# Amazing Race has a detour

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405 "2020-03-13T13:05:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405/1 "2020-03-13T13:05:14Z")

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[Variety](https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/cbs-suspends-amazing-race-production-coronavirus-fears-1203519026/) states that Amazing Race suspended the race after 3 legs due to Covid-19.

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> CBS has temporarily shut down production of Season 33 of “The Amazing Race” amid the increasing number of cases of coronavirus worldwide, Variety has learned exclusively. The move was undertaken “out of an abundance of caution,” as the respiratory virus has not impacted anyone directly involved with the show.

StG

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**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405/2 "2020-03-13T15:32:33Z")

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Its shocking that it is still on the air. Every episode is the teams racing to get to the destination and they act like it is so important who gets their first and then the next challenge is racing to the train station first thing in the morning to get tickets for a train that leaves in four hours.

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405/3 "2020-03-13T16:36:47Z")

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> [@StGermain](#):
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> Variety states that Amazing Race suspended the race after 3 legs due to Covid-19.

That doesn’t work as well as a reason for their still not having aired #32.

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**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:** [March 13, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405/4 "2020-03-13T18:13:01Z")

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Detour? That sounds more like a Roadblock.

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405/5 "2020-03-13T18:45:43Z")

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More of a Speedbump.

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405/6 "2020-03-14T04:28:23Z")

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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> That doesn’t work as well as a reason for their still not having aired #32.

One would think that, with March Madness being cancelled, now would be the perfect time to air Season 32.

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405/7 "2020-03-14T16:51:59Z")

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> [@Terminus\_Est](#):
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> One would think that, with March Madness being cancelled, now would be the perfect time to air Season 32.

True. Do you suppose they’ll actually give notice? Last time they started midseason, I and the person I watch this with only found out by accident about a day in advance. – I just checked; latest reference I can find is five days ago and says there’s still no announced date.