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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, CBS’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 Channel’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 show’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.