Twelve teams left Seattle and the route ran through Mongolia, Vietnam, India, Madagascar, and the Mediterranean before turning back toward the finish. CBS held the show in the Sunday hour through the fall, leaning on the post-football lead-in for steady numbers. The casting widens its demographic reach noticeably, and the editing trusts longer legs in unfamiliar geographies. Phil Keoghan paces the pit stops cleanly. A confident production year.
Slot #06 of 38 in the The Amazing Race Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.