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The Amazing Race 16 Schedule
puddin:
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Mister RC:
Thanks puddin!
Moving my posts from the other thread to this more significant one:
With a March Start, here are the dates to get a 12-episode season in.
March 07
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 04
April 11
April 18
April 25
May 02
May 09
May 16
That's 11 weeks for 12 episodes. I didn't put 5/23 there because it's the last weekend Survivor's finale could be before Memorial Day weekend. Now, we're going to have to knock off two more weeks from the above schedule (3/7 for the Academy Awards and another week for the ACMs). To best avoid all the conflicts, there will have to be a lot of 2-hour episodes if they're going to keep the show on Sunday. The last time they had multiple 2-hr shows (three) was during the TAR7 & TARFE runs, prior to the move to the weekend.
This might result in having our first 2-hour finale in four years. Unfortunately, Cold Case moved back to 9 PM. So unless they keep 10 pm Sundays as a rerun slot to bump Cold Case up to that 10 pm slot whenever necessary, it could get complicated.
Again, this year is a tough call, since it's the first year since the move that the winter games are a factor. I think I should let it play out; I feel like the BCS committee trying to figure out all the matchups for this years NCAAF postseason! However, as
mentioned, although by mistake, March 4 could work if it airs after Survivor. Then, you can have an episode on that Sunday, opposite the Oscars. That way, no need for TPTB to crunch in the season, and TAR would have its second episode run on 3/7 instead of a premiere. They wouldn't do that b/c thinking of all the alternatives and taking risks isn't on their to-do list.
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Replying to start date/conflict speculation:
It'll be interesting to see what happens. It's a tough call. Common sense would say to have it air right after the Superbowl (a la Survivor Australia and All-Stars). Actually, that's more wishful thinking than common sense, but I'd think it would make sense. If football has proven to help TAR since 10 (save for 11 and 14), imagine what the Superbowl would do! Sadly, it's not going to happen. As mentioned, the season would be long enough to start in February and then end in May. Also, with the upcoming Survivor Season, if anything, that's closer to the front of the line of post-SB programs to air right after the Superbowl.
Given that, common sense would be to air it later. To avoid all the conflicts, I think March 14 would be the best bet. It's tough, and only because it's on a Sunday. That's in terms of when best to premiere it. Really, from a tarfly's POV, whatever it takes to avoid having the show end on May 9 is the way to go. That would suck (especially if it doesn't premiere on February 7).
That being said, I don't think 2/14 is automatic. True it would mirror last year's schedule, but things change (like the survivor finale moving up a week this fall). While the Olympics and TAR are on two different networks, that results in TV conflicts & who would want to kick off a season opposite the opening weekend of the winter Olympics? That, and the fact that a couple may feel that their love and time for one another is worth more than any episode of TAR.
I think 2/21 or 2/28 is more likely, but it also depends on the course of the race. 3/14 would be a little late, especially with the ACMs likely to preempt TAR completely before finale time.
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And finally, from the other thread:
--- Quote from: TARandJJFan on December 10, 2009, 12:08:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: chill_sd on December 10, 2009, 11:10:48 AM ---March 14 is selection Sunday for March Madness, with games scheduled on 3/21 and 3/28.
Don't know if this would affect TAR, but it seems like it would. It always affects Survivor, too.
--- End quote ---
March Madness will most definitely pre-empt at least 2 weeks of TAR. As far as the Olympics goes I saw someone post above about the opening ceremonies. They are always on Friday night.
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There have been two spring seasons since the move to Sunday (11 and 14). Neither one was pre-empted at all due to March Madness. Only Survivor got bumped off due to the tourney.
theschnauzers:
There are several unanswered questions that makes it much more difficult to pin down the start date for airing TAR 16.
First how many episodes were ordered? One reason why TAR 13 was 11 episodes was because the fall season that year started later and the target Sunday for Survivor's finalewas earlier than normal, which meant fewer weeks available for TAR.
Next question-- when will Survivor 20's finale air? Since the holiday weekend in May isn't until May 29-30-31, CBS could decide to use May 23rd for Survivor. (In addition, if this is the final season for Cold Case, which has been rumored, then CBS may be planning something for one of those May Sundays for that as well. Even though May 9th is Mother's Day, the normal day for a spring edition Survivor finale, that's may be too early due to the fact that Memorial Day holiday weekend will be the fifth weekend of May, not the fourth.
Next question is what will CBS do with the 10pm Sunday slot after the Olympics? I doubt CBS plans to waste new programming or episodes in that time slot until after the Olympics, unless they plan to start a new Sunday 10pm series on Super Bowl Sunday after the game and take a gamble through February that a new series could do better than Three Rivers, Without A Trace or Cold Case was doing in that slot. I have no idea how CBS plans to deal with it, it's the biggest problem CBS has on Sunday night, and this may be tied into the question of whether Cold Case gets to have an eighth season in 2010-11.
My best guess at the moment is a March 14-May 16 season, with a two hour start and a one hour finale. If there is an additional hour, then I could see that aired on Maay 16, especially if Cold Case ends as a series this year and that could be aired May 9th.
puddin:
CTV Reports
*Coming off of one of the most successful seasons ever and consistently ranking among the top 10 programs in television, THE AMAZING RACE returns with cycle 16 this winter.
http://www.channelcanada.com/Article3895.html
theschnauzers:
I'm not sure what to make of that.
With the Olympics and then the OScars, CTV won't have four Sundays in a row available for TAR; and I seriously doubt CBS would let CTV start TAR 16 in Canada several weeks before the US, and the Canadian fans would be mad if there's a four week hiatus.
The only thing I can think of is that March 14 is still winter, so a premiere then would still be a "winter return." Otherwise we may need to monitor the Asian simulcasters to see if they mention anything. Or this is TAR 17 theu've been filming these last few weeks, and TAR 16 was secretly filmed without telling any of us. :cmaslol
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