# Amazing Race fans rejoice! No more football delays... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489 "2014-05-15T01:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489/1 "2014-05-15T01:46:32Z")
… because it’s moving to Friday nights this Fall. CBS announced their schedules today and TAR is now on at 8pm Fridays. A new show called Madame Secretary with Tea Leoni is taking the Sunday spot. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489/2 "2014-05-15T01:59:38Z")
I didn’t mind the football delays so much, but I curl on Sunday evenings during the winter. I also curl on Fridays, so no real change for me. What about the bigger question, though; will **zut** still be able to have the Taxi Assessment ready by the following morning? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489/3 "2014-05-15T02:21:47Z")
This is very disappointing to hear only because this is a clear “You’re about to be cancelled” scheduling change. Sunday at 8pm is prime real estate, approaching network flagship status. Friday 8pm is the also-ran graveyard. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489/4 "2014-05-15T03:17:20Z")
CBS has a solid Friday night lineup with Blue Bloods and Hawaii Five-O and neither of those are in danger of being cancelled anytime soon. TAR does good numbers on Sunday still but they want to pair the Madame Secretary show with The Good Wife on Sundays. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489/5 "2014-05-15T14:50:48Z")
They moved \*Survivor \*from its cushy Thursday night spot and it’s still going strong. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489/6 "2014-05-15T17:58:20Z")
Going up against Grimm, huh? I guess I’ll have to DVR one or the other (or both). ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489/7 "2014-05-15T18:25:36Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > They moved \*Survivor \*from its cushy Thursday night spot and it’s still going strong. There is a world of difference between Wednesday and Friday. Still, it’s a good point about Blue Bloods and Hawaii Five-0. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489/8 "2014-05-15T19:07:17Z")
Hannibal has survived two years and will go to a third airing on Fridays on NBC, so Friday isn’t an automatic death sentence anymore (notice that networks don’t even bother scheduling anything other than sports in prime time on Saturdays anymore… there’s your _death night_). And certainly CBS already has a popular set of shows already that Amazing Race is joining. This is a bit of a demotion, Sunday is a more glamorous, prestigious night, but I wouldn’t take it for CBS prepping the show for oblivion. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-fans-rejoice-no-more-football-delays/688489/9 "2014-05-15T19:22:18Z")
Friday night is traditionally the “let’s target lonely people that don’t go out on Friday” night. It’s why you see a lot of the more genre shows end up there (Grimm for example). CBS doesn’t really follow that strategy as much as other networks (though middle-aged ladies still love Tom Selleck and H5-O has a lot of eye candy for the ladies also).