the amazing race

  • What to stream while you're at home during the coronavirus crisis

    With much of the country stuck indoors due to the coronavirus, the need for escapist entertainment has never been greater. That's why we assembled a streaming guide filled with viewing suggestions from vintage classics to more recent favorites.

  • The It List: 'Yesterday,' BTS, 'Amazing Race,' The Black Keys and the best in pop culture the week of June 24, 2019

    The It List is Yahoo’s weekly look at the best in pop culture, including movies, music, TV, streaming, games, books, podcasts and more. Here are our picks for June 24-30, including the best deals we could find for each.

  • The It List: Diana, Smokey, Stevie celebrate 'Motown 60,' a new 'Star Wars' adventure begins, 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2 reaches its finale and the best in pop culture the week of April 15, 2019

    The It List is Yahoo’s weekly look at the best in pop culture, including movies, music, TV, streaming, games, books, podcasts and more. Here are our picks for April 15 to 21, including the best deals we could find for each.

  • ‘Amazing Race’ Contestant Jim Raman Dies at 42

    Jim Raman, an orthodontist who competed on the 25th season of "The Amazing Race," died on Tuesday morning in South Carolina, according to the TV station WIS TV. He was 42. Raman participated on the CBS reality competition show with his wife, Misti, in 2014. The duo, nicknamed the Married Dentists, finished in second place. […]

  • Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary and Bull Among CBS' 11 Latest Renewals

    CBS on Wednesday renewed nearly a dozen series for the 2018-19 season, including its Friday one-two-three punch of Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver and Blue Bloods. The Season 9 Five-0 pickup all but confirms that stars Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan — whose contracts were due to expire next month — will be sticking around. The Eye network also […]

  • 'Big Brother' beats 'The Amazing Race'

    Cody and Jessica were triumphant in the season finale of "The Amazing Race," but Ken Tucker wonders if the show can sustain itself like "Big Brother" and "Survivor" in today's world.

  • The unfortunate reason a couple got sent home on 'The Amazing Race'

    Lucas, of Team Ocean Rescue, somehow lost his passport on a plane, stranding him and his fiancée in Dubai while the other teams moved on.

  • There was an amazing proposal on 'The Amazing Race'

    After nine years together, a man finally proposed to his girlfriend on "The Amazing Race."

  • 'Amazing Race' premiere had closest finish in 30 seasons

    "Amazing Race" host Phil Keoghan said, "We have never had a finish this close" after two teams crossed the finish line at almost the same time.

  • 'The Amazing Race 30': Meet the teams

    For its milestone 30th season, The Amazing Race cast is filled with some of the most competitive and accomplished teams, including two NBA All-Stars, X-Games champs, a pair of Indy racers, former Big Brother houseguests, and nationally ranked debaters. Click through this slideshow to check out the teams.

  • ‘The Amazing Race’ Crowns Two New Champions

    For its Season 29 finale, “The Amazing Race” visited Chicago, where the challenges facing the leading teams ranged from racecars to hot dogs.

  • Has ‘The Amazing Race’ Lost Its Way For Good?

    The seventh episode of the 29th edition of “The Amazing Race” will air on Thursday night with a jog through Venice, Italy, and what CBS describes as “a frantic search for a water taxi.” (“Tax-i! Tax-i! Tax-glub, glub, glub. …”) And, as has been true for nearly every round of every edition, I will be watching it, because — well, not because “The Amazing Race” is still as exciting and funny as it once was, but because I just can’t quit it. “The Race” is one of the very few reality/competition shows I watch.

  • ‘The Amazing Race’ Instagram Takeover: Where in the World is Phil Keoghan?

    Ahead of this week’s back-to-back episodes of "The Amazing Race," we handed over our Instagram account to Phil Keoghan, who took us behind the scenes for a peek at his adventures in Washington D.C. and Tanzania.

  • ‘The Amazing Race’: See the Full Season 29 Cast

    The Amazing Race returns this season with a race unlike any before. In a brand new twist, all 22 Racers are complete strangers who will meet on the starting line. Before “Go!,” Racers will immediately compete in a challenge that will determine the order for picking a teammate, based on nothing but first impressions. These new pairs of teammates will then have mere moments to learn their traveling companion’s name before beginning a race around the world that will span nine countries, 17 cities, and 36,000 miles.

  • Buzzy Cohen Keeps His ‘Jeopardy’ Streak Alive on ‘This Week in Game Shows’

    Is the next great "Jeopardy" darling upon us? Los Angeles music executive Buzzy Cohen now has a nine-day winning streak and $164,603 in the bank. When will he stop?

  • 'The Amazing Race' Sneak Peek: Climb Every Mountain

    'The Amazing Race' scales new heights in this week’s episode, which sends the remaining teams into the French Alps, not just for a single challenge, but for the entire freakin’ leg.

  • 'The Amazing Race' First Look: Chasing Water, Falls

    This week’s penultimate episode of The Amazing Race’s 27th season invites viewers to take a dip in the House of Dancing Water. The task requires one member of each pair — Krista from the cheerleading duo of Tiffany & Krista, and Diana from engaged couple Justin & Diana — to ascend the towering masts of a ship and leap into the deep tank of water below, searching for an elusive goldfish. Much like the Dancing Water performers cavorting around them, Krista and Diana aren’t permitted to wear goggles or oxygen tanks for this stunt, which makes the “finding the goldfish” part of the challenge extra difficult.

  • 'The Amazing Race': Meet the Social Media Stars Cast of Season 28

    In a move that CBS hopes will get a lot of “likes,” all of the teams in Season 28 of The Amazing Race will be made up of social media superstars. The 11 teams of “social media influencers” include YouTube personalities, Vine favorites, and popular vloggers. While The Amazing Race has included social media stars before (YouTubers Meghan Camarena and Joey Graceffa), this is the first time that they’ve taken up the entire cast. And in another first, host Phil Keoghan will live-stream the first leg of the race on his Facebook page on Sunday, Nov. 15 around 10:30 p.m.

  • 'The Amazing Race' Season 28: Meet the Contestants

    Meet the 11 new teams of social media influencers who will be competing in the new season of The Amazing Race, premiere Sunday November 15, at 7:30 p.m. on CBS. 

  • 'The Amazing Race' Sneak Peek: Free Fall Flashback

    The Amazing Race typically prides itself on not having its globetrotting contestants take on the same challenge twice. Talk about going back to the future…   In the modern-day clip above, you can watch Texas buddies Tanner and Josh prepare to take the plunge, with Josh being the guy who ultimately leaps into the Batoka Gorge.