> Obveeus wrote:

>> "Brian Smith" hotmail.com> wrote:

>>> Boy does that suck. I also doubt they will come up another show that
>>> gets better ratings and makes as much money.

>>
>> It shouldn't be hard to come up with a show that gets better ratings.
>> The Amazing Race gets worse ratings (viewers) than the other three
>> programs on CBS that night. The Amazing Race comes in 3rd in the demo
>> for its time period behind Simpsons (half of which are reruns).
>>
>> As far as making money, you are probably right. TAR has to be one of the
>> cheaper shows on CBS to produce.

>
> It's one of the most expensive reality shows to produce though. It has a
> production crew of hundreds who are spread out all over the world on the
> race course. Insurance premiums must raise their budget another 15%% at
> least. (NBC had said that 25%% of Fear Factor's entire operating budget
> went to pay their insurance premiums in case a contestant was injured or ...