TV: Amazing Race 12 To Begin Nov. 4, 2007

*note: this video clip is from Season 11's All-Star season.

So there I was, chatting with colleagues last month and celebrating the fifth-consecutive Emmy for the TV show "Amazing Race," on which I worked this summer. I was talking to a friend who astutely predicted that - if CBS's new fall show "Viva Laughlin" failed in its Fall debut, the new season of "Race" would take its place. This would be good news, as the show was originally scheduled as a mid-season program to air in January '08. With season 12 delayed (partially due to "Kid Nation" debuting this Fall with "Survivor"), chances were that "Race" could go to a once-a-year schedule.

So today CBS announces that, after just two lackluster airings of "Viva Laughlin," they're pulling it off the air and replacing it with - what else? - season 12 of "Race," beginning next Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 8pm Eastern and Pacific.

This is, in my humble opinion, good news as it hopefully points to the continued healthy life on air of what is (again in my opinion) the best reality show ever produced. So tune in your DVR (or better yet watch live) next Sunday for the start of season 12.

"If there ever was a season that I consider one of the best, it's this one," says Bertram van Munster, series executive producer, director and co-creator. "It's insanely funny, fast-paced and dramatic all at once. Teams are in hot pursuit of one another at every location and its reality television at its nail-biting best." That quote is from an online TV magazine...

I wish I could tell you all more than that, but you'll see just how exciting a season it was this Fall on CBS.