Bangkok--Nov 15--Total Quality PR
On AXN (Ch.38, UBC), the heart of action and adventure television, this November it’s more jet-setting action, adventure and human drama as the Emmy award-winning reality blockbuster series The Amazing Race makes a return with its sixth season on Wednesdays at 8pm, starting with a 2-hour special on 17 November on AXN, aired less than 24 hours after the U.S. broadcast.
Winner of the Emmy award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Programme for two years running (2004 & 2003), The Amazing Race presents a brand new sixth season with a diverse group of eleven new couples, including an ex-Playboy Playmate, personal gym trainers, professional wrestlers and a pair of sisters — one a single mother and the other a former striptease aerobics instructor - taking on another breathtaking race around the globe for a coveted U.S.$1 million dollars (see attached appendix for full list of participants).
Created and executive produced by two of Hollywood’s most accomplished producers — Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI, Pearl Harbor, The Rock, Top Gun, Con Air) and Bertram Van Munster (Wild Things, Cops) —The Amazing Race features eleven pairs of participants, each with a pre-existing relationship, who will set out from the United States on a fast-paced, once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world in a bid to win the grand prize of US$1million. In each episode, the couples will have to compete in a series of physical and/or mental tasks, before moving on to the next destination. The last team to reach the designated ‘pit-stop’ in each episode will be eliminated from the race, while the first couple to reach the final destination will win the grand prize.
Last season, married parents Chip & Kim McAllister beat ten other couples to nab the grand prize as they traveled across six continents to countries such as Argentina, Russia, Egypt, India and the Philippines. Previous seasons of The Amazing Race have also visited Asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Korea and China.
New episodes of The Amazing Race 6 will be broadcast every Wednesday at 8pm, starting 17 November, on AXN. Rebroadcasts are on Thursdays at 12am & 5pm, Sundays at 10am & 7pm.
AXN Asia
Delivering top rated series, blockbuster features, adventure-reality and first-run lifestyle sports programming, AXN is a leading international television destination among young adults 18-34. AXN is seen in 46 countries across Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, and is part of Sony Pictures Television International’s diverse portfolio of over 35 global networks. Sony Pictures Television International is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.
AXN Asia is available to more than 31 million households 24-hours daily throughout Asia in Taiwan, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, South Korea, Macau, Papua New Guinea, and in hotels and VIP compounds in China. AXN can also be seen in 40 million cable television households on time-block basis in China. More information about AXN Asia can be found online at http://www.axn-asia.com.
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