The race continues and The Amazing Race isn’t ending anytime soon. Today, it was revealed that CBS has renewed the venerable TV series for season 30.
Hosted by Phil Keoghan, the long-running reality competition series follows teams of two as they travel around the world solving clues for a prize of $1,000,000.
The Amazing Race has been a staple of CBS’ programming lineup since it debuted in 2001. However, ratings have dropped significantly since then. Season 29 is currently averaging a 0.86 rating in the 18-49 demo and 4.006 million viewers, putting it far behind the network’s highest-rated reality competition series, Survivor.
Despite lower ratings, it seems CBS isn’t ready to part with The Amazing Race just yet.
It’s worth noting that the 2016-17 season is the first time that CBS has aired just one cycle since 2008. At this point, we only know that CBS has committed to airing one cycle for 2017-18.
What do you think? Do you watch The Amazing Race? Are you glad it’s been renewed?
So glad to see the show renewed. Since my wife and I have done some traveling over the years it is fun to see when they are in a place where we actually were and we say to each other that they are standing right where we were standing or seeing exactly what we saw. Not real keen about the late time slot this past season and would love to see 2 season’s worth during 2017-18. This IS my favorite TV show.
The Amazing Race is my favorite show on TV–since most of us can’t afford to travel the world, It’s a great way to see other parts of the world and how other people live–It should be put back on at a earlier time slot–it’s a great show for families to sit and watch together–
I agree 100% , 8 or 9 o’clock would be great!!
It is so fun to watch teams adjust to extreme conditions as they travel to varied locations. It is a way for my husband and I to see locations and cultures around the world. I wanted my two daughters to apply but their jobs kept them from applying. I am hopeful that the Amazing Race will continue.
After the horrible team that did not deserve the win of season 29, I am glad it is coming back.
I LOVE the Amazing Race and am thrilled that it has been renewed !!!
So glad this was renewed. I agree with other comments, Thursday at 10pm is a terrible time slot. I liked watching this with my children on Friday nights, it became a nice ritual.
Wonderful!! I have been waiting so long for it to return. I have not missed a season since the 1st one and it is the only one of the reality shows that I watch. It shows scenes of other countries that some of can only see this way. Phil Keoghan is such a good host of the show also. So happy that it is being renewed again for its loyal fans.
The Amazing Race is a great show, and should keep coming back. CBS has moved it all over the schedule, but the quality is still there, and I find it much more entertaining than Survivor, which always ends up on some beach with a lot of backstabbing going on. TAR shows us interesting places around the world, and the customs of people we do not see on a regular basis! Bring back two seasons in 2017-2018, and put on a “good” night and time!
I am thrilled to hear that TAR was renewed for season 30.
Old people like me watch Amazing Race & Survivor! I am 66 & these are the two shows I don’t want to miss. I usually watch live if I am home but DVR them both in case I am not home. Please CBS, don’t cancel The Amazing Race!
Love Amazing Race. Would like to see it back at the 8:00 too. Ratings I think would go up. I have seen and learned so much from this show.
Watch all the shows. Would like it to return to Sinda if not than Friday. Love this show even play it on my wii
I have watched all 29 seasons and am happy it has been renewed for season 30. I concur with the opinions suggesting return to 8 PM time slot. 10 PM on Thursday is a suicide slot for this type of show.
The Amazing Race is a show I’ve watched from the beginning. 10p, Thursday on the East coast is tooo late please change it back to Fri. at 8 or 9pm
Brint it back to Sunday’s at 8pm like it was for years!