I'll try to leave enough space so that someone who is randomly perusing the thread listings and doesn't want to know what happens in the future can safely avoid this thread.

OK, for the rest of you, TVGameShows.net had a couple of interesting nuggets of information. You can read the article at their site, but it mostly tells you stuff that you already know. I'll quote the relevant portion:

"Unlike the first Race, which started in New York's Central Park and ended in Queens, the second race around the world -- taped in 30 days in January through last week -- starts in the desert in Las Vegas and ends in an undisclosed location in the United States. The 11 teams will again be competing for a $1 million grand prize."

Now we know where it starts, when it ended, and how long it took. Any other thoughts or comments?

• RE: SPOILERS - The latest race,katem, 06:12 PM, 02-19-02
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I figured that the race started in the desert and quite possibly close to Vegas or maybe Arizona, because in the vid caps on the CBS site they are all interviewed in the desert.

That they ended filming only last week, makes for an interesting observation that the producers are probably going to have to hurry with post-production to make it all happen by March. There will be a LOT of footage to go through.

Well, they only have to edit one episode by March -- Episode One. ...and they could have started editing it on Day 4-5 of the 30 day race if they really wanted (of course they'd want to go back after and tweak it some to possibly setup things that emrged as issues later in the race -- and maybe feature the finalists a little more, but not so much more that we'd be able to tell who were the finalists.)

-SB

Too pessimistic, SB. The word on the street is that TAR2 will launch on MONDAY, MARCH 11, followed right away by Episode 2 on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 ... after which the show will return to its regular Wednesday night schedule. So, on Wednesday, March 13, CBS will show ... Episode 3 of Survivor 4 at 8 (due to March Madness filling up the Thursday night schedule), followed by Episode 2 of TAR2 at 9.

The following Wednesday will be the same (E4 of S4 at 8, E3 of TAR2 at 9), before Survivor returns to its regular deathmatch against "Friends" on Thursday nights. Clearly, CBS is hoping to get TAR2 off to a flying start!

From what I've heard the March 11 episode is a pre-race setup. Meet the racers, in hopes that you'll be able to tell them apart when the race starts. Really, how many of us could identify Matt and Ana in a police lineup?

I heard the first ep was an introduction of the players too. Maybe they will take off to their first destination but nobody will be eliminated.