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CBS promos indicating the contestants will be required to take a picture with the president during tonight's final leg which concludes in Washington DC. I wasn't sure if this would actually happen in the episode but host Phil Keoghan said in an interview "We even got the president involved". Guess it's not enough for our president to appear at sporting events all the time - now he's on reality TV too!

CBS opened Sunday night's episode of "The Amazing Race" with an apology to veterans offended by the previous week's installment, which took place in Vietnam. "Parts of last Sunday's episode, filmed in Vietnam, were insensitive to a group that is very important to us -- our nation's veterans," host Phil Keoghan read in a statement from producers and the network. "We want to apologize to veterans -- particularly those who served in Vietnam -- as well as to their families and any viewers who were offended by the broadcast. All of us here have the most profound respect for the...

Fox News' co-host of "The Five" Bob Beckel has called on CBS to apologize for an episode of "The Amazing Race” set in Hanoi, Vietnam. In the episode, contestants go to a B-52 Memorial, which is the wreckage of an American bomber plane shot down during the Vietnam War, to find the next clue in their televised round-the-world journey. "Do you realize, CBS, there were four Americans that went down with that plane?" Beckel said on "The Five" Thursday. "Two of them died."

Communist propaganda and downed U.S. aircraft? That’s entertaining. Vietnamese communists had their first big PR coup during the Tet offensive of 1968, when CBS’ Walter Cronkite ignored the decisive U.S. military victory and told America the war was unwinnable. Three and a half decades later, here comes CBS again, allowing an entertainment show to participate in a bit of old-fashioned communist propaganda. The March 17 episode of “The Amazing Race” featured its usual routine; teams travelling to different countries and completing tasks in a race to reach the finish line. These tasks typically involve learning about another culture. However, in...

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THE AMAZING RACE: ALL STARS

I just found out from jriemer, our threadmeister frolm seasons past, that the Amazing Race is being show in it's entirity from season 1 to the present every night at 9PM EST on the Game Show Network (GSN). Episodes are being run back-to-back until they lead into the start of the newest season. Click on Game Show Network above for (hopefully) live link or cut and paste: http://www.gsn.com/specific_page_elements.php?link_id=S69

At the beginning of an episode of this season's "Amazing Race," Rob Mariano, one of the contestants, spoke to the camera: "You know that thing, the American dream? Amber and I are living it." As the episode progressed, viewers saw Mr. Mariano, along with Amber Brkich, his fiancée and racing partner, steal a cab from another team, get a police car to escort them through Santiago, Chile, and successfully talk other teams into also quitting a challenge he couldn't complete, thereby ensuring that he and Ms. Brkich would stay in the game. It appears the definition of the American dream...

Amazing Race Freepers! In little less than twelve hours, the Amazing Race #6 (TAR6) will start. For those wondering, this is a television show like no other and has a growing cult-like following here on FR. In a nutshell, TAR6 will be a whirlwind, non-stop race around the world for one million dollars [/Dr. Evil voice] that one wrong turn can eliminate you from the race. Choose your path wisely and win a weeklong cruise on some segments. Choose poorly and your team could wind up in a Moroccan jail like Andre / Damon on TAR3 or possibly shaving...

Amazing Race Freepers! In little more than month, the Amazing Race #5 (TAR5) will start. This is a television show like no other and has a small cult-like following here on FR. It’s a whirlwind, non-stop race around the world for one million dollars that one wrong turn can eliminate you from the race. Choose your path wisely and win a weeklong cruise on some segments. Choose poorly and your team could wind up in a Moroccan jail like Andre and Damon on Amazing Race #3. That’s the adventure of the Amazing Race! How will this season stack up against...

David and Jeff fly into oblivion; Reichen and Chip ActivateThe Amazing Race 4 Finale was, in a word, wrenching. To suffer through watching a team wantonly self-destruct before our eyes was indeed glumly wrenching. The hapless David and Jeff might have just as well steered their SUV into oncoming traffic or leapt out of their sky-dive plane buck naked---all before arriving at the trance-inducing Cairns airport. Of course, if you were rooting for Reichen and Chip, or Jon and Kelly, this freakish anomaly made one giddy. For someone who was stumping for David and Jeff, I could only sit there...

Amazing Race Freepers! In little more than twenty-four hours, race-time is growing near. This is a television show like no other. It’s a whirlwind, non-stop race around the world for one million dollars that one wrong turn can eliminate you from the race. Choose your path wisely and win a weeklong cruise on some segments. Choose poorly and your team could wind up in a Moroccan jail like Andre and Damon on Amazing Race #3. That’s the adventure of the Amazing Race! This season, it appears we have an even greater assortment of eye-candy, manipulators, potential whiners and oddballs in...