Septemberbaby

Yay!

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Exclu: At last: After nearly a decade on the air and winning outstanding reality competition Emmys for seven years in a row, The Amazing Race is getting an HD upgrade.
"Yes, yes, yes," said entertainment president Nina Tassler in a Q&A from the premiere issue of Hollywood Reporter's new weekly magazine. "We are doing Amazing Race in HD next year. I just announced it, there you go."
Scripted broadcast shows made the HD leap years ago, followed by many top reality shows. All the while, Race fans have been longing to see the scenic globetrotting series in the high-resolution format, and even host Phil Keoghan got into the debate in September.
“I would love to see the show in HD," Keoghan told RealityBlurred. "I think it makes sense for the show to be in HD. I don’t really know all the reasons why it isn’t. But I would love to see the show in HD, and I do hear it a lot from fans. And I do think it is something that needs to come to the show.”
Producers have previously cited the cost of converting a worldwide production crew to the more expensive HD gear, plus concerns about the portability and durability of HD cameras.
Some of those reasons were brushed aside a couple years ago when CBS' own Survivor made the HD leap, along with the release of Discovery's HD masterpiece Planet Earth.
The full Tassler Q&A is available in the Nov. 3rd issue of Hollywood Reporter.

Shinobi

Nice.

Now they need to cast alot of attractive females for next season.

Groucho

Looking forward to it!

Chew

Next "season" or next "race"?

The article only says "next year", which could mean the spring 2011 race would be in HD.

Damfino

Awesome!

And I was just thinking this past Sunday, why aren't they shoveling cow manure in HD yet?

JuryDuty

Guess we'll get to hear that "splosh" sound effect they added to each shovel-load in Dolby Digital 5.1, too.

I'm glad. TAR is the last prime-time show I watch that's not in HD. Eager to see the exotic locations in widescreen, crystal-clear glory!

D'ohboy

Long overdue!
Survivor looks great, but it's certainly a different camera style, so we'll see.

BDB

Thank the baby Jesus!

Bluelitespecial

Now get off your ass CBS and give us the next season of Big Brother in HD.

chino77

good now you people will stop crying.

superfro

Seconded.....and FINALLY for AR!

TheBang

Finally! So happy.

According to the press release, the next race (spring 2011) will be HD.

Bill Needle

Not sure if this has been discussed elsewhere, but according to my program guide, the series is tagged (possible mild spoiler):

TheBang

No spoiler there. They announced all of that at the end of the last race.

Bill Needle

I guess I should watch those last two or three episodes I have recorded from last season before posting.