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Amazing Race finally going HD
georgiapeach:
Yippee! HD and the next season confirmed!
Exclu: At last: After nearly a decade on the air and winning outstanding reality competition Emmys for seven years in a row, The Amazing Race is getting an HD upgrade.
"Yes, yes, yes," said entertainment president Nina Tassler in a Q&A from the premiere issue of Hollywood Reporter's new weekly magazine. "We are doing Amazing Race in HD next year. I just announced it, there you go."Scripted broadcast shows made the HD leap years ago, followed by many top reality shows. All the while, Race fans have been longing to see the scenic globetrotting series in the high-resolution format, and even host Phil Keoghan got into the debate in September.
“I would love to see the show in HD," Keoghan told RealityBlurred. "I think it makes sense for the show to be in HD. I don’t really know all the reasons why it isn’t. But I would love to see the show in HD, and I do hear it a lot from fans. And I do think it is something that needs to come to the show.”
Producers have previously cited the cost of converting a worldwide production crew to the more expensive HD gear, plus concerns about the portability and durability of HD cameras.
Some of those reasons were brushed aside a couple years ago when CBS' own Survivor made the HD leap, along with the release of Discovery's HD masterpiece Planet Earth
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/amazing-race-getting-hd-upgrade-34512
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Not clear if that means TAR 18 to be filmed in HD or not, since that will be filmed this year. :duno:
calibound234:
Yesss this is perfect!
Can't wait to watch Amazing Race in HD!
So like others have mentioned, this definately confirms TAR 18 is coming... And if that one isn't going to be shot in HD, than there will definately be a TAR 19.
I'm sure it would be for TAR 18 though because im sure it hasn't been filmed yet, and she only just announced it as if they were trying to keep it a secret or something.
Hopefully it will gain and attract more viewers because it will be shot in HD..
TARAsia Fan:
Talking with my sources at CBS, this means starting next year so yes, TAR 19 will be the first season shot in HD.
And another thing about Nina Tassler. She's so tough that even Chuck Norris is afraid to talk with her and we all know how tough Chuck is. :lol: :lol: :lol:
theschnauzers:
The issue has never been wanting to film in HD, it's been the issue of making sure all the local film crews had HD equipment. Since HDTV has become a world-wide standard, the crews the show needs have, I'm sure, been acquiring the HD equipment. And with the networks having more revenue from advertising after two bad years due to the Great Recession, the networks can afford the additional equipment purchases for the additional crews. (I think it's clear TAR's budget has gone up instead of down because it's pretty evident the show has had more money to spend on designing the tasks.)
I'm glad we're finally over that HD hurdle. It's long overdue.
Dånooky:
Hopefully this switch to HD will make WRP to focus a bit more on the locations again.
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