"The Amazing Race" (2001) TV series 2001-????

Creators:

Elise Doganieri
Bert Van Munster

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | unknown

Release Date:

5 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Game-Show | Reality-TV

Tagline:

The world is waiting... GO!

Plot:

Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.

Plot Keywords:

Team | Race | Around The World | Host | Airplane

Awards:

Won 12 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 37 nominations

Cast

Phil Keoghan

...

Himself - Host (180 episodes, 2001-2009)

Also Known As:

The Amazing Race 13 (USA) (thirteenth season title (promotional title))
The Amazing Race: All-Stars (USA) (eleventh season title (promotional title))
The Amazing Race: Family Edition (USA) (eighth season title)

Runtime:

60 min | USA:60 min (including commercials) | 42 min (14 episodes) | USA:60 min (12 Episodes) | USA:60 min (14 episodes) | 43 min (10 episodes) | 86 min (2 episodes) | USA:120 min (including commercials) (2 episodes) | USA:60 min (including commercials) (10 episodes) | 60 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Australia:M (one episode) (original rating) | Australia:M (cable rating) | Australia:G (Season 1) (TV re-rating) (2004) | Argentina:Atp | New Zealand:PG | USA:TV-PG | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

2A Ton Duc Thang, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Trivia:

In Leg 12 (Season 10), teams flew to Paris, France, for their intermediate destination - the first time in the history of the race an intermediate destination was outside the United States or Canada.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the final episode, when seats become available for the flight to Denver, a computer screen is shown with passengers "Patrick/Donald" and "Irwin/Allison" in seats 28C & 28D. Donny & Allison were the 2nd team eliminated. Possibly stock footage of a computer screen for privacy protection of real passengers. Possibly dummy bookings to ensure a close race finish.

Quotes:

Host: [starting a Race in the first episode of each season] The world is waiting for you. Good luck... travel safe... go!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "30 Rock: Somebody to Love (#2.6)" (2007)

'The BEST season of The Amazing Race'

'The Amazing Race 5' is the BEST of all six complete seasons to date. If you've never seen the show, I recommend this season over all others. Why? Season 5 had a combination of interesting and amiable teams as well as original locations, only 2 of which had already been visited in previous seasons. The 'Bowling Moms', Linda and Karen, added a lot of fun to the show - they were almost always lively and seeing them go so far on the race (to 4th place) was a highlight. Although I liked Colin and Christie, seeing Chip and Kim win was great - it was unexpected - and this is what added to this season's success. What I particularly liked about the locations visited was that producers for the most part avoided Europe (save for Russia, which was interesting) and visited other places, more interesting places, like South America and the Middle East. I'm just hoping that CBS releases the seasons on DVD - if they do, choose this one! 5 Star Entertainment - so much more refreshing than Seasons 6 and 7.