News Broadcasting
CBS orders 8th, 9th installments of ‘The Amazing Race’
MUMBAI: US broadcaster CBS has ordered the eighth and ninth installments of the reality show The Amazing Race.
The Emmy winning adventure reality series pits teams against one another in a race around the world for a $1 million prize. In India the show airs on AXN.
In a format twist the eight edition will be all-family. Teams will be expanded to four members from two, and all teams will be comprised exclusively of family members. Teams could be traditional families (mom, dad and two kids), blended families (newly married with step siblings), four sisters, four brothers, multi-generational (grandparents and grandchildren) or engaged couples with in-laws-to-be etc.
Families who think they have the stamina, wits and teamwork skills to compete in this heart-pounding adventure can find applications on www.cbs.com. All children participating must be 12 years of age or older. No prior travel experience is necessary.
The show’s executive producer Bertram van Munster said, “Everyone can relate to family travel, the camaraderie, the emotion and even the conflict. We are looking for families who want to turn this familiar concept into an adventure that will take them to some amazing places while discovering a lot about their family dynamic and human spirit.”
The ninth edition will return to the series regular format in which teams must have a unique and a prior relationship with their teammate, but need not be related. The seventh edition of the series kicks off on 1 March on CBS.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
