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apskip:
I think it is interesting to take a look at recent ratings for reality show, which I have culled from a wide variety of sources and not just one internally consistent place (because I cannot find such a place):

U.S. Viewers (in millions)
American Idol 16
Dancing with the Stars 14.5
America's Got Talent 14
Survivor 11
Amazing Race 10
Jersey Shore 9 (can you believe this?)
Big Brother 8
last night's X-Factor 8 (which I predict will go down because it just isn't a very good show)
Biggest Loser 6
Hell's Kitchen 6

I personally watch what a very select group of the above (AGT, Amazing Race, Hell's Kitchen) plus several other chef competition shows (Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, Top Chef-Just Desserts, Master Chef). I can attest to the superiority of AR17 and AR18 over all these shows.

I know the other shows above by reputation and it would be laughable for any of them to consider themselves competitive with the Amazing Race.

So, I agree with you, Prophet. There are 4 higher rated show than the Amazing Race, but none of them has sufficient quality to compete.

Jobby:
Now I'm complaining more about Phil not winning best host! His job is as taxing and hard as Jeff! :meow: :lol:

dryedmangoez:
Phil may not have won Best Host yet, but at least he has his share of Emmys.  He also gets a statue as an official member of production I believe?

slayton:
You can get ratings info from thefutoncritic or tvbythenumbers, apskip.

In terms of total viewers, American Idol performance shows and Dancing with the Stars performance shows usually get ~20 million.

America's Got Talent is between 12-13.

The X Factor had ~12 million for its debut.

apskip:
slayton,
I did not use your source, but I stand behind each and every number in my above post. Of course with ratings there are different time periods so you can get different results and interpretations. I used what I feel to be reasonable assessments of those different results and interpretations. If you have better numbers in total (not just for 30% of the ones I listed), go right ahead and show us.

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