# What's up with The Amazing Race? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-amazing-race/713476 "2015-02-24T01:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-amazing-race/713476/21 "2015-02-24T19:22:09Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > It’s true that Survivor will give it a boost, but the almost complete absence of any promotional effort is what is confusing me. As several others have said in this thread, they had no idea it was even starting on Wednesday. I have seen some promotional advertisements. According to IMDB Phil as on Rachael Ray but never has done much of the Daytime Talk Show circuit. I have seen enough TAR promos to know the premier is tomorrow night after Survivor. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-amazing-race/713476/22 "2015-02-24T20:01:20Z")
I’ve seen exactly one, and that was a short addendum at the end of a full-length Survivor promo. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-amazing-race/713476/23 "2015-02-26T13:17:27Z")
I’ve started a thread for the first episode [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=750278). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-amazing-race/713476.md?page=1)