Seeing the cast, Bertram, Elise and Phil having to possibly wait longer than 2 years to be able to talk about their castmates, their journeys, and receive their prizes is beyond maddening.
Bertram, Elise, and Phil have been doing this job for nearly twenty years. I'm confident they're not chuffed about having to wait to talk about a cast/race. It's literally their job to produce the show, and when this shows up, they will produce more. They aren't chomping at the bit, and to be worried about them is just displacing your own anxiety over not having 11 or 12 new episodes of the race. It will air. If it's longer, then so be it.
Being concerned about the cast is also a bit weird. They are fully in the know about their prizes being dispensed upon airing. They've signed contracts for that. The race is done and the winners know they are getting money. It's not like they're on the edge of their seats; they just need the same patience. I get people wanting more episodes, but turning this around and being concerned for people that-- if not for spoilers-- we haven't even seen is a bit bonkers.
CBS has had a huge internal shift and with that comes new people with new ideas. If they want to take a chance on Love Island (which is a major ratings hit overseas) then that makes a lot of sense. The ratings for the U.S. version were fine for a summer show if not consistent on top of which it's cheap to make. TAR is in the can; it will air when it airs. And production is confident they're making a 33rd.
their flippant decision to place it on the Friday death slot in the mid-2010s strained the ties they had with the show.
Sorry to ask, but 'huh?' If those were strained that badly, we wouldn't have had seasons beyond those. CBS puts the show where they need to. The show never died. In fact, it's moved from Fridays since.
Everything in this post is a diatribe against CBS over mistreatment of a property that the network has been handling for 19 years and continues to. You flip back and forth between worrying about players and crew (which means you want episodes) and crying out that CBS is a bad home for it (which means you'd rather CBS not air it?). I promise I'm not some sort of CBS shill or something, but this is literally just a TV show. Life goes on. TAR isn't going anywhere, but to have literal outrage for the network making the show demanding that they air it is insane. The show isn't ours-- it's theirs. They are not beholden to us. Frankly, if they decide not to air it at all, that's well within their means. Then what? It's all good because they'll have given their answer and spare the cast and crew the worry? They won't have to mishandle it anymore? Phew. Problem solved.
I know this is taking things to a bit of an extreme, but frankly, this overwhelming disdain, finger-pointing, and worry for the cast and crew over the inevitable airing of a reality TV show is equally extreme. There's so much more to worry about in life. Not to mention episodes of TARCAN, TARAU, and others continuing to be produced. Last year had more TAR than a typical year. And still it's not enough.
