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Old 09-29-13, 12:19 AM
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The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13




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"We're Not In Oklahoma No More" - With the Double Express Pass on the line, teams depart for their first destination, Iquique, Chile, where one racer must face their fear of heights, on the season premiere of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, Sept. 29 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Emmy Award nominee Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.

Following are the 11 teams, listed in no particular order:

Name: Hoskote Venkatesh
Age: 60
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: ER Doctor

Name: Naina Venkatesh
Age: 27
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: Fitness Instructor

Connection: Father/Daughter

Name: Jason Case
Age: 33
Hometown: Attleboro, Mass.
Current occupation: Owner of a Snowplow Company

Name: Amy Diaz
Age: 29
Hometown: Providence, R.I.
Current occupation: Social Media Manager

Connection: Dating

Name: Leo Temory
Age: 26
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: Entrepreneur/Restaurateur

Name: Jamal Zadran
Age: 26
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: CEO/Owner of Z.I.G. (Zadran Investment Group)

Connection: Cousins

Name: Tim Wiyninger
Age: 26
Hometown: Cordell, Okla.
Current occupation: Oilfield Plant Operator

Name: Daniel "Danny" Merkey
Age: 25
Hometown: Cordell, Okla.
Current occupation: Oil Field Operator

Connection: Best Friends

Name: Rowan Joseph
Age: 56
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Current occupation: Actor, Producer, Director and Voiceover Artist

Name: Shane Partlow
Age: 47
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Current occupation: Actor/ Producer

Connection: Theater Performers. They call themselves the "Queens of Bingo."

Name: Brandon Squyres
Age: 34
Hometown: Chico, Calif.
Current occupation: Contractor

Name: Adam Switzer
Age: 34
Hometown: Chico, Calif.
Current occupation: Eco-friendly farmer

Connection: Childhood Friends

Name: Allison "Ally" Mello
Age: 22
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: The NHL's LA Kings Ice Crew Girl

Name: Ashley Covert
Age: 25
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: The NHL's LA Kings Ice Crew Girl

Connection: LA Kings Ice Crew

Name: Nicole Jasper
Age: 39
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Current occupation: ER Physician

Name: Travis Jasper
Age: 43
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Current occupation: ER Physician

Connection: Married ER Doctors

Name: Nicole "Nicky" Getz
Age: 27
Hometown: Splits time between Kansas City and Troy, Mich.
Current occupation: Baseball Wife/Training to be a Pilates Instructor *Married to Chris Getz, who played for the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals (currently)

Name: Kim DeJesus
Age: 32
Hometown: Chicago
Current occupation: Baseball Wife *Married to David DeJesus who played for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays (currently)

Connection: Baseball Wives

Name: Timothy Sweeney
Age: 32
Hometown: Morristown, N.J.
Current occupation: Sports Marketing

Name: Marie "Reebs" Mazzocchi
Age: 29
Hometown: Morristown, N.J.
Current occupation: Fitness Trainer/Gym Owner

Connection: Exes

Name: Chester Pitts II
Age: 33
Hometown: Missouri City, Texas
Current occupation: Sports Analyst for "Texans Insider," Executive Consultant for ZT Wealth and Altus HMS. *Played for Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks for more than 10 years in the NFL

Name: Ephraim Salaam
Age: 36
Hometown: Studio City, Calif.
Current occupation: Co-host of "Fox Sports Live." *Played for Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons for 13 years in the NFL

Connection: Former NFL Teammates


Looks like CBS has 1 late regional game Sunday that starts at 4:05pm ET. If you're in the East or Central market that will gets Jets/Titans, you may need to pad.
Old 09-29-13, 02:28 PM
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Excited for this. My initial reaction is to pick the baseball wives, since I love baseball. But I won't officially make my pick until the first episode is complete
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

I'm looking forward to seeing how Ephraim Salaam and Chester Pitts do.

While Survivor has gone down the toilet in casting & quality, I still think the Amazing Race is one of the better competition/reality shows on right now.

I guess it was bound to happen, but it didn't win an Emmy this year.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Go team "Queens of Bingo".
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Go team Beardo!
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Go team ER doctors!

But it would be entertaining to see the beards win.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Airing on time tonight?
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

^ Nope, starting 15 minutes late on the East coast.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
^ Nope, starting 15 minutes late on the East coast.
I take it it's by individual markets. Miami here and 60 Minutes just ended on time.
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It's starting on time in Tallahassee.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

These are the markets affected

NYC,Chi,Hou,Det,Tenn,Tampa,KC,Hartfrd
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Originally Posted by DJariya
These are the markets affected

NYC,Chi,Hou,Det,Tenn,Tampa,KC,Hartfrd
Fantastic.

*deletes The Mentalist from record list*
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Great eye candy this season.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Baseball wives did ok, but I'm going to root for Jason and Amy. Looks like a strong team.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

So far every team has been annoying in some way. Too early for a favorite.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Interesting the bi-/tri-lingual teams had a hard time reading their clues correctly. Huge embarrassment for the physicians. OVERLOADED Sunday nites ahead, but love having this one back. That paragliding looked fun.

I actually was looking forward to another daughter/overbearing father type team similar to Ron/Christina but I'm not disappointed with tonite's elimination.

I like the slight revamp with the graphics in the opening credits. Maybe a chance there was also some tweaking in making these tasks more challenging this season?
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

The paragliding didn't look too hard considering they had a driver.

Agreed on almost everyone being some kind of annoying. The Afghan team and their stupid nickname was a chief culprit.

How is the 30-minute penalty chosen? Seems like they should have been forced to go back and hike the final leg.

at all the stupid teams screwing up the instructions. They should have let the one guy complete the whole fish challenge then point out that the other guy was supposed to do it.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Originally Posted by Red Dog
Great eye candy this season.
And they'll be in bikinis next week.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Originally Posted by Shinobi
And they'll be in bikinis next week.
the producers are doing God's work.

i don't feel interested in any particular team yet, so just backing hot chicks. i would take the ice girls over the baseball wives.

second tier would be the bearded white guys.

the afgani guys looking like they do, yelling "we are crazy people" at the airport check in counter. yeah, that's going to go over well.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Originally Posted by davidh777
How is the 30-minute penalty chosen? Seems like they should have been forced to go back and hike the final leg.
I don't know--I wish sometimes they'd clarify the rules for viewers. I thought for sure when they took the cab that they'd have to cab it back, then walk back. The 30-minute penalty seemed to get them off easy...but then again maybe they did it for the drama.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Originally Posted by Shinobi
And they'll be in bikinis next week.
Good idea to do this while the hot teams are still in the race.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

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the afgani guys looking like they do, yelling "we are crazy people" at the airport check in counter. yeah, that's going to go over well.
They are this season's twinnies!
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

I really dislike people who are loud and obnoxious. Hoping the "Afghan Animals" are eliminated soon.

As for a team to root for I will go for the Baseball Wives. One is married to a Royal so gotta go with the local team.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

Originally Posted by davidh777
Agreed on almost everyone being some kind of annoying. The Afghan team and their stupid nickname was a chief culprit.
Originally Posted by TomOpus
I really dislike people who are loud and obnoxious. Hoping the "Afghan Animals" are eliminated soon.
I had successfully blocked out their nickname--thanks for reminding me. I think it's "Afghanimals."

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As for a team to root for I will go for the Baseball Wives. One is married to a Royal so gotta go with the local team.
I could root for Kim DeJesus because David's a Cub--oh wait, he's not. I do like that team, though--hot, pretty athletic, and not too bimbo-ish, based on the site bios and what we've seen so far.
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Re: The Amazing Race 23 -- "We're Not In Oklahoma No More" -- 9/29/13

I come and go with seasons of TAR and would like to start watching again, but I'm not going to play the TiVo-pad game.

I assume this is replayed on CBS.com/app... and Hulu+ (maybe?)?

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