It's going to take a while before this feels normal, isn't it? Friday (September 28) marked a new time period premiere for "The Amazing Race," which kicked off its 25th installment far from the Sunday 8 p.m. home in which viewers have become accustomed to football/golf/basketball delays throughout the year. That means that instead of having Sunday come to an abrupt end in the late afternoon as I wait for "The Amazing Race" to start, a normal Friday workday just never ends. So... Yay! Friday's "Amazing Race" premiere had the disadvantage of following a very good "Survivor" launch on Wednesday. I say it every year, but there's just not enough time in a single hour to properly introduce a full assortment of reality show contestants and also deliver satisfactory and fun challenges. So Wednesday's "Survivor" got to be 90 minutes and, perhaps as a result, I finished the premiere with...
- 9/27/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Bethany Hamilton lost her arm in a shark attack at age 13, but still achieved world success as a surfer. Now she's appearing on The Amazing Race.
Bethany Hamilton lost her arm in a shark attack at age 13, but didn't let that stop her from achieving world success as a surfer. Now, she and her husband Adam Dirks are taking on a new challenge -- competing on The Amazing Race, and they're previewing the action for ETonline.
Bethany faced unique challenges on the Race due to only having one arm, but she tells ETonline, "Watching the show before going on the Race, we kind of strategized and we knew there would be teamwork for a lot of it. ... Sometimes you read the clue and you don't really know what you're doing until you actually get past the clue, and then you see what you're doing, and you're like, 'Oh my gosh!'"
Interview:...
Bethany Hamilton lost her arm in a shark attack at age 13, but didn't let that stop her from achieving world success as a surfer. Now, she and her husband Adam Dirks are taking on a new challenge -- competing on The Amazing Race, and they're previewing the action for ETonline.
Bethany faced unique challenges on the Race due to only having one arm, but she tells ETonline, "Watching the show before going on the Race, we kind of strategized and we knew there would be teamwork for a lot of it. ... Sometimes you read the clue and you don't really know what you're doing until you actually get past the clue, and then you see what you're doing, and you're like, 'Oh my gosh!'"
Interview:...
- 9/26/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
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