2010 Siblings Dan & Jordan hit… continue reading
Top Chef’s French episode beat TAR’s weak WWI ep; Probst won for Russell Swan ep
In the Emmy competition for outstanding competition reality TV show, each series enters a single episode. That, as succinctly discussed here, is perhaps the primary reasons for The Amazing Race‘s long-time domination. But that, of course, ended this year. While the official Academy nominee list [PDF] does not mention episodes, The Los Angeles Times reported… continue reading
Phil Keoghan explains why The Amazing Race shouldn’t withdraw from the Emmys
Prime-time Emmy awards will be handed out during the live telecast Sunday night, and if history is any guide, The Amazing Race will win its eighth consecutive Emmy for outstanding reality competition program. Eighth. This is getting so ridiculous that Jeff Probst said the show should withdraw and I get increasingly frustrated that the Emmys… continue reading
Big Brother/TAR’s Jeff Schroeder will travel Around the World for Free on CBS.com
Amazing Race 16 cast member (and Big Brother alum) Jeff Schroeder will travel around the world again, but this time without Jordan Lloyd, and also without any money. He’ll be starring in the second season of Around the World for Free as he “attempts to travel around the world in 100 days … with nothing… continue reading
Dan, Jordan beat Jet, Cord by 25 minutes; Dan says “Jet hates gays,” “called Jordan a ‘fag'”
The finale of The Amazing Race 16 wasn’t close at all, as bros Dan and Jordan beat cowboys Jet and Cord by almost a half hour, and maintained a lead throughout the leg. More surprisingly, they revealed that homophobia on the race did not come from Caite, but instead from Jet. “We ended up beating… continue reading
Amazing Race 16’s finale was its lowest-rated ever
The Amazing Race 16 had the series’ lowest-rated finale ever, after last fall’s race had significantly higher finale ratings than usual. An average of 10.63 million people watched, up slightly from a year ago, when 10.43 million watched Victor and Tammy win. CBS notes that’s up 340,000 viewers from last week, but among young viewers… continue reading
Dan and Jordan strategize their way to an Amazing Race win, edging out the cowboys
After a relatively weak season, The Amazing Race 16 delivered an enormously satisfying final episode: strong challenges, great drama, and best of all, an ugly meltdown from Caite Upton and Brent Horne, who were left in the dust where they belong. I’ll even forgive a lame final memory challenge–the elimination order, that’s it?–and the loss… continue reading
TAR’s Louie: “I’m confident I’ll be cleared” in cocaine investigation; Mike: “we flashed our badges” to get help
In March, The Amazing Race 16 contestant Louie Stravato was linked to a cop cocaine ring and put on desk duty, and he remains there today as the investigation is ongoing. In a post-elimination interview, he told People that he couldn’t comment, but also said he’s basically not guilty: “Unfortunately, I’m still on desk duty… continue reading
Dan and Jordan, Brent and Caite freak out, but still make final three with the cowboys
After 11 The Amazing Race 16 episodes, I’m really sick of the cowboys pointing out how everything in the freakin’ world is so new to them because they’re cowboys from a town so small there’s absolutely nothing there except oxygen and water. However, I realize that’s the editors treating us like infants, and as a… continue reading
Puzzling Roadblock made meaningless by another non-elimination leg
After a two-week break, The Amazing Race 16 returned with all kinds of changes in Shanghai: an equalized start that found all four teams on the same plane, Brent and Caite being stupid, Jet and Cord checking in first, and yet another non-elimination leg. It was just all so completely different! Sigh. I’m grouchy about… continue reading
Carol says Caite “very clearly had a problem with us as lesbians, not with us as individuals”
The debate about Brent and Caite’s use of the phrase “the lesbians” to refer to a fellow Amazing Race team now has some insight from Carol Rosenfeld and Brandy Snow, who don’t call Brent Horne and Caite Upton homophobic, but do think that the couple’s sexual orientation played a role in Caite’s contempt for them…. continue reading
Caite finally U-Turns the lesbians, leaving, such as, just one U.S. American woman on the race
Caite Upton finally got what she’s always wanted: She got to U-Turn Brandy and Carol, or “the lesbians” as her tiny brain always defines them, and thus send them home. Caite literally said “that’s all I want,” which is ridiculous, but hopefully means she and Brent can give up and go home and not reproduce… continue reading
Jet and Cord’s come-from-behind first-place finish not quite “unbelievable”
Upon arriving at the Roadblock and seeing Jet and Cord leave to go check in first at the pit stop, Carol asked Brandy, “How could they be that far ahead?” That’s a fantastic question, considering they went from last to first despite having a Speedbump to complete; that was an The Amazing Race first, as… continue reading
Clue-reading fail for Amazing Race 16 teams
Yet again, an episode of The Amazing Race was delayed by sports games, affording us this week the opportunity to watch former Mole host Anderson Cooper shirtless and putting on a wetsuit before swimming with great white sharks–and coincidentally foreshadow race host Phil Keoghan jumping off a boat to introduce a challenge. Of course, there… continue reading