Topic: TAR 17 Start Date

[River]

When does everyone think TAR 17 filming will start?
I'm thinking between July 12th and July 30th..

[walkingpneumonia]

Some start date statistics from previous years:
Most frequent start days:
Sunday -1
Monday - 2
Tuesday - 2
Wednesday - 0
Thursday - 2
Friday - 4
Saturday - 5

Most frequent end days:
Sunday - 7
Monday - 0
Tuesday - 1
Wednesday - 1
Thursday - 0
Friday - 3
Saturday - 4

Average edit days (start of filming to show premiere date): 107

[walkingpneumonia]

In previous seasons that had "normal" premieres in September, here is when they started...

TAR 15  Saturday   2009-07-18  Los Angeles, CA, (LA River)
TAR 13  Tuesday    2008-04-22  Los Angeles, CA, (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum)
TAR 10  Saturday   2006-05-27  Seattle, WA, (Gas Works Park)
TAR 8   Thursday   2005-07-07  New York City, NY, (Brooklyn Bridge)
TAR 3   Friday     2002-08-09  Everglades National Park, FL

Not including TAR 1 - just because it was the first.
So I predict sometime between April 22 and August 9.
Cameras ready at all times!

[Jobby]

It could very well be in June or July this year.

[Hooky]

I will watch! Not that I'll see anything.

[AmazingDT]

i think it will be after 4 of july
Tar 16 started after thanksgiving and ended before Christmas

[mjriches2005]

My best bet is that filming may occur between now and Mid-August.  So they would have the time to do final editing before the Fall TV Season begins in Late September.

Hopefully no more Los Angeles Start

[Paron]

My best bet is that filming may occur between now and Mid-August.  So they would have the time to do final editing before the Fall TV Season begins in Late September.

Hopefully no more Los Angeles Start

Bertram and Elise have more or less said every start will be in L.A. from now on.  At least until they can get their budget back up again.

[georgiapeach]

Bertram and Elise have more or less said every start will be in L.A. from now on.  At least until they can get their budget back up again.

Don't count on it.

When does everyone think TAR 17 filming will start?

Be ready. 

[Caelestor]

Bertram and Elise have more or less said every start will be in L.A. from now on.  At least until they can get their budget back up again.

Don't count on it.

Driving from Seattle to Vancouver? 

[River]

Bertram and Elise have more or less said every start will be in L.A. from now on.  At least until they can get their budget back up again.

Don't count on it.

When does everyone think TAR 17 filming will start?

Be ready. 

Yay! This early?

Guess producers are trying to be sneaky by doing it soon???

[thespicdatum]

Will there be TAR17?

[georgiapeach]

Yes, There is a TAR 17.....

[thespicdatum]

Yes, There is a TAR 17.....

NIce. I love the show

[mungobuh]

Hey everybody. Saw the following posted by "wenger15" on Survivor Sucks this afternoon, May 22:

hey guys,
I know for sure that the Race started today. I know someone and their partner that will be on the race.  They had their LA rounds back in Mid March during Spring Break.

Don't know if this is 100% true, but thought I'd throw it out there as a possibility.

[georgiapeach]

ALL info is welcome.

My info would not support that though.....

[Hooky]

For some reason, I have a feeling it won't start until next weekend.

[georgiapeach]

On your mark.....

[gsrqh]

On your mark.....

Is it starting now??? 

[georgiapeach]

Not quite....but soon. VERY soon.

Teams are sequestered, production is on the move.

We believe that we will be seeing a possible non-LA start soon....so stay alert and be ready!

[Mandoli]

We believe that we will be seeing a possible non-LA start soon....so stay alert and be ready!

Can I just jump in here and say... ? (No offense to anyone.)

[Hooky]

We believe that we will be seeing a possible non-LA start soon....so stay alert and be ready!

Can I just jump in here and say... ? (No offense to anyone.)

Ditto!!!! That makes me absolutely ecstatic!!!!

[Kiwi Jay]

I cannot wait. Only a short way to go!

[georgiapeach]

On your mark.....

Get set.....

[Snooky]

On your mark.....

Get set.....

GO!!!
Just kidding, at the rate of Peach saying this, it will start tomorrow.

[River]

Today?
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,21997.25.html

[georgiapeach]

That was TARLA.

[mjriches2005]

Remember that TAR13 was filmed from April 22 to May 14, and it still aired in September.  The race may begin some time after Memorial Day weekend, which is a busy travel time.  So they could start sometime in June.

[georgiapeach]

Remember that TAR13 was filmed from April 22 to May 14, and it still aired in September.  The race may begin some time after Memorial Day weekend, which is a busy travel time.  So they could start sometime in June.

Or not. 

[Mandoli]

Let's just put it this way - check out Twitter, Facebook, whatever you can at some point within the next 24 hours.

[caper]

Let's just put it this way - check out Twitter, Facebook, whatever you can at some point within the next 24 hours.

NOOOOO, I'm away tomorrow! I'm going to miss out on all the fun!!!

[georgiapeach]

On your mark.....

Get set.....

GO!!!!

Travel well, TAR 17!! The world is waiting!!

[georgiapeach]

If our information is correct, TAR 17 will be setting off this morning.....

In accordance with our policy of protecting the start, further info will be revealed as it is safe to do so.

[Macaroons]

:Excited:

[mjriches2005]

So what happened to starting in Los Angeles again?  Did they get a larger budget and would it mean possibly we might get 13 legs again this season since All-Stars?

[Chateau d If]

So what happened to starting in Los Angeles again?  Did they get a larger budget and would it mean possibly we might get 13 legs again this season since All-Stars?

They got tired of seeing me  

[River]

Yay!!! I'm so excited! LA is definitely better for tweets it seems then Boston. Hope we get some tweets when our team get to their next destination!

[arun1125]

I think it will priemere on September 26, 2010

[apskip]

The NFL season Sunday telecasts start on Sept. 12. I suspect that Sept. 19 is a more probable start date for AR17 than one week later. If it is straight through then Amazing Race 17 telecasts if it is an 11 leg race will end on Sunday Nov. 28, but with one break in the schedule for something or with a 12 leg race they would end as usual on the first Sunday in December, the 5th.

[pyryniemi]

I can't wait 

[theschnauzers]

I think it's going to be the 26th. NBC and FOX are treating September 20th-26th as the main premiere week, and CBS tends to want as many of its shows in that primary premiere week as possible. CBS isn't about to air a TAR finale on Thanksgiving weekend; so I expect the finale will be December 5th or 12th depending on the number of episodes (11 or 12).

[kathyb5783]

I agree it will probably be Sept. 26th as that is the start date for Dexter and they have often been the same. 

This is my first post here.  I've been reading for a few years now and have so much enjoyed the "race within the race".  Y'all are fantastic!!

[georgiapeach]

to RFF, kathyb!!

[Evan_Weinstein]

  kathyb to RFF

[kathyb5783]

Thank you everyone for the kind welcome.  I am honored!

[Macaroons]

Amazing Race 17 premieres Sunday, September 26 with a special 90-minute premier 8:30 - 10:00 p.m.

It then resumes its 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. regular timeslot the following week.

http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=25611

[theschnauzers]

The date isn't a surprise, but the return of an extended premiere episode, along with being realistic about NFL overruns surely is.

[georgiapeach]

90 MINUTES!!!   

Thanks Mac!!

[Mug Costanza]

90 MINUTES!!!   

Thanks Mac!!

  Maybe TAR 17 will have that classic feel the first few seasons had.

[Paron]

Amazing Race 17 premieres Sunday, September 26 with a special 90-minute premier 8:30 - 10:00 p.m.

It then resumes its 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. regular timeslot the following week.

http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=25611

Sounds like there'll be a lot in this premiere!

Also, it sounds like only a one-leg premiere, and possibly an eleven-leg race.  Maybe twelve if the season ends on December 12.

[Hooky]

Me likes the sound of this...

[HiddenPerson]

yay, I can't wait!

[Cocoa]

[Dånooky]

Finally! Enough time to get to know the teams AND the first leg city. Now, if they don't pull another starting line elimination crap, I promise I won't complain about the first episode.

[Cocoa]

I hope the first 30 minutes is for Racers Revealed thingy and 1 hour for the race!

[mswood]

Personally I love the 90 minuet opening legs of Season 4 and 10.  Enough time to get to the names and faces of the teams (especially for the general public who haven't got them down months before it airs) and enough time to showcase teams doing real tasks.  Even on first legs I have liked, I feel we miss a ton, and sometimes with the two hour single episodes it seems like a little to much filler.  For CBS its a win win, and expanding the footage for 90 minutes cost them a small fraction more (primarily due to more editing) and reaps them a 50% increase in revenue.  And since TAR isn't really syndicated (not really) they don't have to worry about the difficulty in selling it for an off network run. 

But based off of this it looks like an 11 episode season (of course they could always air two episodes over one night). 

[theschnauzers]

I also like the realism CBS is giving the actual start time for the premiere. 8:30 will be a half-hour later than the normal east coast start time. CBS is pushing back the start time of 60 Minutes by a half-hour as well. And Undercover Boss is starting an hour later than normal for it that same night. (CBS won't start the new season for CSI:NY on Sundays until the following week.)

It's not clear to me what the scheduling is on the west coast (maybe a 4pm regional NFL game west coast time?), but at least we can set our DVRs with a high level of confidence that for that night, the show will start when it is scheduled to.

[georgiapeach]

I like it too. This is one of the first times I remember that there is a scheduled delay for 60 minutes...it is usually just assumed.

[Caelestor]

Personally I love the 90 minuet opening legs of Season 4 and 10.  Enough time to get to the names and faces of the teams (especially for the general public who haven't got them down months before it airs) and enough time to showcase teams doing real tasks.  Even on first legs I have liked, I feel we miss a ton, and sometimes with the two hour single episodes it seems like a little to much filler.  For CBS its a win win, and expanding the footage for 90 minutes cost them a small fraction more (primarily due to more editing) and reaps them a 50% increase in revenue.  And since TAR isn't really syndicated (not really) they don't have to worry about the difficulty in selling it for an off network run. 

But based off of this it looks like an 11 episode season (of course they could always air two episodes over one night). 

I do agree that the 90 minute premiers are the best. As stunning Iceland was, I got bored with the driving after a while and had to start Fast Forwarding.

If there's 11 legs, I hope that there's no F4 NEL. Too predictable.

[TARdevotee]

So excited for a 90 minute premiere! Hour long premieres always seem so rushed to me. But I'll only be around for the first episode    Is it sad that I'm thinking of not going on a month long trip to the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam so I won't miss any episodes? 

[georgiapeach]

Do your trip!! There are other ways to watch if you have Internet access!

[Paron]

But based off of this it looks like an 11 episode season (of course they could always air two episodes over one night).

Sure it's eleven?  With the money rolling in (has to be if the show was finally able to start out of L.A. and on the East Coast for the first time in ages), it might be twelve.  Such a late start in September does sound like eleven, but depending on the finale date, it could be twelve.  (I'm still thinking a December 5 finale means eleven, and a December 12 finale means twelve.)

[mswood]

We probably could figure it out based on the typical pattern of the Sunday finale for Survivor.  Though it would also help to know the number of episodes ordered for Undercover Boss to see if its likely to see a two hour block of TAR sometime during the cycle.  This is something they have done during the spring on Sunday's but not so far in the Fall on Sunday.

[Paron]

We probably could figure it out based on the typical pattern of the Sunday finale for Survivor.  Though it would also help to know the number of episodes ordered for Undercover Boss to see if its likely to see a two hour block of TAR sometime during the cycle.  This is something they have done during the spring on Sunday's but not so far in the Fall on Sunday.

That would certainly help, yes.

[Hooky]

But based off of this it looks like an 11 episode season (of course they could always air two episodes over one night). 

Based off of what? Why do we think it will only be 11? I think I missed something.

[Caelestor]

But based off of this it looks like an 11 episode season (of course they could always air two episodes over one night). 

Based off of what? Why do we think it will only be 11? I think I missed something.

Typically the season ends on the first Sunday of December. That only gives 11 weeks. I'm hoping that there are 12 legs, and the last 2 legs comprise TAR 17's 2-hour season finale a la TAR 5 (there's a really big gap between Ghana and St. Petersburg).

[Paron]

But based off of this it looks like an 11 episode season (of course they could always air two episodes over one night).  

Based off of what? Why do we think it will only be 11? I think I missed something.

Typically the season ends on the first Sunday of December. That only gives 11 weeks. I'm hoping that there are 12 legs, and the last 2 legs comprise TAR 17's 2-hour season finale a la TAR 5 (there's a really big gap between Ghana and St. Petersburg).

Maybe there'll be a two-hour episode midway through the season like TAR7, TAR8, and TAR11.

[Hooky]

But based off of this it looks like an 11 episode season (of course they could always air two episodes over one night). 

Based off of what? Why do we think it will only be 11? I think I missed something.

Typically the season ends on the first Sunday of December. That only gives 11 weeks. I'm hoping that there are 12 legs, and the last 2 legs comprise TAR 17's 2-hour season finale a la TAR 5 (there's a really big gap between Ghana and St. Petersburg).

Okay, gotcha. But I do remember TAR 10 ended on the second Sunday in December, so I don't think it HAS to end on the first one. But I also wouldn't mind a two-hour finale. We'll have to wait and see I guess.