"The Amazing Race" (2001) TV series 2001-????

Creators:

Elise Doganieri
Bert Van Munster

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | unknown

Release Date:

5 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Game-Show | Reality-TV

Tagline:

The world is waiting... GO!

Plot:

Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.

Plot Keywords:

Team | Race | Around The World | Host | Airplane

Awards:

Won 12 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 37 nominations

Cast

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Phil Keoghan

...

Himself - Host (180 episodes, 2001-2009)

Also Known As:

The Amazing Race 13 (USA) (thirteenth season title (promotional title))
The Amazing Race: All-Stars (USA) (eleventh season title (promotional title))
The Amazing Race: Family Edition (USA) (eighth season title)

Runtime:

60 min | USA:60 min (including commercials) | 42 min (14 episodes) | USA:60 min (12 Episodes) | USA:60 min (14 episodes) | 43 min (10 episodes) | 86 min (2 episodes) | USA:120 min (including commercials) (2 episodes) | USA:60 min (including commercials) (10 episodes) | 60 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Australia:M (one episode) (original rating) | Australia:M (cable rating) | Australia:G (Season 1) (TV re-rating) (2004) | Argentina:Atp | New Zealand:PG | USA:TV-PG | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

2A Ton Duc Thang, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Trivia:

Season 1: Joe and Bill are the first team in the history of the race to finish first at a Pit Stop without the use of the Fast Forward in Leg 4, El Jem Tunisia.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the final episode, when seats become available for the flight to Denver, a computer screen is shown with passengers "Patrick/Donald" and "Irwin/Allison" in seats 28C & 28D. Donny & Allison were the 2nd team eliminated. Possibly stock footage of a computer screen for privacy protection of real passengers. Possibly dummy bookings to ensure a close race finish.

Quotes:

Host: [starting a Race in the first episode of each season] The world is waiting for you. Good luck... travel safe... go!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#7.57)" (2008)

Good season with a horrible ending

I just finished watching season three on GSN. Overall, I enjoyed it, but I absolutely hated seeing Zach and Flo cross the finish line first. Every dime of that money should go to Zach for keeping his cool and not smothering Flo in her sleep. That girl has to be the whiniest, most annoying person that I've ever seen on TV. She threatened to quit nearly a dozen times! I was hoping that Zach would knock her upside the head with one of the paddles during the water challenge in the second to last episode. Maybe that would get her to shut the hell up.

Flo is a horrible person who I hope Zach seriously distanced himself from after the race. But knowing him, they're probably still best friends. That dude definitely has something in him that most people do not. In the dictionary, the new definition of the word patience should read "See Zach Behr."