The Amazing Race

More changes to channel 7 programming.

1. After the finale of Dancing with the Stars on Sept 6, the movie “The Queen” starring Helen Mirren about Queen Elizabeth 2 will air. According to the TV guide, the movie will start at 9pm, but as past experience has shown with finals of shows like Dancing, the start time is more likely to be something like 9.20 or so. If you plan to watch or record “The Queen”, make sure you factor in a possible late start and late finish.

2. With TV Burp finishing for now, Thursday nights are set to change again. The Amazing Race will play out a double episode on Thursday September 17 from 8.30, and Double Take will be seen at 10.30pm. That will be the 4^th time slot change for Double Take. With only two episodes to follow that week of Amazing Race, another double episode of the show will air on Thursday September 24 at 8.30pm, this concluding the series. Gary Unmarried at this stage remains at 7.30 with repeats of How I Met Your Mother on at 8pm Thursday nights.

Expect a completely new Thursday night line up on 7 from October 1. Hopefully they may consider fast tracking the new series of the Amazing Race. A return for Heroes being fast tracked could be possible, but as it is not a high rating show, they may leave until summer.

3. On Tuesday September 8, at 7.30pm, a special called World Food Spectacular with Jennifer Hawkins will air.

Jennifer Hawkins takes a Queensland island resort Masterclass to create a seafood feast and Tom Williams explores a foodie heaven on the Victorian/ New South Wales border. Visit a regional farmer’s market for the freshest food on offer. Learn the secrets to making the best curry at home. Like to try the world’s weirdest food? Australia’s peanut capital where even the ice cream tastes nutty.

4. And on Monday Sept 7, 7.30 sees another animal documentary. This one called

Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo. A fascinating and spectacular insight into a unique pride of lions living in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, the largest freshwater wetland in Africa. Through rare and thrilling footage witness lion behaviour as previously unseen, capturing these huge cats swimming skilfully in swamps to stalk water buffalo, executing dangerous nocturnal forays and tactically preparing for each hunt. Narrated by JEREMY IRONS

Finally – noticed all the sneak peaks for Flash Forward? The show will be fast tracked to 7 late September on a yet to be announced night and time slot.

Information sourced from Media Spy and Tv Tonight.

7:30pm – Thursday, August 27 on Seven

Tonight on THE AMAZING RACE, from the frigid cold to the sweltering heat, the teams must adjust to an Indian countryside that moves some to tears, and one team loses their belongings.

As the race heats up, Teams face a roadblock made of camel feed, a speed bump the size of an elephant and a detour made more complicated by an impatient taxi driver.

Racers in the 14th installment of the Race are Mark and Michael – Brothers/Stuntmen; Tammy and Victor – Siblings/Lawyers; Lakisha and Jennifer – Sisters; Christie and Jodi – Flight Attendants; Jaime and Cara – Former NFL Cheerleaders; Mel and Mike – Father/Son; Brad and Victoria – Married; Steve and Linda – Married; Preston and Jennifer – Dating; Amanda and Kris – Dating; and Margie and Luke – Mother/Son.

PHIL KEOGHAN hosts THE AMAZING RACE, six-time Emmy Award-winner for Most Outstanding Reality Program.

7:30pm – Thursday, August 20 on Seven

Tonight on THE AMAZING RACE, racers face the frigid temperatures of a Russian marathon in only their bare essentials, and one team’s future lies in the hands of a tricky stick shift.

Teams must strip down to their bare essentials during a bone-chilling Roadblock, and another Team struggles to stay in the Race while having to navigate a stick shift through the icy streets of Siberia.

Racers in the 14th installment of the Race are Mark and Michael – Brothers/Stuntmen; Tammy and Victor – Siblings/Lawyers; Lakisha and Jennifer – Sisters; Christie and Jodi – Flight Attendants; Jaime and Cara – Former NFL Cheerleaders; Mel and Mike – Father/Son; Brad and Victoria – Married; Steve and Linda – Married; Preston and Jennifer – Dating; Amanda and Kris – Dating; and Margie and Luke – Mother/Son.

PHIL KEOGHAN hosts THE AMAZING RACE, six-time Emmy Award-winner for Most Outstanding Reality Program.

7:30pm – Thursday, August 13 on Seven

Tonight on THE AMAZING RACE, teams travel to Siberia, the show’s first-ever visit, where a first place team quickly learns how it feels to be last, and when a new twist is revealed, one Team is left scrambling for their survival in the game.

During the Race’s first-ever visit to Siberia, teams must trudge through a harsh Russian winter in search of a famous playwright, and a new twist leaves one team fighting for their survival in the game.

Racers in the 14th installment of the Race are Mark and Michael – Brothers/Stuntmen; Tammy and Victor – Siblings/Lawyers; Lakisha and Jennifer – Sisters; Christie and Jodi – Flight Attendants; Jaime and Cara – Former NFL Cheerleaders; Mel and Mike – Father/Son; Brad and Victoria – Married; Steve and Linda – Married; Preston and Jennifer – Dating; Amanda and Kris – Dating; and Margie and Luke – Mother/Son.

PHIL KEOGHAN hosts THE AMAZING RACE, six-time Emmy Award-winner for Most Outstanding Reality Program.

7:30pm – Thursday, August 6 on Seven

Tonight on THE AMAZING RACE, teams travel to Transylvania where they must search through buried coffins for their next clue, while a first place team finds themselves staring down elimination after an unexpected detour.

Teams scour the Transylvania countryside for buried coffins, while one of the Race’s frontrunners finds themselves at the back of the pack when their plane makes an unexpected landing.

Racers in the 14th installment of the Race are Mark and Michael – Brothers/Stuntmen; Tammy and Victor – Siblings/Lawyers; Lakisha and Jennifer – Sisters; Christie and Jodi – Flight Attendants; Jaime and Cara – Former NFL Cheerleaders; Mel and Mike – Father/Son; Brad and Victoria – Married; Steve and Linda – Married; Preston and Jennifer – Dating; Amanda and Kris – Dating; and Margie and Luke – Mother/Son.

PHIL KEOGHAN hosts THE AMAZING RACE, six-time Emmy Award-winner for Most Outstanding Reality Program.

7:30pm – Thursday, July 30 on Seven

- “Your Target is your Partner’s Face” (Germany)

Tonight on THE AMAZING RACE, one injured racer makes a game altering decision in Germany, while another takes a wrong turn and finds themselves lost on a secluded mountain.

An injured Racer finds their Team’s destiny in Mother Nature’s hands and must make a game changing decision, while another Racer’s hopes are pinned to a mountain rescue.

Racers in the 14th installment of the Race are Mark and Michael – Brothers/Stuntmen; Tammy and Victor – Siblings/Lawyers; Lakisha and Jennifer – Sisters; Christie and Jodi – Flight Attendants; Jaime and Cara – Former NFL Cheerleaders; Mel and Mike – Father/Son; Brad and Victoria – Married; Steve and Linda – Married; Preston and Jennifer – Dating; Amanda and Kris – Dating; and Margie and Luke – Mother/Son.

PHIL KEOGHAN hosts THE AMAZING RACE, six-time Emmy Award-winner for Most Outstanding Reality Program.

7:30pm – Thursday, July 23 on Seven

The 14th installment of six-time Emmy Award-winning series, THE AMAZING RACE starts tonight. Eleven teams depart from the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California and travel to Switzerland where the world’s second tallest bungee awaits, as well as an exhausting, “cheesy” challenge.

This 14th group of Racers features an eclectic cast that includes a Team of brothers who are stuntmen, a pair of flight attendants, a brother/sister Team who are Harvard lawyers, an accomplished feature film writer/producer/actor (School of Rock, Nacho Libre) and his father, a Team of former NFL cheerleaders and the Race’s first ever deaf contestant and his mother.

These contestants will travel one of the most gruelling courses ever assembled on the Race – spanning 40,000 miles and nine countries in just 22 days. For the first time in the history of the Race, Teams will travel to Romania and Siberia.

PHIL KEOGHAN hosts THE AMAZING RACE, six-time Emmy Award-winner for Most Outstanding Reality Program.

Thursday December 18 at 9:30pm (PG)

- TWO HOUR SEASON FINAL

On a special two hour season final of THE AMAZING RACE, one Team makes an unprecedented mistake that prohibits them from joining their fellow Racers at the finish line, while another Team struggles to make it through Moscow’s public transportation system.

Facing impossible roadblocks and time consuming detours, the remaining teams struggle to complete the final and most challenging leg of the race. Who will make it across the finish line first and take home the one million dollars in prize money?

Six-time Emmy Award-winner THE AMAZING RACE is hosted by Phil Keoghan.

Thursday December 11
9:30pm

On this week’s episode of THE AMAZING RACE, one racer’s awkward attempt to fall in line leaves Russia’s military laughing, while one team’s expensive purchase comes back to haunt them when an unpaid taxi driver stands in their way to the Pit Stop.

A romance grows stronger between two racers — will competition cause a rift in their relationship?

One racer’s frustration with a taxi driver causes them to ditch the taxi too early — will this mistake end their race?

Six-time Emmy Award-winner THE AMAZING RACE is hosted by Phil Keoghan.

Thursday November 27 9:00pm (PG) – SPECIAL TIME

On this week’s episode of THE AMAZING RACE, one racer conducts an overly-thorough, squirm-inducing search for a clue in a bird’s home; a strict Indian shopkeeper leaves one team teary eyed with a crushing Detour; a colourful Roadblock is no party for one racer when they face plant into the ground and two unlikely teams join forces to crack a Detour that confounds teams who work alone.