The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan is from New Zealand, and grew up near Christchurch, the city hit hard by an earthquake one week ago. More than 150 people died, and that earthquake followed another large one last fall. Phil returned to Christchurch after the earthquake and produced this report for CBS’ Early Show (which… continue reading
Man’s heart attack saves Amazing Race from its flurry of momentum-destroying twists
The Amazing Race returned last night, and besides bringing back previous teams, the race introduced some new twists. And by new twists, I mean they threw everything they could think of at the teams, all of which managed to dampen the race’s usually unflappable momentum and energy. It seemed to be a response to criticism… continue reading
Why Amazing Race’s Kynt changed his name to Kent
When The Amazing Race 18‘s returning teams were officially announced, the press release identified the male half of the team known as Kent Cothron and Vyxsin Fiala as “Kent Kaliber,” and there was no explanation, so I wondered if he’d changed his name. But he was identified on-screen as Kent during the premiere, and that… continue reading
Amazing Race finally comes to HD along with teams we’ve already seen clearly enough
The Amazing Race‘s 18th season debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, and while its lame all-star twist doesn’t have me excited at all, I can’t wait to watch because we finally get to see the race in high definition. (And I will do my very best to go into episode one with an… continue reading
Phil Keoghan’s biking-across-America film The Ride is in theaters, online
The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan rode his bike across the United States last year, which he did for several reasons, and now that trip has been documented in a film called The Ride. The film is showing in several cities this month, and 100 percent of ticket sales go to the National Multiple Sclerosis… continue reading
Amazing Race teams and their “unfinished business” (i.e. they didn’t win) announced
The teams for The Amazing Race Unfinished Business have been announced, and unsurprisingly, they do not include many of the teams who were in the preview, such as Brook and Claire. However, beside calling Kynt “Kent” (did he change his name?), the announcement does elaborate on the name for this twist by explaining what each… continue reading
Amazing Race Unfinished Business: an all-star season with a twist, lame name
The Amazing Race Unfinished Business is the title of the 18th season of the CBS reality competition, and host Phil Keoghan announced during a preview at the end of the 17th season finale that when it debuts Feb. 20, “your favorite teams return to finally finish what they started and prove they deserve another shot.”… continue reading
Amazing Race 18 will be an all-star season and is now filming; teams identified
Update: CBS confirmed this news after the season 17 finale; season 18 is called Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. The spring edition of The Amazing Race, which is in production right now, will be an all-star edition, in addition to being the first season to be filmed in HD. That’s according to sightings by the reliable… continue reading
CBS releases details about HD Amazing Race
The current season of The Amazing Race will be the last one filmed in standard definition, as its 18th season next spring will be the first to be filmed in high definition. CBS confirmed that the spring season will be the first to make the switch in a press release today, saying only that “the… continue reading
Amazing Race in HD: it’s finally going to high definition
The Amazing Race will soon be filmed in high definition. Host Phil Keoghan recently told me that even he didn’t know why the show wasn’t in HD yet, saying “it makes sense for the show to be in HD.” Now, the network finally agrees. CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler confirmed the switch when she told… continue reading