“Survivor: Samoa” debuts Thursday, Sept. 17, and the two-hour (two hour!!!) season premiere of “The Amazing Race” is 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27.

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“Three Rivers” doesn’t arrive until Oct. 4, but most of CBS’ new…

Here’s what’s amazing: TAR was better than ever in its 14th season, with less emphasis on the mundane frustrations of travel and more on the thrilling challenge of racing around the world, fully immersed in foreign cultures. And how funny…

They do call it a pit stop. But Jen (of Kisha and Jen) couldn’t make it to the mat in Sunday night’s next-to-last episode without stopping at a Beijing public toilet for a pit stop of her own. The potty break made her a…

Phil Keoghan

“Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan called just now from Lima, Ohio, to catch me up on his cross-country bicycle ride and talk about the current “Race,” which wraps up Sunday, May 10. Phil is riding from LA to NY…

Phil and bike

Sunday in Los Angeles, “Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan kicked off (pedaled off?) a cross-country bike ride from Los Angeles to New York. First day: 126 miles in 11.5 hours — yikes. I’ve put aside my annoyance that the…

Sunday night’s season premiere of “The Amazing Race” was one of the best episodes ever of this classic competition — am I right, cheese fans? The goal of the new season is more action, more local color and less poring…

Make your pick, but first, read Josh Wolk’s hysterical recap of last night’s episode on EW.com. With my team eliminated by their own stupidity, I’m not really rooting for anyone at this point, although it would be amusing to see…

***spoilers are way, way down***

Pink or not, Kelly races on.

And India comes through again! This season of my beloved “Amazing Race” has sometimes been a snooze, but let them get to India and woo-ha! How much did I love the…

Don’t get me wrong; I loved the season premiere of “The Amazing Race.” As usual, I was riveted, amused and completely entertained. But some of those people look as if they came right out of central casting for a movie.…

For the first time, “The Amazing Race” — beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday on CBS (Channel 4) — is revealing the whole route (23 days, five continents, more than 30,000 miles) in advance. Here’s your map to the new season.

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