I just got this article in my e-mail
'The Amazing Race' takes on family ties
By TERRY MORROW
September 21, 2005
"The Amazing Race" is going parental on us.
The latest twist in the Emmy-winning competition will feature families working as teams. During past seasons, "Race" has incorporated teams of two, such as friends, married couples or siblings.
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This "family" edition will consist of 10 teams of four people, and they'll dart thousands of miles in a contest for $1 million.
"Race" is returning in a two-hour opener, 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, CBS.
Though it's being billed as families competing on the "ultimate family vacation," the contest will have its less-than-pleasurable moments: bratty and whiny children, parents losing their cool and pressure-filled deadlines to stay in the game.
At each destination, families will vie in physical and mental challenges before proceeding on to the next global mark.
Their challenges include navigating the busy streets of New York City, paddling across the Delaware River and choosing whether to pull an Amish buggy for more than a mile or building a working water mill. All along the way, we'll see parents yelling at their kids to pull their weight, and kids screaming that their parents aren't up to snuff in the challenges.
Ah, bickering families. That's entertainment
http://www.kitsapsun.com/bsun/entertainment/article/0,2403,BSUN_19066_4100622,00.html
