For over thirty seasons across
nearly two decades, the global travel racing reality competition “The Amazing
Race” on CBS has brought plenty of fun, thrills, sights and sounds of the many
countries of the world that its teams of two have crossed in their rush to win
a million-dollar prize. Such has been the interest in the show that its
seasons, airing annually, are actually shot much earlier. Season 31 in 2019 was
filmed from June-July 2018, while Season 32, premiering this year, was raced
from November to December that same year. A Season 33 was supposed to have
started shooting this month, but stopped.
USA Today tells us that CBS has halted production of what should be
the 33rd season of long-running reality program “The Amazing Race.”
The announcement was given after three episodes’ worth of travel have been
made, from the starting point in the US to the United Kingdom, namely England
and then Scotland. It does not take much guesswork to determine the reason why
the network has put the in-production season on ice: concerns over the ongoing
novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak. The UK itself has 40 confirmed cases
of COVID-19, with eight patients recovered and no deaths recorded thus far.
CBS does offer clarifications on
the statuses of the 2-person racing teams involved in the season, along with
the camera crews assigned for each team and race locations. So far, according
to the network, none of the racers or production teams has exhibited symptoms
of the coronavirus that sprung forth from Wuhan, China last year. Their health
and well-being however is the reason CBS has decided to call off the season, at
least temporarily. While the teams and crews are now en route back to the US,
they will still be put under observation upon arrival, to ensure no last-minute
infections have sprung up since.
And it is not like CBS will be
lacking in “The Amazing Race” this 2020. Season 32 will soon be announced for
airing this year without problems. What is not known however is when production
for Season 33 will be resumed. The program is one of the most-watched and
positively-received on CBS, with 77 award nominations total and 15 wins.
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