Bertram van Munster
Director
The Amazing Race (2001)
Season 16
The Amazing Race 16 is the sixteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 16 features eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. The sixteenth cycle started on Sunday, February 14, 2010. It aired on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with the season finale on May 9, 2010, and in Canada, the show premiered on the A-Channel, not CTV, but it returned to CTV after the Winter Olympics concluded. The show was again hosted by Phil Keoghan.
Released Sept. 5, 2001
Episode 45 min
9+
Genres: Adventure, Family, Reality, Reality TV
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Watch Providers: Hulu, fuboTV, Pluto TV, Spectrum On Demand, Paramount Plus + 4 more, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , YouTube TV
Production Companies: Worldrace Productions, Neue Vitaskop Film, ABC Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Productions + 3 more, CBS Television Studios, ABC Signature, Touchstone Television
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S16E1 - Nanna is Kickin' Your Butt
Eleven Teams depart Los Angeles for Chile, where Racers find themselves dangling 120 feet in the air, battling exhaustion and their fear of heights in order to stay alive in the game, and one Team discovers that Brazilian currency will not get them very far in Chile
Feb. 14, 2010, midnight
S16E2 - When the Cow Kicked Me in the Head
A Roadblock turns into a recipe for pain when one Racer encounters a moody cow, and things turn sour when a newly formed alliance rubs teams the wrong way.
Feb. 21, 2010, midnight
S16E3 - Run Like Scalded Dogs!
One team ends up in the hospital with food poisoning while the other teams struggle through cowboy challenges to make it through this leg of the race.
Feb. 28, 2010, midnight
S16E4 - We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt
Racers must navigate an unfamiliar and confusing train system without their teammates, take a dive over Hamburg and reunite for a nausea-inducing lesson in German gastronomy.
March 7, 2010, midnight
S16E5 - I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?
A World War I reenactment - complete with air attacks, gunfire and explosions - tests the Racers' nerves, and one Team finds that their cocky attitude may cost them dearly when a Blind U-Turn comes into play
March 14, 2010, midnight
S16E6 - Cathy Drone?
Racers are less than bubbly after sprinting to the wrong Detour location, and one Racer tests the power of duct tape after their car becomes a casualty of the Race
March 21, 2010, midnight
S16E7 - Anonymous?
Teams take a stunning helicopter ride to a remote island paradise where they must race with a giant tortoise and search for a message in a bottle at the bottom of the sea
March 28, 2010, midnight
S16E8 - You're Like Jason Bourne, Right?
Teams find that luck doesn't pick sides in a sweat-drenched test of endurance where they must choose to face a 153-step climb or take a 35-foot-high lesson in Chingay
April 4, 2010, midnight
S16E9 - Dumb Did Us In
Tempers and tensions flare when Racers place a target on one Team's back, and feuds come to a head when a U-turn comes into play
April 11, 2010, midnight
S16E10 - I Feel Like I'm in, Like, Sicily
After noodling their way through their first Roadblock, Teams are forced to complete a second Roadblock, and the fate of two Teams lies in the hands of confused cabbies
April 25, 2010, midnight
S16E11 - They Don't Even Understand Their Own Language
The Final 4 teams struggle with the language barrier in Shanghai while sorting through hundreds of golden Buddhas and thousands of Chinese stamps in their pursuit for a spot in the Final 3.
May 2, 2010, midnight
S16E12 - Huger Than Huge
With the million-dollar prize on the line, Racers come face-to-face with Darth Vader, and Teams drop all pretense of friendliness after a cut in line cuts into another Team's time while an angry confrontation awaits another at the finish line, on the 16th season finale of THE AMAZING RACE
May 9, 2010, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 20527 min.
Released: Sept. 5, 2001
Last Air Date: Dec. 3, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Dec. 10, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 9+
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