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Travel Channel Nabs ‘Amazing Race’ Rights
Emmy Award-Winning Reality Show Joins Net?s Primetime Lineup
By Larry Barrett

Travel Channel Media Thursday announced that it has acquired the
exclusive U.S. cable rights to The Amazing Race, CBSÂ’s Emmy
Award-winning reality show that pits teams against one another in a
race around the world.

As part of the deal, Travel Channel has acquired the U.S. cable
broadcast rights for Season 12, Season 13 (now in production for CBS
Television) and Season 14, if CBS greenlights another campaign. Terms
of the deal were not disclosed.

The Travel Channel will begin airing episodes of Season 12 of The
Amazing Race on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. ET, with additional
episodes airing every Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.

“The Amazing Race is an iconic American television series that really
taps into what exploration is all about—not only the incredible riches
that the world has to offer travelers—but the incredible
transformative powers that travel brings about in people,” Patrick
Younge, Travel ChannelÂ’s president and general manager, said in a
statement. “The Amazing Race is simply the best travel reality format
in the world, and it will nicely complement our stable of popular
travel offerings such as Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Bizarre
Foods with Andrew Zimmern, and Samantha Brown’s Passport series.”

The deal marks the showÂ’s third cable distribution arrangement. GSN
currently holds the rights to the first eight seasons of the show,
while Fox Reality holds the rights to air episodes from seasons nine
through 11, according to CBS.